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As long as it pre booked and the garage has a record of it you are okay there, if they can't do it for whatever reason there's not much else you can do but take it home assuming you can't wait for a space.
I would imagine any Bibs would be sympathetic to this as long as you went straight home and didn't do the shopping or the like.
I would imagine any Bibs would be sympathetic to this as long as you went straight home and didn't do the shopping or the like.
Rob_the_Sparky said:
I'd guess it depends on what it failed on as the car still has to be roadworthy. E.g. you won't be exempt from driving on bald tyres just cause you've booked an MOT.
If it fails an MOT is that necessarily deemed to be unroadworthy? I'm really not sure about the rules there.
Best wishes all,
Dave.
TripleS said:
Rob_the_Sparky said:
I'd guess it depends on what it failed on as the car still has to be roadworthy. E.g. you won't be exempt from driving on bald tyres just cause you've booked an MOT.
If it fails an MOT is that necessarily deemed to be unroadworthy? I'm really not sure about the rules there.
Best wishes all,
Dave.
Basically yes.If it was roadworthy it would pass the mot.
tps said:
TripleS said:
Rob_the_Sparky said:
I'd guess it depends on what it failed on as the car still has to be roadworthy. E.g. you won't be exempt from driving on bald tyres just cause you've booked an MOT.
If it fails an MOT is that necessarily deemed to be unroadworthy? I'm really not sure about the rules there.
Best wishes all,
Dave.
Basically yes.If it was roadworthy it would pass the mot.
What about things like emissions, buggered rear seatbelts etc? They don't really have any bearing on roadworthy.
nobleguy said:
Cool. Can I book mine in Edinburgh when I live in the Midlands?
I think the answer is yes - it doesn't have to be the nearest garage - but if stopped you may get charged with taking the p
s. If the faults are "serious" can't the garage take it off the road there and then and insist that repairs are carried out by them or you return with a trailer.
imbecile said:
tps said:
TripleS said:
Rob_the_Sparky said:
I'd guess it depends on what it failed on as the car still has to be roadworthy. E.g. you won't be exempt from driving on bald tyres just cause you've booked an MOT.
If it fails an MOT is that necessarily deemed to be unroadworthy? I'm really not sure about the rules there.
Best wishes all,
Dave.
Basically yes.If it was roadworthy it would pass the mot.
What about things like emissions, buggered rear seatbelts etc? They don't really have any bearing on roadworthy.
Yes Yes and yes.Its still unroadworthy if the seatbelts do not work or the emissions are to high.
When would you see the police or mot tester go,hello mate its running like a dog and your passengers may die in a crash but hey i reckon its roadworthy so off you go.
tps said:
imbecile said:
tps said:
TripleS said:
Rob_the_Sparky said:
I'd guess it depends on what it failed on as the car still has to be roadworthy. E.g. you won't be exempt from driving on bald tyres just cause you've booked an MOT.
If it fails an MOT is that necessarily deemed to be unroadworthy? I'm really not sure about the rules there.
Best wishes all,
Dave.
Basically yes.If it was roadworthy it would pass the mot.
What about things like emissions, buggered rear seatbelts etc? They don't really have any bearing on roadworthy.
Yes Yes and yes.Its still unroadworthy if the seatbelts do not work or the emissions are to high.
When would you see the police or mot tester go,hello mate its running like a dog and your passengers may die in a crash but hey i reckon its roadworthy so off you go.
So old cars with no rear seatbelts are "unroadworthy"?
Not strictly true from what I remember working in the MOT station, the mot fail sheet has a section which can be filed in to say the car is unroadworthy and dangerous to drive on the road, for things like excessive chassis rust, bald tyres etc etc, it won't be filled out for things like emissions or light bulbs.
Emissions would normally get a slip issued (can't remember the name) to make sure you get the matter attended too within 7 or 14 days, you then need to take that to a testing station where they will check and stamp the slip, that then goes back to say the car is road worthy again. Seat belt would probably be up to their discretion.
When I went through this with my kit car, the rule was you can drive it to an MOT station (as long as you have an appointment) and if it fails you can then drive it to a garage for repair. If that garage happens to be at the bottom of your garden when that should be no problem, as with the kit car I was the manufacturer.
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