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#1 maccers

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Posted 02 September 2014 - 07:48 PM

I am taking a friends car to get MoT'd on Friday, it ran out in July I think, it also has no road tax which expired at around the same time.

 

I have seen somewhere here its fine to drive the car to a pre-booked MoT as long as the car is not obviously non road-worthy..!

 

What about the Tax - does it matter? I need the MoT to get tax so they both kind of go hand in hand. All being well when I get the MoT I can then get the tax at the closest post office.



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Posted 02 September 2014 - 07:48 PM

You are fine as long as its insured

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Posted 02 September 2014 - 07:55 PM

As above. Iv driven fresh imports from docks to mot stations, with no tax or number plates, insured on the chassis number only lol. As long as its booked in and insured and not in a clearly unroadworthy state you are fine.

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Posted 02 September 2014 - 08:02 PM

As above really. You can drive a car to a pre booked MOT with no MOT or Tax.

 

If it fails you are allowed to drive it home/to a repairer to fix it and drive it back for the booked retest (10 working days I think, unless the tester issues a prohibition notice if the car is dangerous)

 

This is what the MOT station I am taking the daily back for the retest tomorrow said.



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Posted 02 September 2014 - 08:37 PM

As above really. You can drive a car to a pre booked MOT with no MOT or Tax.

 

If it fails you are allowed to drive it home/to a repairer to fix it and drive it back for the booked retest (10 working days I think, unless the tester issues a prohibition notice if the car is dangerous)

 

This is what the MOT station I am taking the daily back for the retest tomorrow said.

No such thing as a MOT tester prohibition notice, only given by out by VOSA on a roadside stop or similar (VOSA are now called DVSA too) 



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Posted 02 September 2014 - 08:40 PM

 

As above really. You can drive a car to a pre booked MOT with no MOT or Tax.

 

If it fails you are allowed to drive it home/to a repairer to fix it and drive it back for the booked retest (10 working days I think, unless the tester issues a prohibition notice if the car is dangerous)

 

This is what the MOT station I am taking the daily back for the retest tomorrow said.

No such thing as a MOT tester prohibition notice, only given by out by VOSA on a roadside stop or similar (VOSA are now called DVSA too) 

 

Really? As I say, this is just what my MoT station told me. 



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Posted 02 September 2014 - 08:40 PM

Make sure when you book it they note down your reg number.

It's probably worth having the contact details of the garage with you when travelling to the test station.

If you get stopped you can politely inform the officer that you're on your way to an mot and if he'd like to check with the garage their contact details are ..............

Obviously don't try and be johnny big potatoes about it or they may go over your car with a fine tooth comb and make you late for your mot

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Posted 02 September 2014 - 08:44 PM

Yes you can drive to a prebooked MOT test so long as the car is properly insured, also ensure the test station takes your name and registration number together with the car type too.

 

From DVSA...

 

If your MOT has expired

You can’t drive your vehicle on the road if the MOT’s expired. You could be prosecuted if caught.

The only exception is if you’ve already booked an MOT and are driving your vehicle to the test centre.

 

If your vehicle fails the test

You’ll get a ‘notification of failure’ from the test centre if your vehicle fails the test. The failure will be recorded in the secure central MOT database.

You can still drive your vehicle if it fails the test and its existing MOT certificate is still valid (ie you got it tested before the expiry date). However, you might be stopped by police and prosecuted if your vehicle is unroadworthy.

If the vehicle fails the test and the certificate has expired, you can only drive it to:

  • have the failed defects repaired
  • a pre-arranged MOT test appointment

Your vehicle should be retested at the same test centre that did the original test.

 

Read the rules here...

 

https://www.gov.uk/getting-an-mot



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Posted 02 September 2014 - 08:48 PM

 

 

As above really. You can drive a car to a pre booked MOT with no MOT or Tax.

 

If it fails you are allowed to drive it home/to a repairer to fix it and drive it back for the booked retest (10 working days I think, unless the tester issues a prohibition notice if the car is dangerous)

 

This is what the MOT station I am taking the daily back for the retest tomorrow said.

No such thing as a MOT tester prohibition notice, only given by out by VOSA on a roadside stop or similar (VOSA are now called DVSA too) 

 

Really? As I say, this is just what my MoT station told me. 

 

Yup, I've been a tester for nearly 25 years and there hasn't been a prohibition notice available in that time, although it would be nice to have one at times because there's some truly shocking cars out there!

Plenty will tell you there is one to get you to spend money with them, the nearest thing is a note to say a failure item is dangerous to drive, unfortunately some of the less scrupulous garages will still use this line!!



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Posted 02 September 2014 - 09:01 PM

My moggy minor hasn't got any mot and I haven't paid my tax, I drive it everywhere :-D

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Posted 02 September 2014 - 09:05 PM

My moggy minor hasn't got any mot and I haven't paid my tax, I drive it everywhere :-D



Ah but what year is it ?

Cheers j

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Posted 03 September 2014 - 06:39 AM

;-) :-)

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Posted 03 September 2014 - 06:46 AM

Thanks all. I've booked it in with a Mini specialist judt down the road from me, incase it does need further work to clear MoT so they can get it through. They did ask for the reg when I booked it in and made sure I knew the address...! I mentioned it had no MoT or tax so looks like they are used to this sort of thing.

 

Its not my car, so I wont have any direct insurance on it, although my mate, who wont be driving it has insurance on it. Does it matter?



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Posted 03 September 2014 - 07:24 AM

You need to check that your policy covers you to drive other cars that don't belong to you, normally you will only be third party covered too. You also need to be certain that the owner has is insured, six points for BOTH of you if not.

Edited by CityEPete, 03 September 2014 - 07:25 AM.


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Posted 03 September 2014 - 07:29 AM

You need to check YOUR OWN insurance - I've been driving bikes and cars for nearly 50 years, but only in the last couple of years they have taken away the permission to drive other cars on all of my policies - all part of this continuous insurance law.  It now says 'driving other vehicles - not granted'.  In the past, even when it was granted, the other car you are driving for your friend had to be insured too, and that is still the case.  If you are a named driver then it's obviously OK.  Hope the Mini sails through if you do take it, but don't risk driving without insurance - even for a mate!

 

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