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Lease company insisting on MOT prior to handing back

SnowWhiterThanWhite
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Hi, have a car on 3 year lease which ended in May. Whilst arranging collection of car, lockdown happened and the finance company and myself agreed to extend the agreement up to 6 months on same terms. The MOT was automatically extended and is due end Nov. I have contacted the finance co. today to arrange handing car back next month, around middle of the month but, they are insisting that the MOT be done in advance. Does this seem right? I see so many people commenting on different forums that if you're handing the car back PRIOR to MOT due date, that you're not liable to get the MOT done, but, the finance co. say differently?
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Its probably not that simple because of the covid situation but what does your lease say?
On my last one it stated that everything that was due by the collection point had to have been done (and so I got away without the last service or MOT by handing back just before 3 years) however I've heard others saying anything that'd fall due by the end of the agreement or within X days there of and hence I would have had to pay for it (at least according to the sales guy who didnt get my business as a consequence).
There is then going to be an interpretation issue on how the covid changes interact with the contract wording... were MOTs still due on their due date but a grace period given for not having one or did legally the due date change etc.0 -
Again, what does the lease say? I'd guess it may stipulate that an MOT is required at three years.
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Are you expecting it to fail? For the sake of at most £55 I would just get it done.0
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chrisw said:Are you expecting it to fail? For the sake of at most £55 I would just get it done."Hope for the Best
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Damn it - The small print states 'You will ensure that at the end of the fixed period, the vehicle does not require an MOT test for at least two months following the end of the fixed period' So looks like I would have had to MOT it anyway (before Covid/lockdown) Is this standard for lease companies? I'm trying to source a new car at the moment, but may go for 2 years instead of 3!"Hope for the Best
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SnowWhiterThanWhite said:chrisw said:Are you expecting it to fail? For the sake of at most £55 I would just get it done.
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Car_54 said:SnowWhiterThanWhite said:chrisw said:Are you expecting it to fail? For the sake of at most £55 I would just get it done."Hope for the Best
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SnowWhiterThanWhite said:Is this standard for lease companies? I'm trying to source a new car at the moment, but may go for 2 years instead of 3!0
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SnowWhiterThanWhite said:Car_54 said:SnowWhiterThanWhite said:chrisw said:Are you expecting it to fail? For the sake of at most £55 I would just get it done.If I've understood you correctly, you were told 18 months ago that the tyres and brakes would need done within a year. Regardless of the MOT, the lease company are unlikely to miss tyres that need replacing.0
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Car_54 said:SnowWhiterThanWhite said:Car_54 said:SnowWhiterThanWhite said:chrisw said:Are you expecting it to fail? For the sake of at most £55 I would just get it done.If I've understood you correctly, you were told 18 months ago that the tyres and brakes would need done within a year. Regardless of the MOT, the lease company are unlikely to miss tyres that need replacing."Hope for the Best
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