Car Servicing under latest "lockdown"

rhino_horn

I run an MOT centre. We're staying open 

Nick_C

ElephantBoy57 said:

Common sence is telling me that a car needs to be safe and legal on the road, we should be sticking to those principles

Common sense tells me that I need to eat to live.  My nearest supermarket is a 45 minute walk.  My local farmshop where I buy most of my food is also a 45 minute walk, and most of the way there is no pavement.

The Government should have anticipated this.  They are making special arrangements for commercial vehicles, but so far not for private cars.

My MOT is running out in May.  We will still be in lockdown; probably worse than at present.  If the only way I can get food is to drive illegally, I will do that.  I'm not going to starve due to a lack of an MOT certificate.

Silvertabby

Nick_C said:

ElephantBoy57 said:

Common sence is telling me that a car needs to be safe and legal on the road, we should be sticking to those principles

Common sense tells me that I need to eat to live.  My nearest supermarket is a 45 minute walk.  My local farmshop where I buy most of my food is also a 45 minute walk, and most of the way there is no pavement.

The Government should have anticipated this.  They are making special arrangements for commercial vehicles, but so far not for private cars.

My MOT is running out in May.  We will still be in lockdown; probably worse than at present.  If the only way I can get food is to drive illegally, I will do that.  I'm not going to starve due to a lack of an MOT certificate.

Looks like MOTs for private cars is now under review.  

neilmcl

Nick_C said:

The Government should have anticipated this.  They are making special arrangements for commercial vehicles, but so far not for private cars.

They have, and they will.

molerat

ElephantBoy57 said:

Silvertabby said:

AdrianC said:

Silvertabby said:

Common sense is telling me that we should be able to apply for a month or 2 month MOT extension direct from D&VSA - but....

Common sence is telling me that a car needs to be safe and legal on the road, we should be sticking to those principles

Any car, whatever age, can be unsafe and illegal to use on the road irrespective of its MOT status.

Ganga

Nick_C said:

ElephantBoy57 said:

Common sence is telling me that a car needs to be safe and legal on the road, we should be sticking to those principles

Common sense tells me that I need to eat to live.  My nearest supermarket is a 45 minute walk.  My local farmshop where I buy most of my food is also a 45 minute walk, and most of the way there is no pavement.

The Government should have anticipated this.  They are making special arrangements for commercial vehicles, but so far not for private cars.

My MOT is running out in May.  We will still be in lockdown; probably worse than at present.  If the only way I can get food is to drive illegally, I will do that.  I'm not going to starve due to a lack of an MOT certificate.

So you have 2 months to find a local MOT station to have it carried out 

mark1959

Or walk it, it's only 45 minutes. Or have it delivered. Or...………......etc.

Mercdriver

Silvertabby said:

ElephantBoy57 said:

Silvertabby said:

AdrianC said:

Silvertabby said:

Common sense is telling me that we should be able to apply for a month or 2 month MOT extension direct from D&VSA - but....

Common sence is telling me that a car needs to be safe and legal on the road, we should be sticking to those principles

An MOT certificate only says that the vehicle was roadworthy on the date the certificate was issued.
In our case, our car is 5 years old with less than 15k miles and is regularly checked by Mr S so I'm confident that our vehicle is safe.  Yes, there are cars out there which are long overdue for scrapping,  but have valid MOTs - but that's another story.
And it's not just the MOT - once that has expired the insurance is no longer valid.
Be assured that if we can't get our car MOTd, and if the current certificate isn't extended, then the car will stay in our garage.  

My insurance policy doesn't say that.  Does yours?  It's an oft portrayed myth but not always the case

EdGasketTheSecond

Insurance won't be invalidated for third-party claims against you but the value of your own car would be significantly downgraded by the insurer if it had no MoT so in effect it would not be adequately insured.

AdrianC

EdGasketTheSecond said:

Insurance won't be invalidated for third-party claims against you but the value of your own car would be significantly downgraded by the insurer if it had no MoT so in effect it would not be adequately insured.

No, if there's no indication that it wouldn't have passed, they cannot reduce the payout. And that's in normal times...

https://www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/businesses/complaints-deal/insurance/motor-insurance/vehicle-valuations-write-offs

Where the condition of the vehicle is disputed

If you can show the car didn’t have a valid MOT and would have failed one, we’d probably agree that a small deduction is reasonable.