dodgy mot

arcon5

If the plates don't match then try the police. And the car type they match to, any down your street?

I'd ignore the posters complaining it's none of your business

Strider590

First reaction is that it's an old cloned vehicle. Assume this, tell the Police you think it's a clone vehicle and if/when they come check it out, if it turns out it's had a dodgy MOT then questions are going to be asked.

It's possible that someone has got cloned plates because the car isnt roadworthy and they don't have anywhere else to store it.

Johno100

forgotmyname wrote: »

Someone bought the car for the plates, parks it up and buys shiny new plates whilst swapping the paperwork to their other vehicle.

Driving around in their car with the new reg and shiny plates whilst the
old cars sits there with the same plates on because they couldnt be bothered
to swap them to the new ones supplied by the DVLA?

So your checking the MOT status of their other car, not the one thats parked up?

I assume both the 'new' and 'old' vehicles would have to be the same make or otherwise most MOT checking websites would throw up an error when you run the check?

AdrianC

Johno100 wrote: »

I assume both the 'new' and 'old' vehicles would have to be the same make or otherwise most MOT checking websites would throw up an error when you run the check?

Yep.

Put the plates into one of the parts websites, to find out what model they come back as. But, of course, that doesn't prove <this> silver Fiesta is a different car to <that> silver Fiesta.

There used to be various ways of getting the VIN, so you can do a simple check to see if it's the actual car, but I'm not aware of any sites currently working.

BeenThroughItAll

Go on, be honest. This has nothing to do with an altruistic desire to keep nuns and kittens safe by ensuring all vehicles are safe and legal, does it?
You just want the rusting wreck removed so it'll increase parking spaces and make your street look less crappy.

Nodding_Donkey

BeenThroughItAll wrote: »

Go on, be honest. This has nothing to do with an altruistic desire to keep nuns and kittens safe by ensuring all vehicles are safe and legal, does it?
You just want the rusting wreck removed so it'll increase parking spaces and make your street look less crappy.

What's wrong with that?

Strider590

^^ Nothing wrong with that if the car has been left there rather than taking it to a scrappers yard.

A lot wrong with it, if as in a few cases i've seen, it's just snobby neighbours wanting to see brand new cars all the way down the road.

BeenThroughItAll

Nodding_Donkey wrote: »

What's wrong with that?

Nothing, but dressing it up as 'I'm a concerned citizen trying to fight crime' clouds the basic question, which is 'I don't like the old rusty car which is sitting in my street, how can I get it removed?'

BeenThroughItAll

Strider590 wrote: »

^^ Nothing wrong with that if the car has been left there rather than taking it to a scrappers yard.

A lot wrong with it, if as in a few cases i've seen, it's just snobby neighbours wanting to see brand new cars all the way down the road.

Exactly, particularly if the car is insured, MOTd and taxed... I don't know if that's the case with this particular vehicle, but it could be - and if it is, then it's perfectly OK for it to be there no matter how horrible it looks

oldagetraveller

BeenThroughItAll wrote: »

Nothing, but dressing it up as 'I'm a concerned citizen trying to fight crime' clouds the basic question, which is 'I don't like the old rusty car which is sitting in my street, how can I get it removed?'

And you'd accept the situation if it had been parked outside or near your house for 18 months? Or are you just being argumentative on purpose?