Can I Drive My Car If Mot Is Booked After Suggested Date?
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Only to and from a garage for MOT preparation (and they're funny about that) or to the MOT centre itself.
Your MOT expires on the 8th, so the car shouldn't be driven on the road (officially) after that date - whether your MOT is booked for the 14th January or the 14th June doesn't matter.
Your MOT expires on the 8th, so the car shouldn't be driven on the road (officially) after that date - whether your MOT is booked for the 14th January or the 14th June doesn't matter.
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da.murf
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Was stopped before by dva van and told only the mechanics who are doing MOT work can drive car to centre if it is past ur expiry date.
ie mot expires on 8th Jan, u are booked for 15th Jan
Thought to myself "wot if ur car needs no work lol?"
Only person ever to say this to me lol. Bit random I thought.
ie mot expires on 8th Jan, u are booked for 15th Jan
Thought to myself "wot if ur car needs no work lol?"
Only person ever to say this to me lol. Bit random I thought.
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Trailer...?
NI_Volvo_Nut
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If its SORN'd its still exempt to drive to and from the MOT, all it needs is insurance
I thought you were allowed to get the car to the garage for MOT prep, appears not.
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if you get caught with no MOT (but taxed & insured) you only get a fixed penalty as opposed to points
tho i have always wondered about the insurance thing, even though everyone states you only need insurance to drive a car to the MOT centre. does most peoples insurance not state that it must have a valid MOT for insurance to be valid?? unless it says in your insurance that the insurance is still valid if the car does not have an MOT but is being driven to for a pre-booked MOT?? something ive wondered but never checked the small print
tho i have always wondered about the insurance thing, even though everyone states you only need insurance to drive a car to the MOT centre. does most peoples insurance not state that it must have a valid MOT for insurance to be valid?? unless it says in your insurance that the insurance is still valid if the car does not have an MOT but is being driven to for a pre-booked MOT?? something ive wondered but never checked the small print
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So, to be clear, If its sorned, as mine currently is, with MOT booked for the 17th Jan, I can drive to the MOT centre without worry?
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yep as long as you have valid insurance
NI_Volvo_Nut
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YES
Lappintyre
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Sound! Cheers. Was going to do it anyway, but nice to know its legal 
If you vehicle if captured on film by a dvlni camera van, going to or from a pre booked mot - even while sorned, you will still get a penalty notice through the post, a copy of the test appointment and test certificate, dated within a reasonable time scale on the same day as the mot test forwarded to the dvta will void any penalty issued by the dvlni.
Drove past one of tax cars quite recently in a sorned fiat panda and I never heard any more of it. I assumed their systems are linked some how.
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Took over 5 months for them to send me out a fine for driving a car with no tax. Had forgot all about it by that stage, but paid it anyway as the car was only being brought home after buying it to put it in the girlfriend's name...
I received a fine for an untaxed car I was taking to mot. Simply wrote the dvlni a letter with a copy of the mot cert and they contacted me to say they were not taking it any further. Another sore point though. I submitted a sorn for one of my cars, which the dvlni never received, I got a fine for £100 odd. My fault as I never reported to them that I did not receive my sorn reciept.
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