No tax/mot to pre booked MOT - long distance?

[Messer]

Is there any info anywhere that tells me the law on this? Basically there is a car I want to buy which is about 70 miles away that's in decent condition, but has no tax or mot and hasn't been driven a couple of years. I wondered if I could book an mot in near my house and just drive it? Any ideas?

[sherman]

Perfectly legal as long as you have a licence for that vehicle class. You have the ability to drive any other vehicle on your current cars car insurance and you are driving to an MOT testing center for a pre booked test.

You could pick the car up in Brighton and get a test in Lerwick if you were mad enough.


I would suggest taking a copy of the MOT stations address, phone number and date and time of the test with you. Also a copy of the insurance stating that you can drive any other car. All this just incase the police pull you for not having any road tax.

[Messer]

Cheers, although the insurance bit is not strictly true as the vehicle has to already be insured by it's current owner fort insurance to cover that vehicle..
I'd heard through hear say to confirm what you said, but nothing official as it were..

Cheers
Tony

[Chrisw666]

If it has no tax or MOT, and hasn't been used for a couple of years I'd be trailering it or having it delivered unless I was a super skilled mechanic with balls of steel and a very good trade insurance policy.

[sherman]

Chrisw666 said:

If it has no tax or MOT, and hasn't been used for a couple of years I'd be trailering it or having it delivered unless I was a super skilled mechanic with balls of steel and a very good trade insurance policy.

Wheres the fun in that?
Check the oil, put a drop of fresh petrol/diesel in, pump up the tyres, fill the washer bottle, take AA/RAC card with you and drive sensibly.

He is going less than 100 miles its not like he is going to the other end of the country.

[B'stard Child]

sherman said:

Chrisw666 said:

If it has no tax or MOT, and hasn't been used for a couple of years I'd be trailering it or having it delivered unless I was a super skilled mechanic with balls of steel and a very good trade insurance policy.

Wheres the fun in that?
Check the oil, put a drop of fresh petrol/diesel in, pump up the tyres, fill the washer bottle, take AA/RAC card with you and drive sensibly.

He is going less than 100 miles its not like he is going to the other end of the country.

I'm not sure I'd do it now but just under 300 miles was the furthest I've driven to a pre-booked MOT (pre ANPR and all that tosh)



You couldn't make it up but I got a tug with just 7 miles left!!!

[AndrewW-G]

Car also has to be road worthy . . . . . . no bald tyres, broken lights etc. . . . . . .if you are stopped, expect the Police to go over it looking for faults

[diddles]

Once you have purchased the car you will need to have a separate policy on said car to legally drive it. DOC cover does not cover driving other cars which you own. You will be driving uninsured if you do not get a policy to cover it.

If the car is insured by the current owner at the time of sale then the ANPR system is not going to pull it up as being uninsured until the previous owner cancels their policy. However, ANPR will still pull it up for no tax and mot and if/when you get stopped having no tax or mot will be the least of your worries once it is also determined you have no insurance to drive it.

[Messer]

Forget the insurance bit, it will be insured that's not in question - it's the mot/tax that it doesn't have..

Cheers so far for the discussion..

Tony