Is selling a car with 4 months mot to short

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Sweetpie wrote: »

Ask to see the MOT and check for advisories, this will give you an idea if the car will get through the next MOT easily or not. It will also give you an idea of the condition of the car. Hope this helps.

I've checked the previous mot's online and the car has never failed a mot or had any advisories. When I asked the seller if they would put a new mot on the car they said they wouldn't be able to as the earliest an mot can be done is a month before the due date. Now I know you can put a mot on at anytime so does the seller know something is going to fail.

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arcon5 wrote: »

What car is it?

Hyundai i10

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If you are worried, don't buy it.
There are loads of i10s about.

Remember there is always something wrong with a car someone is looking to sell. The sellers job is to convince you that it is too small for their growing family/too old for their snobby neighbourhood rather than they are getting rid because they can see huge bills on the horizon.

If you are desperate to buy this particular one, you can always give him the money for an MOT and agree to buy it if it passes.

AdrianC

kmb500 wrote: »

that's just you though, most people who use their cars on a daily basis would not necessarily get a MOT just for selling it. they may not be able to afford to.

£40-odd...?

prowla

4 months seems fine to me.

Strider590

In all likelihood, the car had a few advisories on it's last MOT and the owner is thinking "it's starting to cost money, time to get rid", people think this way even if the advisories are minor.
Some advisories even might be invalid, with the garage trying to get extra business (brakes low, tyres on the limit, etc).

Not being funny, but the i10 is one of those cars where i'd suspect the owner won't be willing to spend much money on maintenance.

Really, i'd want to see the advisory list from the last MOT, you can get the info here https://www.gov.uk/check-mot-history

consumers_revenge

4 months - you take a chance and go by past MOTs.


I recently bought a car with 11 months MOT on it and despite checking what I could check the head gasket was on its way out so theres NO reassurances just by the MOT I'm afraid.


If I had 4 months left on a car and a buyer asked me to put an MOT on it I probably wouldn't ( but would understand why they would want me to ) as if it failed, even on something silly then it means I would have to get it fixed within a month as I believe having a new MOT invalidates your old one? ( this is not the same as the month before rule ) as I was told by my MOT place before and here http://www.halfordsautocentres.com/advice/mot-advice/how-early-can-i-have-an-mot-test


Of course if it was something dangerous I would repair anyway but that would jack the asking price up as others have stated.

mcjordi

ive just sold my dads old car with just under 3 months mot.. albeit it wasnt as expensive as the OP's haggle on it or pay for a mot and decide from there

AdrianC

consumers_revenge wrote: »

I recently bought a car with 11 months MOT on it and despite checking what I could check the head gasket was on its way out so theres NO reassurances just by the MOT I'm afraid.

Not that the MOT directly checks anything to do with the HG anyway.

I believe having a new MOT invalidates your old one?

No, it doesn't.
Your old MOT is valid right up until the day it expires.
If the car fails on something that renders it unroadworthy, then it's illegal to drive, sure - but by virtue of the unroadworthiness, not the test. It would have still been illegal to drive if you hadn't taken it in.

consumers_revenge

Yes, what I'm saying is the MOT doesn't relate to an expensive head gasket failure.


OK opinions seem split. It would be recorded as a fail and as I agree would be illegal to drive. What might be better would be an MOT pre inspection.