Driving before registered - would you admin it
Discussion
Ok so you've built your car, and you know that you can insure it and drive it to and from the SVA centre legally, but you've taken it out for a gentle spin up your road and back already.
You did this because you don't want to fail the SVA for something that will only show up when driving, like a strange knocking, or a bolt that is not tight and rattles loose etc. and then have to wait another month for a new SVA date if this were to happen.
But do you add this drive to your build diary or not? LOL
You did this because you don't want to fail the SVA for something that will only show up when driving, like a strange knocking, or a bolt that is not tight and rattles loose etc. and then have to wait another month for a new SVA date if this were to happen.
But do you add this drive to your build diary or not? LOL
Before I SVA'd my kit car I took it for an MOT the car was insured on the chassis number. Having it MOT'd was essential as it allowed me to get the emissions set and make sure the brakes worked properly. I also took it to have the suspension set up as well a couple of miles down the road.
I drove past police cars a few times with no number plates expecting to get pulled over one time I even got an approving thumbs up for the policeman driving!!
By the time I had actually got the SVA the MOT and a trip to the VOSA station to get the chassis and engine number verified I had done 200 miles before I had even fitted the number plates and got a tax disc!!
So driving it before I had registered it, damn right I did!
I drove past police cars a few times with no number plates expecting to get pulled over one time I even got an approving thumbs up for the policeman driving!!
By the time I had actually got the SVA the MOT and a trip to the VOSA station to get the chassis and engine number verified I had done 200 miles before I had even fitted the number plates and got a tax disc!!
So driving it before I had registered it, damn right I did!
Ahem, My last kit car had 4, yes 4, prebooked MOT's before it went for the SVA as I couldn't get the emmisions right. ( Thanks shineybitz for taking out the catalytic converter, not replacing it, although that was why I hired you, rewelding the now half empty but broken catalytic converter housing, and charging me £125 for the privelege....and not telling me so that I couldn't understand the poor emissions on the right bank of cylinders ). Some of these tests were a good 20 miles away from home as I wanted to give the car a good run to get hot.
Net result a nicely shaken down car with brakes and everything else bedded in for the test.
Its also the only time you can blast past speed cameras and not get a NIP !
Cheers,
Tony
Net result a nicely shaken down car with brakes and everything else bedded in for the test.
Its also the only time you can blast past speed cameras and not get a NIP !
Cheers,
Tony
LaurenceFrost said:
Brilliant!
I didn't realise you could have an MOT done on the car before it was road registered. I think I'll go ahead and book one soon then. I want to give the brakes some bedding, and make sure that nothing falls off.
Make sure its insured. That's the only requirementI didn't realise you could have an MOT done on the car before it was road registered. I think I'll go ahead and book one soon then. I want to give the brakes some bedding, and make sure that nothing falls off.
Altrezia said:
LaurenceFrost said:
Brilliant!
I didn't realise you could have an MOT done on the car before it was road registered. I think I'll go ahead and book one soon then. I want to give the brakes some bedding, and make sure that nothing falls off.
Make sure its insured. That's the only requirementI didn't realise you could have an MOT done on the car before it was road registered. I think I'll go ahead and book one soon then. I want to give the brakes some bedding, and make sure that nothing falls off.
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