Strange MOT history?

[MK1RS Bruce]

Back before ANPR I knew someone who drove a car around for six months with no MOT so that the Tax and MOT would align

More recently my wife and a friend from work have both forgotten about their MOTs and run around for a few months before being stopped / realizing it was out of date.

Not condoning any of this but it does happen.

[larrylamb11]

BUG4LIFE said:

Car is a RS Clio...

PositronicRay said:

15 x track days.

CraigyMc said:

.....could be a couple of nurburgring trips and back.

This ^
I've got mates who have similar cars for toys, some bought new. They spend their life in a garage or on a trailer on their way to a track, or Euro track hoon and do a surprising number of miles without ever seeing an MoT station. They're generally kept in tip tip condition too... bar the obvious being thrashed round a track thing....

I wouldn't let the MoT history put me off if the car ticks all the right boxes otherwise. I wouldn't be afraid of a car that's been properly worked either, so long as it's not showing obvious signs of distress. Some of the best cars I've owned have lived a hard life on paper and been all the better for it mechanically.

[stevemcs]

The part might not have been available ?

[Jag_NE]

BUG4LIFE said:

rallycross said:

The simple answer is so what?

and what has it got to do with buying it anyway this makes zero difference .

Calm down darling...I just like to know as much about a cars history as I can. I saw this and wanted to get some opinions on a forum that chats are car things

In fairness tho, you’ve already wet the bed over it and wont be buying it.

[semisane]

Jag_NE said:

In fairness tho, you’ve already wet the bed over it and wont be buying it.

I don't see any 'bed wetting', OP just asking perfectly reasonable questions.

I do see an unnecessarily antagonistic post though !!

Just why ?

[BUG4LIFE]

Jag_NE said:

BUG4LIFE said:

rallycross said:

The simple answer is so what?

and what has it got to do with buying it anyway this makes zero difference .

Calm down darling...I just like to know as much about a cars history as I can. I saw this and wanted to get some opinions on a forum that chats are car things

In fairness tho, you’ve already wet the bed over it and wont be buying it.

Honestly, why bother to post. If you haven't got anything helpful to say, do one keyboard warrior!

I'm weighing up pro and cons of a bunch of RS Clio's I've spotted for sale. I am very interested in this particular one and as I'm in no rush to buy, I can be as picky as I want. These couple of strange entires in the MOT history [late first MOT and then 3k miles after the fail] sparked my interest. I was wondering how/why this may of happened.

[FMOB]

BUG4LIFE said:

Jag_NE said:

BUG4LIFE said:

rallycross said:

The simple answer is so what?

and what has it got to do with buying it anyway this makes zero difference .

Calm down darling...I just like to know as much about a cars history as I can. I saw this and wanted to get some opinions on a forum that chats are car things

In fairness tho, you’ve already wet the bed over it and wont be buying it.

Honestly, why bother to post. If you haven't got anything helpful to say, do one keyboard warrior!

I'm weighing up pro and cons of a bunch of RS Clio's I've spotted for sale. I am very interested in this particular one and as I'm in no rush to buy, I can be as picky as I want. These couple of strange entires in the MOT history [late first MOT and then 3k miles after the fail] sparked my interest. I was wondering how/why this may of happened.

Calm down treacle!

The early MOT history being a little odd is nothing more than a curio in the cars history and of no material impact. You say you are being picky, suggest you are way past that.

[BUG4LIFE]

FMOB said:

Calm down treacle!

The early MOT history being a little odd is nothing more than a curio in the cars history and of no material impact. You say you are being picky, suggest you are way past that.

Unless it's a write-off...Vcheck will obviously tell me that though.

The late MOT isn't such a big deal, but I was just wondering if there is a scenario that would of allowed the owner to drive 3k miles after the failed MOT...other than they just drove it with no st's given

[ferret50]

Probobly renewed the VED before the MoT was due.

Remember my late father being very upset when he went to his local PO to retax his car, was told the MoT had expired 50 weeks earlier!
So he'd taxed it the previous year with two weeks remaining on the MoT.....and forgotton to have it tested!

[OutInTheShed]

PositronicRay said:

15 x track days.

That's not impossible.

The other possibility is that one or other of the mileages written down is wrong?

Or a speedo/ecu change/major hacking?

It's not unusual for people to forget MOT's.

Could be a simple misunderstand, car is MOT'd and the defects fixed but the re-test never actually happened.

[Nickp82]

Some sort of experience day car? I guess they don’t get MOTd at all though until done with.

Short of finding the owner at the time it’s going to be tough to get a definite answer.

[vw_99]

If it was a mondeo or somthing along them lines i would see it as a red flag. But not with this. V check makes sence and go from there.

Would a car tracked 3k miles between MOT fails be cleaned "properly" to remove track day residue.

[MrBig]

I’d just forget about it and find a different one personally. Not the hallmarks of a fastidious owner(s)