Driving to a garage for repairs with no tax/MOT?

[bodhi808]

3Dee said:

Unless I am wrong (which I could be)I interpret th^s to mean that you can do the following:

1. Book an MOT - drive it there. - It will fail (based on what you say is the state of the vehicle) - get the MOT failure report - drive it home.

2. Make appt for repairs (as you mentioned),. which of course will include the items on the failure report. Drive it there - have it repaired - drive it home.

3. Make appt for retest - Drive it to retest

Bobs your thingy!

This seems like the sensible option. Although I'd caveat this with, if the car needs to go for repairs before it will pass an MOT then should it be driven on the roads? The vehicle still needs to be roadworthy to avoid being nicked.
If it needs repairs because it needs a tune up to pass emmisions, then that's not really a big issue, however if the suspension is hanging off (extreme example), then it's unreasonable (and illegal) to drive it.