MOT expires Friday 21 April, trading car in Saturday morning

[Ajax Treesdown]

Basically as the title says.
I'm trading in my I30N for a i20N Saturday morning, 22 April, and my mot runs out Friday 21 April.

The dealer has written by email to state not to take it for the MOT test on Friday and they will complete that and the service that is due together once I've traded the car in.

I have a MOT slot booked for Friday anyway. The dealer is about 70 miles from me so I would be covering this in a car that has no mot if I don't do it Friday.

Thoughts? Do I risk the few hours without mot or just test it Friday myself? There is no difference in part ex value with or without mot. It would normally already have been tested but the delivery date of the I20N kept moving backwards. It was supposed to arrive the 12th April at the latest which would have negated the MOT issue, but has only just arrived and earliest I can pick up is Saturday 22nd April.

Thanks

Edited by Ajax Treesdown on Wednesday 19th April 10:47

[S. Gonzales Esq.]

Surely you book the test for Saturday morning at the dealer you’re going to. You’re then driving to a pre-booked test and are legally OK.

[Roderick Spode]

I wouldn't risk it with no MoT, especially if you're travelling on any motorways, etc. Likely to get papped by ANPR.

If you're able to drive it down within the timescale of the valid MoT, I would try and do that.

[S. Gonzales Esq.]

On a related note, has anyone in the history of the world ever been pulled just for an MOT that’s one day out?

If you’re not drawing attention to yourself in any other way, I imagine the authorities have bigger fish to fry.

[CoreyDog]

S. Gonzales Esq. said:

Surely you book the test for Saturday morning at the dealer you’re going to. You’re then driving to a pre-booked test and are legally OK.

This is the answer. Call the dealer and book it for an MOT with them (Or if they don’t do MOTs, ask them to book it in with their friendly garage who does them). That way on the Saturday you’re travelling to a pre-booked MOT, problem solved.

[Jordie Barretts sock]

Your MOT is valid until midnight on Friday. On Saturday morning you are legitimately driving to a prebooked MOT.

Where's the problem?

If you want to waste an MOT fee on Friday...

[untakenname]

I'd get the MOT done myself beforehand for piece of mind, if the dealer does it and it fails or there's a list of advisories then they will likely lower the price offered for the vehicle.

[Jordie Barretts sock]

untakenname said:

I'd get the MOT done myself beforehand for piece of mind, if the dealer does it and it fails or there's a list of advisories then they will likely lower the price offered for the vehicle.

What a load of rubbish! He's taking the car to do the exchange on his new car. The deal has been done. The dealer told him not to MOT as they will do it.

Did you read the OP at all?

[Ajax Treesdown]

Jordie Barretts sock said:

untakenname said:

I'd get the MOT done myself beforehand for piece of mind, if the dealer does it and it fails or there's a list of advisories then they will likely lower the price offered for the vehicle.

What a load of rubbish! He's taking the car to do the exchange on his new car. The deal has been done. The dealer told him not to MOT as they will do it.

Did you read the OP at all?

[Jamescrs]

I think as above get the dealer to confirm you have an MOT appointment for the Saturday if you want to be properly covered.

[untakenname]

Jordie Barretts sock said:

What a load of rubbish! He's taking the car to do the exchange on his new car. The deal has been done. The dealer told him not to MOT as they will do it.

Did you read the OP at all?

Yes and unless the deal has already been done and it's in writing what the part ex value is then there's the potential that on the day the dealer may try and use the MOT to his advantage.

[Ajax Treesdown]

untakenname said:

Jordie Barretts sock said:

What a load of rubbish! He's taking the car to do the exchange on his new car. The deal has been done. The dealer told him not to MOT as they will do it.

Did you read the OP at all?

Yes and unless the deal has already been done and it's in writing what the part ex value is then there's the potential that on the day the dealer may try and use the MOT to his advantage.

Its the dealer telling me not to MOT the car. The deal is all agreed, signed and done and has been for months! There is no movement in part ex value from the dealer with or without the MOT, as stated in my original post.

[Ajax Treesdown]

Thank you for the answers, they have been helpful.

I will get the dealer to email me with confirmation that they are going to MOT it Saturday so I will be travelling to a pre booked MOT appointment as well as completing my new car purchase.

Thanks everyone.

[Sheepshanks]

If it's going to worry you then find a way to take it there on Friday or else get the dealer to deliver the new car and collect the old one on Saturday.

Apart from anything else, it's a condition in many insurance policies that the car must have an MOT if required. The only way round that, is, as someone has suggested, book it for an MOT at the garage you're driving to.

[zedx19]

ANPR won't "pap" you, they'd be "papping" thousands daily, ANPR doesn't know whether you're driving to an MOT station or not. You're extremely unlikely to get pulled by a copper either. One of my mates ran around for 6 months before realising his MOT expired, nothing happened. Stop worrying, just drive the car Saturday, if by some miracle you get pulled, ring the dealer and all they need to say is it's booked in for an MOT, then go buy yourself a lottery ticket.

[nickwilcock]

From https://www.gov.uk/getting-an-mot:

"You cannot drive or park your vehicle on the road if the MOT has run out. You can be prosecuted if caught.

The only exceptions are to drive it:

- to or from somewhere to be repaired
- to a pre-arranged MOT test"

As you will be driving to an MOT test to be conducted by the dealer, you will be OK. It might be an idea to carry some paperwork from the dealer to confirm that they have agreed to this.

[QJumper]

untakenname said:

Jordie Barretts sock said:

What a load of rubbish! He's taking the car to do the exchange on his new car. The deal has been done. The dealer told him not to MOT as they will do it.

Did you read the OP at all?

Yes and unless the deal has already been done and it's in writing what the part ex value is then there's the potential that on the day the dealer may try and use the MOT to his advantage.

Work's the other way round too though. If the OP gets an MOT done beforehand, and it fails or has advisories, then the dealer could use that against him.

Personally I'd go with the dealer's request to leave the MOT to them, as I can't see the dealer waiting to do the MOT before completing the deal, as they've already stated that they'll take care of it after the trade in.

[BertBert]

The dealer isn't doing the MoT on the day of p/ex though and I doubt they will even if asked to.
I would just risk it.

[paintman]

Drive up Friday afternoon, leave it at the dealers & have a night in a cheap hotel.
Have a night out on the town/go out for a meal.
Collect new car in the morning.

You could even use it as a treat for your partner.

[Grumps.]

"Was this dealership 70 miles from your home, the only one that could fit you in on a Saturday morning?"

Thought not.