Want to sell my car but it has no MOT, advice?

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prowla wrote: »

Not without Road Tax.

Not so sure about that .....

https://www.askthe.police.uk/content/Q600.htm

Macadamia

Just found this......

"If your vehicle doesn't have an MOT you can drive it to or from a pre-arranged MOT or to or from a pre-arranged appointment to have defects remedied that were discovered on a previous test. You can drive your vehicle on a road without road tax in these circumstances.
Q600: Can I drive my car without an MOT and a tax disk?

https://www.askthe.police.uk/content/Q600.htm"

You can drive to a test without road tax....because you cannot get tax without a valid MOT

prowla

Thanks for the info - that's good to know.

So, you have to book the MOT and go directly there (not via shops, etc.).

Presumably though, you do still need insurance.

custardy

prowla wrote: »

Not without Road Tax.

prowla wrote: »

Thanks for the info - that's good to know.

So, you have to book the MOT and go directly there (not via shops, etc.).

Presumably though, you do still need insurance.

Of course you need insurance. When you posted about road tax,how was this going to happen on a car with no MOT?

To the OP. I have just been on he car buying trawl.So many people put up ads with 'will pass MOT no problem',which I go straight past.
If it will pass easily,why hasnt the seller put a years MOT on it?

prowla

custardy wrote: »

Of course you need insurance. When you posted about road tax,how was this going to happen on a car with no MOT?

To the OP. I have just been on he car buying trawl.So many people put up ads with 'will pass MOT no problem',which I go straight past.
If it will pass easily,why hasnt the seller put a years MOT on it?

Not sure I understand that 1st para.

But I agree on the 2nd.

Incidentally, when the law says you can drive it to an MOT centre without MOT & Road Tax, does it also say you can drive it home if it doesn't pass/no problem?

And, beware of assuming that if it passes its MOT you will get it taxed there and then; the system can have outages and I once got caught out when I found that the car I bought (though it did have MOT) was registered for disabled and so had to be done at a Post Office.

custardy

prowla wrote: »

Not sure I understand that 1st para.

But I agree on the 2nd.

Incidentally, when the law says you can drive it to an MOT centre without MOT & Road Tax, does it also say you can drive it home if it doesn't pass/no problem?

And, beware of assuming that if it passes its MOT you will get it taxed there and then; the system can have outages and I once got caught out when I found that the car I bought (though it did have MOT) was registered for disabled and so had to be done at a Post Office.

Well you posted about not driving to an MOT without road tax. Without an MOT,you can't get tax.

Unless the car is deemed unsafe to drive,then yes you can drive home.

prowla

custardy wrote: »

Well you posted about not driving to an MOT without road tax. Without an MOT,you can't get tax.

Unless the car is deemed unsafe to drive,then yes you can drive home.

OK, I think that's it covered then.
Do you have a link to a government page which states it rather than a chat?

BeenThroughItAll

prowla wrote: »

OK, I think that's it covered then.
Do you have a link to a government page which states it rather than a chat?

https://www.askthe.police.uk/content/Q600.htm

But it's been like this for as long as I can remember, so I'm amazed you weren't already aware.

Side note, first time I ever drove my Triumph Herald on the road when I was 17 (my first car), I was pulled over on my way to the MOT centre, 25 miles form home.

No problem, the police just checked my licence and insurance and let me on my way (was 7am and before the days of mobile phones so they couldn't ring the garage to check).

prowla

BeenThroughItAll wrote: »

https://www.askthe.police.uk/content/Q600.htm

But it's been like this for as long as I can remember, so I'm amazed you weren't already aware.

Side note, first time I ever drove my Triumph Herald on the road when I was 17 (my first car), I was pulled over on my way to the MOT centre, 25 miles form home.

No problem, the police just checked my licence and insurance and let me on my way (was 7am and before the days of mobile phones so they couldn't ring the garage to check).

Yes, that particular link has already been posted; my question was whether there was a government page which states the actual law that one refers to.

(Actually, your amazement is well founded though, because thinking back I am pretty sure I did know that, and have even done it.)

BeenThroughItAll

prowla wrote: »

Yes, that particular link has already been posted; my question was whether there was a government page which states the actual law that one refers to.

(Actually, your amazement is well founded though, because thinking back I am pretty sure I did know that, and have even done it.)

Well, that Government page would be the actual legislative statutes which outline the law itself. Trust in MSE, it's really true.