Strange MOT history?

marlot

zaksmum said:

The reg is EO67YKN, the last MOT was January this year, mileage then was 44k, now its over 60K. Its in Ellesmere Port auctions

Google shows it as a taxi.  Seems to have been working around Edinburgh and the borders.
https://scottishborders.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s38837/Item No. 5 - Copy of 9 July - 3 September 2019.pdf
https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/23783/private-hire-car

marlot

PS. I wouldn't assume the mileage is correct.

neilmcl

zaksmum said:

The reg is EO67YKN, the last MOT was January this year, mileage then was 44k, now its over 60K. Its in Ellesmere Port auctions

Actually, mileage nearly 70K. I'm guessing it's been sold back and forth a number of times hence the MOTs and probably a long list of previous keepers. I'd leave well alone.

neilmcl

marlot said:

zaksmum said:

The reg is EO67YKN, the last MOT was January this year, mileage then was 44k, now its over 60K. Its in Ellesmere Port auctions

Google shows it as a taxi.  Seems to have been working around Edinburgh and the borders.
https://scottishborders.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s38837/Item No. 5 - Copy of 9 July - 3 September 2019.pdf
https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/23783/private-hire-car

Mystery solved.

Grumpy_chap

zaksmum said:

The reg is EO67YKN, the last MOT was January this year, mileage then was 44k, now its over 60K. Its in Ellesmere Port auctions

Cab for part of it's life:

zaksmum

Thanks everyone. Marlot, can I ask how you found that site with the taxi licences? Thanks so much for this information. I definitely won't buy it now! The taxi licence was granted on 25.6.19 and one of the MOTs done the previous day, just a month after the previous MOT, would that have been a requirement to be granted a taxi licence? To have a full 12 months MOT on the car? Thanks again, you have been so helpful

JGB1955

would that have been a requirement to be granted a taxi licence? To have a full 12 months MOT on the car? Thanks again, you have been so helpful

Yes... my husband had to MOT a brand new car before he could add it to his Private Hire licence.

marlot

zaksmum said:

Thanks everyone. Marlot, can I ask how you found that site with the taxi licences? Thanks so much for this information. I definitely won't buy it now! The taxi licence was granted on 25.6.19 and one of the MOTs done the previous day, just a month after the previous MOT, would that have been a requirement to be granted a taxi licence? To have a full 12 months MOT on the car? Thanks again, you have been so helpful

Happy to help!  I did a google with the registration number in quotes "EO67 YKN".

zaksmum

I just tried that, marlot, and all that comes up is the info you get on the DVLA website when you put the reg in there. Nothing about the taxi or the link you provided. I'm asking because if I look at another car it's good to be able to access all that information

Grumpy_chap

I just did exactly the search that Marlot did, and the 6th and 7th results return the outcome Marlot found.
I did the search earlier, but without spaces and without the quotes and the 6th result returned the information I posted earlier, from Hartlepool.
Either way, this car definitely a tax for some of its life.
Anyway, according to this page, the car went to auction on 23rd October:
https://en-gb.facebook.com/pg/ellesmereportmotorauctions/posts/