New MOT not certificate just receipt Question

[Dr-Bob]

Is there away of getting a certificate rather than just the MOT print out receipt that now comes with the new MOT???

Got every MOT with the viper from new and would like to carry on..

Many thanks
Baz

[kambites]

That receipt is an MoT certificate.

[Trommel]

There is no certificate but the plain paper one.

[Dr G]

kambites said:

That receipt is an MoT certificate.

It's a "receipt style MOT certificate" apparently; the only official MOT record is that stored online. The old style certificates are no more.

[Dr-Bob]

kambites said:

That receipt is an MoT certificate.

Yes..Just didnt know if there was a way of printing from DVLA for personal records... I understand they did it for cost cutting reasons for the MOT Stations...

[mrmr96]

This is what MOT certificates look like now:

[jagracer]

Dr-Bob said:

Yes..Just didnt know if there was a way of printing from DVLA for personal records... I understand they did it for cost cutting reasons for the MOT Stations...

They did it for cost cutting reasons for VOSA as the MOT station has to buy the plain paper, before it used to be VOSA that supplied the certificates. The plain paper version you have is the certificate, you wont get anything better.

[mrmr96]

jagracer said:

Dr-Bob said:

Yes..Just didnt know if there was a way of printing from DVLA for personal records... I understand they did it for cost cutting reasons for the MOT Stations...

They did it for cost cutting reasons for VOSA as the MOT station has to buy the plain paper, before it used to be VOSA that supplied the certificates. The plain paper version you have is the certificate, you wont get anything better.

2 more good reasons:
1 - Not being on "proper" paper means they are easier to fake SO people will be more likely to check the veracity online. (This is better than trusting a bit of paper just because 'it was the right colour'.)
2 - The advisories are printed on the face of the paper, so dealers will no longer be able to "lose" the advisory sheets. (I know you could always view them online, which I did, but I think some less savvy buyers would let them get away with not disclosing.)

[Athlon]

it would appear that the dealers are putting a plain sheet over the advs section of the certificate and scanning/printing it so it no longer shows them...