New MOT before current one expirers?

Car_54

Mildly_Miffed said:

Goudy said:

400ixl said:

Goudy said:

Contrary to popular belief, if you take it in early at any time and it fails, any existing MOT it may have still had is no longer valid.  
It's not road worthy anymore and it will be logged on the system as such no matter how long you still had left on the original MOT.

Not quite correct, your current MOT is still valid.

You can still drive it from the MOT station provided there were no dangerous faults. Once you have fixed the failure items you can still drive it under the original MOT. You just can't drive it until you get the failed items fixed.

https://www.gov.uk/getting-an-mot/after-the-test#:~:text=Driving a vehicle that's failed&text=your current MOT is still valid

Ok, it's valid but pretty much useless until you have the faults fixed.
So in effect the new failed MOT overrides the old one until the faults are rectified.

What you can't do is take it in 3 months early and it fails, then carry on under the original MOT without repairing the faults.

It wouldn't have a "valid" MOT as fair the ANPR is concerned without being fixed and retested as a Pass.

The only thing that's changed is that the owner is now aware of the car's unroadworthiness...

Not quite. Anyone else who cares to check will also be aware. E.g. police, potential buyers ...