question...when you renew car tax with the MOT

vaio

kenb2 wrote: »

………No MOT = insurance VOID……………If you can, take it to a no pass no fee MOT station……..

Does anyone actually have a policy that says “No MOT=No insurance” rather than “cars must kept in a roadworthy condition”?

And…..

Does anyone know of a “no pass no fee” MOT station?

vaio

The advantage of having MOT & tax at the same time is you get a reminder from DVLC when they are due so no chance of forgetting the MOT

Obviously the disadvantage is that you have to pay for both at the same time

jeannieblue

No pass no fee? To be honest, I'd worry about that and surely that must be against VOSA rules??

goldspanners

Deals wrote: »

sometimes the MOT runs out whilst the car tax is still on. should we have the car re-Motted BEFORE the tax disk runs out or can this be done as and when we need to renew the MOT. just a debate partner and i have ! thanks

amazing! :eek:

jeannieblue

goldspanners wrote: »

amazing! :eek:

Yeah - and you know the alphabet better than me

Wanna go to the reverse parking thingy..... that was er, stimulating Goldie.

Can you help the lady re the C Max thread? Prob shouldn't ask on this thread, but what the hell, live dangerously. I reckon transmission would be what I would call 'proper automatic'! Not the new silly ones that are about..:A

Shimrod

rrockettman wrote: »

Hi.
Your car needs to have a current MOT whenever it is on the road. You can take your car for an mot at any time, but best done about a month before it ends as the unexpired days (up to a maximum of a month) can be added to the new mot and you have time to get any repairs done if it fails.

I thought at the point a car fails the MOT test, the current MOT certificate ceases to be valid - getting the car testing before the end of the current MOT does not give you a grace period to get any repairs done.

I've had a quick look on the DoT website, but can't see anything to confirm or deny this?

jeannieblue

Don't quote me, but think that if vehicle fails MOT but existing one say doesn't end for another couple of weeks you are ok.

Will find out a work tomorrow.

vaio

jeannieblue wrote: »

Don't quote me, but think that if vehicle fails MOT but existing one say doesn't end for another couple of weeks you are ok.

Will find out a work tomorrow.

It’s two separate offences, cars need to be roadworthy and have a valid MOT

Conor_3

Shimrod wrote: »

I thought at the point a car fails the MOT test, the current MOT certificate ceases to be valid - getting the car testing before the end of the current MOT does not give you a grace period to get any repairs done.

I've had a quick look on the DoT website, but can't see anything to confirm or deny this?

The current certificate isn't invalidated but depending on the fault, the vehicle could be illegal to use on the road until it's rectified. For example:

Split CV boot - MOT fail but still legal to use car.
Blown brake light bulb - MOT fail and not legal to use car until rectified.

mrbadexample

Conor wrote: »

Split CV boot - MOT fail but still legal to use car.
Blown brake light bulb - MOT fail and not legal to use car until rectified.

One blown brake light: advisory (if you were stopped, but an MOT failure, of course).
Two blown brake lights - immediate prohibition (if stopped).

One blown side marker light, in the hours of darkness, unable to show the width of the vehicle - immediate prohibition (if stopped).

It depends on lots of factors:
Your MOT expires 28th Feb 2008.
You take you car for test 14th Feb 2008.
It fails.
You get stopped on 25th Feb 2008.
You have a valid MOT regardless of the failure on 14th Feb 2008. You cannot be prosecuted for no MOT.
However, you could potentially be prosecuted for dangerous condition or similar if the car failed on something that was inherently dangerous, i.e. tyres worn below legal limit.

It's not always cut and dried.