MOT Insurance and COVID-19 what happens now?

clive764

Car_54 said:

clive764 said:

The "complication" is that the MOT date is based on the first registration date, not when the MOT was conducted. So your argument is invalid in that it is much more complicated to detach and separate the MOT due date from the first registration date.

Thank you for being no help with your "opinion" rather than fact.

Wrong. The registration date only determines when the first MOT is due, not any subsequent tests.

Having worked for the DVLA on their systems the MOT due date in based on the first registration date, not the month before window that a MOT can take place.

AdrianC

clive764 said:

Car_54 said:

clive764 said:

The "complication" is that the MOT date is based on the first registration date, not when the MOT was conducted. So your argument is invalid in that it is much more complicated to detach and separate the MOT due date from the first registration date.

Thank you for being no help with your "opinion" rather than fact.

Wrong. The registration date only determines when the first MOT is due, not any subsequent tests.

Having worked for the DVLA on their systems the MOT due date in based on the first registration date, not the month before window that a MOT can take place.

The first MOT is determined by 3yrs from 1st reg date. After that, the 1st reg date is irrelevant until it hits the 40th anniversary.

 Sometimes there's a period after expiry of a test, sometimes a test's done early. Subsequent MOTs are due a year (sometimes up to a month later) from the expiry of the previous one.

If I've got a car that was originally registered on 1st Aug of Year X, then the 1st test is due on 1st Aug X+3 - but the current MOT expires on 1st Dec, then that 1st Dec date is the only relevant one. Next time, it might be 19th Feb. 1st Aug is completely and utterly irrelevant until 1st Aug X+40.

born_again

>>The Jaguar service network in the South-East where I live has closed due to coronavirus which means I cannot get an MOT done in May, when it is due. <<

How do you know this? It may well be that by the end of April we are back to normal. 

Stop worrying for now and concentrate on staying safe.

neilmcl

clive764 said:

neilmcl said:

clive764 said:

facade said:

Some people are arguing about this, but I can't see any reason for an MOT to not be valid for 1 full year from the date of test, like it is now. Anything else would be too complicated for this lot to make work, so you have a freebie.

I don't as I had mine done on the day they finally decided to set the exemption, and it doesn't expire until 9 April 2021, soI miss out, as the rolling exemption was stated as "for 1 year" so from 1st April 2020 to 31st March 2021 should get 3 months added to their expiry date.

What does the derogatory "for this lot" mean??? This is a consumer forum, not a political one.

The "complication" is that the MOT date is based on the first registration date, not when the MOT was conducted. So your argument is invalid in that it is much more complicated to detach and separate the MOT due date from the first registration date.

Thank you for being no help with your "opinion" rather than fact.

The first MOT is based on the date of registration but subsequent MOTs are always based on 12 month anniversary of the last test. Nothing complicated about that.

Having worked for the DVLA on their systems the MOT due date in based on the first registration date, not the month before window that a MOT can take place.

Only the 1st MOT is based on the anniversary of the first registration date. Any testing done outside this and outside the month window you refer to then subsequent MOTs will be on the 12 month anniversary of the last passed MOT.

Don't take our word for it.

"You can get an MOT earlier, but the renewal date for the following year will change to one year (minus a day) from the date the vehicle last passed its MOT.

Example: Your MOT is due to run out on 15 May, so the earliest you can get it done is 16 April. However, you take your vehicle for its MOT on 14 April and it passes. This means that the MOT expiry date changes to 13 April the following year."

https://www.gov.uk/getting-an-mot