Can I take a car with no MOT to get tyres fitted
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We have a spare family car that I want to press back into service. It has no MOT (but is very roadworthy). I want to get two new tyres as the existing one's are slow punctured.
Can I take it to the tyre fitters without having a problem with the law?
Can I take it to the tyre fitters without having a problem with the law?
Edited by Police State on Saturday 5th September 11:24
Police State said:
We have a spare family car that I want to press back into service. It has no MOT (but is very roadworthy). I want to get two new tyres as the existing one's are slow punctured.
Can I take it to the tyre fitters without having a problem with the law?
No.Can I take it to the tyre fitters without having a problem with the law?
Take the two wheels off & take them to the tyre fitters or get a mobile unit to you.
(Unless you are booking it in for a MOT at that garage & you get them to fit the two tyres prior to the MOT).
Edited by vonhosen on Saturday 5th September 11:28
vonhosen said:
Police State said:
We have a spare family car that I want to press back into service. It has no MOT (but is very roadworthy). I want to get two new tyres as the existing one's are slow punctured.
Can I take it to the tyre fitters without having a problem with the law?
No.Can I take it to the tyre fitters without having a problem with the law?
Take the two wheels off & take them to the tyre fitters or get a mobile unit to you.
(Unless you are booking it in for a MOT at that garage & you get them to fit the two tyres prior to the MOT).
Edited by vonhosen on Saturday 5th September 11:28
vonhosen said:
Police State said:
We have a spare family car that I want to press back into service. It has no MOT (but is very roadworthy). I want to get two new tyres as the existing one's are slow punctured.
Can I take it to the tyre fitters without having a problem with the law?
No.Can I take it to the tyre fitters without having a problem with the law?
Take the two wheels off & take them to the tyre fitters or get a mobile unit to you.
(Unless you are booking it in for a MOT at that garage & you get them to fit the two tyres prior to the MOT).
Edited by vonhosen on Saturday 5th September 11:28
t84 said:
I'm sure you can drive with no MOT if you're going to get it repaired? If the car failed on tyres then new tyres count as a repair surely?
Partly right.It has to fail an MOT test first. You can then drive it to a place where it is to be repaired in preparation for the re test without a valid MOT and back again to the test location.
Mg6b said:
t84 said:
I'm sure you can drive with no MOT if you're going to get it repaired? If the car failed on tyres then new tyres count as a repair surely?
Partly right.It has to fail an MOT test first. You can then drive it to a place where it is to be repaired in preparation for the re test without a valid MOT and back again to the test location.
A car that is roadworthy but doesn't have a current MOT certificate can't legally be driven somewhere for attention, but one that has failed an MOT test, and therefore is shown to be unroadworthy, can!
Have I misunderstood the legalities, or is that a nonsensical situation?
Best wishes all,
Dave.
p1esk said:
A car that is roadworthy but doesn't have a current MOT certificate can't legally be driven somewhere for attention, but one that has failed an MOT test, and therefore is shown to be unroadworthy, can!
Isn't this just an extension of the 'driving to/from an MOT test' exemption? I don't think an MOT failure entitles you to drive from home to a garage to get work done on the car. The exemption only applies to the journey to/from the test centre. Dave
As Venerable Von states it is the law:
Motor Vehicles (Tests) Regulations, 1981
Reg 6 exemptions:
(2)(a) (iii) (A)
..where a test certificate is refused on an examination for the purposes of delivering it by previous arrangements, or bringing it away from, a place where work is to be or has been done on it to remedy for a further examination the defects on the grounds of which the test certificate waas refused
dvd
As Venerable Von states it is the law:
Motor Vehicles (Tests) Regulations, 1981
Reg 6 exemptions:
(2)(a) (iii) (A)
..where a test certificate is refused on an examination for the purposes of delivering it by previous arrangements, or bringing it away from, a place where work is to be or has been done on it to remedy for a further examination the defects on the grounds of which the test certificate waas refused
dvd
Dwight VanDriver said:
Dave
As Venerable Von states it is the law:
Motor Vehicles (Tests) Regulations, 1981
Reg 6 exemptions:
(2)(a) (iii) (A)
..where a test certificate is refused on an examination for the purposes of delivering it by previous arrangements, or bringing it away from, a place where work is to be or has been done on it to remedy for a further examination the defects on the grounds of which the test certificate waas refused
dvd
Oh, I expect what Von and mg6b said is correct as far as the law is concerned. It just sounded like practical nonsense to me - but that's not unusual!As Venerable Von states it is the law:
Motor Vehicles (Tests) Regulations, 1981
Reg 6 exemptions:
(2)(a) (iii) (A)
..where a test certificate is refused on an examination for the purposes of delivering it by previous arrangements, or bringing it away from, a place where work is to be or has been done on it to remedy for a further examination the defects on the grounds of which the test certificate waas refused
dvd
Best wishes all,
Dave.
Dwight VanDriver said:
Dave
As Venerable Von states it is the law:
Motor Vehicles (Tests) Regulations, 1981
Reg 6 exemptions:
(2)(a) (iii) (A)
..where a test certificate is refused on an examination for the purposes of delivering it by previous arrangements, or bringing it away from, a place where work is to be or has been done on it to remedy for a further examination the defects on the grounds of which the test certificate waas refused
dvd
I'm glad I didn't know that when I took the Singer in to have some welding done last November. The MOT was expired and I knew it would fail, so I arranged for the welding to be done first.As Venerable Von states it is the law:
Motor Vehicles (Tests) Regulations, 1981
Reg 6 exemptions:
(2)(a) (iii) (A)
..where a test certificate is refused on an examination for the purposes of delivering it by previous arrangements, or bringing it away from, a place where work is to be or has been done on it to remedy for a further examination the defects on the grounds of which the test certificate waas refused
dvd
It appears from the above I should have taken it for an MOT, let it fail, then got the welding I knew it needed done, then taken it for another MOT.
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