MOT test - a quick question
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So if you get stopped between your car failing it's test (on for instance windscreen wipers and lights (mine last time)) and the retest, you're going to show the nice officer the fail sheet are you
basil brush said: As soon as it fails your old MOT certificate is invalid, even if it has time to run.
Think you'll find ol B-Brush is correct.
If you took your car in for an MOT to see if it fails, any time before it is due and the car actually did fail its test. The MOT cert that you hold is now invalid and you have fourteen days for renewal, i.e. to get whatever the fail point was rectified.
Should you be pulled and you are asked for you papers to be presented at a police station, even if you took you previous years pass and not the fail notice you are currently under, this fail should have been entered into the database and therefore you run the risk of gettinig clobbered without a valid MOT (Although you should still be in the fourteen day notice at this point so can claim that you are getting it attended to)
Hope thats clear, think i made it sound more confusing than it needed to be - basically if it fails, fix it sharpish - regardless of what the date on your current certificate date is.
I thought i'd try this one last year to get me to le mans, but it was a no go - not even worth the stress of trying, i paid up and got the car back the day i went - v close call!!
Oh and i'm pretty sure it is 14 days and not a month, can't see ol' two jags being all that generous can you..?
>> Edited by Buffalo on Tuesday 18th February 17:13
If you took your car in for an MOT to see if it fails, any time before it is due and the car actually did fail its test. The MOT cert that you hold is now invalid and you have fourteen days for renewal, i.e. to get whatever the fail point was rectified.
Should you be pulled and you are asked for you papers to be presented at a police station, even if you took you previous years pass and not the fail notice you are currently under, this fail should have been entered into the database and therefore you run the risk of gettinig clobbered without a valid MOT (Although you should still be in the fourteen day notice at this point so can claim that you are getting it attended to)
Hope thats clear, think i made it sound more confusing than it needed to be - basically if it fails, fix it sharpish - regardless of what the date on your current certificate date is.
I thought i'd try this one last year to get me to le mans, but it was a no go - not even worth the stress of trying, i paid up and got the car back the day i went - v close call!!
Oh and i'm pretty sure it is 14 days and not a month, can't see ol' two jags being all that generous can you..?
>> Edited by Buffalo on Tuesday 18th February 17:13
I know the legal stand point, but MOT garages I've been to just take your £25 and give you a fail sheet
There's no copy of the sheet, and just your name in the (usually, very oily) diary
Obviously my cars are much more ahem "structuraly sound" than back in the bad old days when I was a student etc, and I know that any problems can be fixed within a few hours but I used to take my car for a test every six months, just to keep on top of the welding
Also obviosly I got a fair few producers, and never had a problem
Well my friends did......
There's no copy of the sheet, and just your name in the (usually, very oily) diary
Obviously my cars are much more ahem "structuraly sound" than back in the bad old days when I was a student etc, and I know that any problems can be fixed within a few hours but I used to take my car for a test every six months, just to keep on top of the welding
Also obviosly I got a fair few producers, and never had a problem Well my friends did......
It's definitely a month. And you can get the expiry date to the end of the previous certificate if it's within a month. But if it's more than a month to go, you can't get 1 month added to the new one.
If it's going to fail, how about getting a "pre-MOT inspection"? Shouldn't cost you any more, but definitely won't get you registered as failed. Almost any garage would do it for the price of an MOT, or maybe less.
If it's going to fail, how about getting a "pre-MOT inspection"? Shouldn't cost you any more, but definitely won't get you registered as failed. Almost any garage would do it for the price of an MOT, or maybe less.
Related question:
I received this year's Tax reminder in the post yesterday. As usual, it says that I need the fee and certificate of insurance. As the car is only 2 years old, I don't yet need an MOT certificate.
Worryingly, there is a statement at the bottom of the form: "This vehicle requires a valid MOT certificate from 01/01/2004"
Is this correct? I took delivery (new) on 22/02/2001, so I would have thought that an MOT was due on 23/02/2004?
I received this year's Tax reminder in the post yesterday. As usual, it says that I need the fee and certificate of insurance. As the car is only 2 years old, I don't yet need an MOT certificate.
Worryingly, there is a statement at the bottom of the form: "This vehicle requires a valid MOT certificate from 01/01/2004"
Is this correct? I took delivery (new) on 22/02/2001, so I would have thought that an MOT was due on 23/02/2004?
incorrigible said:So if you get stopped between your car failing it's test (on for instance windscreen wipers and lights (mine last time)) and the retest, you're going to show the nice officer the fail sheet are you
basil brush said: As soon as it fails your old MOT certificate is invalid, even if it has time to run.
Would you not then? I don't know, how dishonest are some people.
I just meant that if you have a bump and details are checked, you may be in trouble.
There is no grace period on Road Tax, a fact I paid £100 for the privilege of knowing. The earliest you can apply for a new tax disc is 14 days before the old one expires.
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