16 replies to this topic

[krippy31]

so i went and got my free tax to day with an m.o.t , v5 and insurance , how ever when i got given the reciept it say tax exempt and m.o.t exempt? is my mini really m.o.t exempt i ddnt fink it was

[GraemeC]

No it's not.

[Guess-Works.com]

I "THINK" the only vehicles which are MOT exempt are Fire Engines and Recovery vehicles ( I'm not sure about the latter ), and probably Farm machinery

..... did a quick google and found the MOT exemption form... V112

Types of vehicle that do not have
to take an MoT test.
a Motor tractors
b Track-laying vehicles
c Articulated vehicles that are not
buses (Bendi buses) or lorries
d Works trucks
e Invalid carriages weighing no
more than 306kg when unloaded
f Vehicles used only to pass from
land occupied by the person
keeping the vehicle to other
land occupied by them, and not
travelling on the road for more
than a total of six miles a week
g Hackney carriages or
private-hire vehicles licensed
by local authorities authorised
to check the roadworthiness
of these vehicles
h Hackney carriages (vehicles
licensed to carry passengers)
getting tax discs from Transport
for London
i Vehicles provided for police
purposes and maintained
in an approved workshop
j Goods vehicles powered
by electricity
k Trams
l Trolley vehicles that are not
auxiliary trolley vehicles (auxiliary
trolley vehicles are vehicles
that are adapted to run from
power provided from a source
on board when it is not running
from power from some outside
source)
m Vehicles authorised to be used
on the road by a Special Types
General Order made under
Section 44(3) of the Road
Traffic Act 1988
n Vehicles used only on certain
islands that do not have a
bridge, tunnel, ford or other
suitable way for motor vehicles
to be conveniently driven to a
road in any part of Great Britain

Edited by GuessWorks.co.uk, 14 October 2008 - 05:24 PM.

[day101]

they just get plated dont they or something along those lines?

[GreaseMonkey]

Types of vehicle that do not have
to take an MoT test.

a Motor tractors

b Track-laying vehicles

c Articulated vehicles that are not
buses (Bendi buses) or lorries

d Works trucks

e Invalid carriages weighing no
more than 306kg when unloaded

f Vehicles used only to pass from
land occupied by the person
keeping the vehicle to other
land occupied by them, and not
travelling on the road for more
than a total of six miles a week

g Hackney carriages or
private-hire vehicles licensed
by local authorities authorised
to check the roadworthiness
of these vehicles

h Hackney carriages (vehicles
licensed to carry passengers)
getting tax discs from Transport
for London

i Vehicles provided for police
purposes and maintained
in an approved workshop

j Goods vehicles powered
by electricity

k Trams

l Trolley vehicles that are not
auxiliary trolley vehicles (auxiliary
trolley vehicles are vehicles
that are adapted to run from
power provided from a source
on board when it is not running
from power from some outside
source)

m Vehicles authorised to be used
on the road by a Special Types
General Order made under
Section 44(3) of the Road
Traffic Act 1988

n Vehicles used only on certain
islands that do not have a
bridge, tunnel, ford or other
suitable way for motor vehicles
to be conveniently driven to a
road in any part of Great Britain

[GreaseMonkey]

Guessworks beat me to it

[Shifty]

You forgot Pikey cars, I believe that they are also exempt from Tax/Mot/ all road traffic regulations!!!

[monkey]

Vehicles used only to pass from
land occupied by the person
keeping the vehicle to other
land occupied by them, and not
travelling on the road for more
than a total of six miles a week

Sorry to hijack, but does this mean that i can dirve my mini (which has no MOT) from my parents house (1.5miles away) back home to my house? I would still need TAX though and would have to fill in a MOT exemption (sp) form.... more hassle than its worth lol, ill give someone £20 to pop it on a trailer for me lol

[Guess-Works.com]

You forgot Pikey cars, I believe that they are also exempt from Tax/Mot/ all road traffic regulations!!!

PML

[yorkshirechris]

You can't drive your Mini on a public road without an MOT, no. Otherwise we'd all not bother with our MOT's and whenever we got pulled over just say we were "on our way to our mums"

[MGMT]

I think you can drive a car on the road with no MOT if you are driving to an MOT test station which you have booked in advance.

And MOT exempt cars? I WISH!

[john1.2pearl]

I "THINK" the only vehicles which are MOT exempt are Fire Engines and Recovery vehicles ( I'm not sure about the latter )

Specialist recovery vehicles are exempt from MOT if the can't carry burden, ie a flatbed recovery needs an mot where as a recovery with a Spec/underlift doesn't .

[matt615]

There was a Mini Pickup featured in one of the mags a few years ago. It was originally used as a fire engine at a factory (with water pump mounted on the back) - the article said that because of this it was and is MOT exempt.

[Beddo88]

There was a Mini Pickup featured in one of the mags a few years ago. It was originally used as a fire engine at a factory (with water pump mounted on the back) - the article said that because of this it was and is MOT exempt.

Brilliant! Where can i get one?

[krippy31]

awwww dam youve all ruined my hopes of never having to pay for another m.o.t lol

alltho i think i would prefer to have an m.o.t just so i no im safer, ( god nows what my reciept was on about )?