** MOT HELP** Is spare wheel ok to put on for mot?

** MOT HELP** Is spare wheel ok to put on for mot?

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mk4vf2011

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72 posts

145 months

Friday 27th March 2015
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ging84

8,832 posts

145 months

Friday 27th March 2015
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that would be an mot fail

why would you sell a vehicle privately which is know to be unroad worthy ?
Would you not expect a buyer to want to road test it?

anonymous-user

53 months

Friday 27th March 2015
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mk4vf2011 said:
Hi there need some help, my mother has just bought a 14 plate corsa and was gonna trade in her 05 corsa sxi+ but they offered a st trade in price so Im selling it for her privately. Its not due mot until may but it will sell better with a full ticket of course

I had it pre-mot'd yesterday n its gonna need 3 tyres 1 is cracked badly and 2 have slight inside of tyre wear, Im gonna replace 2 tyres to try n keep cost down but would i get away with putting spare on for mot? Its a 16inch wheel same as the others but not same tyre profile.

Thanks
don't be a cheapskate lings longs or part worns can be had for 30 quid each.

nickofh

603 posts

117 months

Friday 27th March 2015
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I'm guessing its the one that's cracked badly that would be staying on too. - Lovely

Welshbeef

49,633 posts

197 months

Friday 27th March 2015
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OP get your mom to put on 4x brand new tyres might cost £350 using decent rubber on that run size.

Or if money is tight - assuming not as she's happy to by brand new cars - then put some budget tyres on all 4 £150 tops.

ecsrobin

17,024 posts

164 months

Friday 27th March 2015
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I bet the trade in offer is looking quite good now!!!!

Axionknight

8,505 posts

134 months

Friday 27th March 2015
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rofl

Cheap bd.

Matt UK

17,649 posts

199 months

Friday 27th March 2015
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They walk amongst us...

Megaflow

9,347 posts

224 months

Friday 27th March 2015
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The Spruce goose said:
mk4vf2011 said:
Hi there need some help, my mother has just bought a 14 plate corsa and was gonna trade in her 05 corsa sxi+ but they offered a st trade in price so Im selling it for her privately. Its not due mot until may but it will sell better with a full ticket of course

I had it pre-mot'd yesterday n its gonna need 3 tyres 1 is cracked badly and 2 have slight inside of tyre wear, Im gonna replace 2 tyres to try n keep cost down but would i get away with putting spare on for mot? Its a 16inch wheel same as the others but not same tyre profile.

Thanks
don't be a cheapskate lings longs or part worns can be had for 30 quid each.
Pre-MOT'd? I've got a pint on that being an MOT and it failed.

herewego

8,814 posts

212 months

Friday 27th March 2015
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Why would the spare not be the same profile?

Mave

8,208 posts

214 months

Friday 27th March 2015
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herewego said:
Why would the spare not be the same profile?
Space saver?

Riley Blue

20,915 posts

225 months

Friday 27th March 2015
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BTW - get the tracking checked too...

tannhauser

1,773 posts

214 months

Friday 27th March 2015
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And to think we share the roads with s like this...

Welshbeef

49,633 posts

197 months

Friday 27th March 2015
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Megaflow said:
Pre-MOT'd? I've got a pint on that being an MOT and it failed.
If its been "pre-MOT" by an official tester and its failed the car is an MOT fail and will appear so on the system. Do not drive the car on the road unless its back to the test station for a retest.

So many don't realise this and simply assume the prevailing MOT pass does the job sadly it doesn't.

CYMR0

3,940 posts

199 months

Friday 27th March 2015
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Welshbeef said:
If its been "pre-MOT" by an official tester and its failed the car is an MOT fail and will appear so on the system. Do not drive the car on the road unless its back to the test station for a retest.

So many don't realise this and simply assume the prevailing MOT pass does the job sadly it doesn't.
Well yeah, if the car's not roadworthy, it can't be driven on the road. The existence of an MoT does not, in itself, make a car roadworthy.

But that doesn't change whether the car passed an MoT 11 months ago, failed one yesterday, or is currently a hulk of burning metal.

The prevailing MoT is NOT revoked. An MoT failure is a failure to grant a new certificate. It is, at most, evidence that the car was not roadworthy when presented, just like an MoT pass is evidence that the car was roadworthy - when presented.

Edit: usually a 'pre=MoT' means that the car isn't tested on the system whatsoever, but someone looks it over to spot potential failures.

Mave

8,208 posts

214 months

Friday 27th March 2015
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Welshbeef said:
Megaflow said:
Pre-MOT'd? I've got a pint on that being an MOT and it failed.
If its been "pre-MOT" by an official tester and its failed the car is an MOT fail and will appear so on the system. Do not drive the car on the road unless its back to the test station for a retest.

So many don't realise this and simply assume the prevailing MOT pass does the job sadly it doesn't.
So what offence do you think is being committed driving a car that has recently failed an MoT test but still has a valid MoT certificate in date?

Krikkit

26,500 posts

180 months

Friday 27th March 2015
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Mave said:
Welshbeef said:
Megaflow said:
Pre-MOT'd? I've got a pint on that being an MOT and it failed.
If its been "pre-MOT" by an official tester and its failed the car is an MOT fail and will appear so on the system. Do not drive the car on the road unless its back to the test station for a retest.

So many don't realise this and simply assume the prevailing MOT pass does the job sadly it doesn't.
So what offence do you think is being committed driving a car that has recently failed an MoT test but still has a valid MoT certificate in date?
Driving a vehicle which not only isn't roadworthy, but knowingly doing so.

CYMR0

3,940 posts

199 months

Friday 27th March 2015
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Krikkit said:
Driving a vehicle which not only isn't roadworthy, but knowingly doing so.
But the only offence is the construction and use one, not the MoT certificate.

Yes, it might be done knowingly, but that doesn't really change anything - the offence is made out whether or not the driver checked the car first. It *might* be an aggravating factor, but it's such a low-level offence in terms of sentencing...

More importantly, once the car is fixed, no further offence is committed.

SuperPav

1,074 posts

124 months

Friday 27th March 2015
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CYMR0 said:
Krikkit said:
Driving a vehicle which not only isn't roadworthy, but knowingly doing so.
But the only offence is the construction and use one, not the MoT certificate.

Yes, it might be done knowingly, but that doesn't really change anything - the offence is made out whether or not the driver checked the car first. It *might* be an aggravating factor, but it's such a low-level offence in terms of sentencing...

More importantly, once the car is fixed, no further offence is committed.
Correct. In this case, the illegal tyres are an offence in themselves, and would be whether the car has a valid MOT, expired MOT, or failed MOT.

A failed MOT sheet in itself does not constitute an offence, if the vehicle is in a roadworthy state and within the 12 month validity period of a previously issued MOT certificate.

Winky151

1,267 posts

140 months

Friday 27th March 2015
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Mave said:
herewego said:
Why would the spare not be the same profile?
Space saver?
Corsa SXi has 4 alloys & a steelie spare. Low profiles on the alloys but not on the spare. Same rolling radius though.