MOT exeption for 40 year plus now in force in N.I
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Nice one.
I have an old bike that I have been sorning for like 10 years and now it has disappeared from their system!! even though I have the modern style V5C.
They are telling me I need to scan a copy to keep and then send back the V5C, but I can only do this if I am asking for something to happen like apply for mot or tax etc. They won't do it just for the records.
So much for computer systems,
I have an old bike that I have been sorning for like 10 years and now it has disappeared from their system!! even though I have the modern style V5C.
They are telling me I need to scan a copy to keep and then send back the V5C, but I can only do this if I am asking for something to happen like apply for mot or tax etc. They won't do it just for the records.
So much for computer systems,
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I've a car that was re-reg'd in the late 80s and the old reg still shows up on the system as not mot'd or taxed since then!Nice one.
I have an old bike that I have been sorning for like 10 years and now it has disappeared from their system!! even though I have the modern style V5C.
They are telling me I need to scan a copy to keep and then send back the V5C, but I can only do this if I am asking for something to happen like apply for mot or tax etc. They won't do it just for the records.
So much for computer systems,
stevieturbo
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Be better if they sorted the free tax !
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Epic my old Mini, thats in storage since 1993, had its 40th there at the start of the month.
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I'd heard they would only give if car had a current mot or was tested within the past two years or something.
Could lead to ........................... lol
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Yep. Still needs to be road worthy but nearly everyone seems to think it's approval to drag some clapped out scrapper from the barn and drive away at it.
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The amount of tyres I see regularly on modern cars with wire hanging out of them is dumbfounding, never mind the bulb failures, grinding brakes etc and **** knows what suspension failures cars are running about with at the minute due to these MOT exemptions and it being maybe 18 months from many cars seen a test centre never mind being forever exempt...
Vast majority of road users don’t understand what “road worthy” actually means...
I sold a car for my sister in law that drove “perfect” I trusted her. Someone came to look at it and I wanted to bury my head in the sand. Still sold it just for what it was actually worth.The amount of tyres I see regularly on modern cars with wire hanging out of them is dumbfounding, never mind the bulb failures, grinding brakes etc and **** knows what suspension failures cars are running about with at the minute due to these MOT exemptions and it being maybe 18 months from many cars seen a test centre never mind being forever exempt...
Vast majority of road users don’t understand what “road worthy” actually means...
My Passat last year passed mot even though both passenger side dampers were leaking. When I replaced them with coilovers my wife basically said it passed mot sure there can’t be anything wrong with the car if it passed mot
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Yep a lot of folks will drive from one year to the next leaving faults until MOT time.The amount of tyres I see regularly on modern cars with wire hanging out of them is dumbfounding, never mind the bulb failures, grinding brakes etc and **** knows what suspension failures cars are running about with at the minute due to these MOT exemptions and it being maybe 18 months from many cars seen a test centre never mind being forever exempt...
Vast majority of road users don’t understand what “road worthy” actually means...
Majority of people with these older cars don't use them regularly and they're pampered and well looked after etc.
Cars that have received TECs would concern me though, between faulty lifts and this my MOT that was due in April is now due in Feb! I have had it serviced and checked over though, but I'd say plenty of folk just haven't bothered and will leave it until they have to get it looked at for MOT.
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If im right its based on build year. Mine is Dec 1981 so i will still have to wait until April 2022 for the 40 year exemption. Not bothered about MOT as the car is kept 110% and i wouldnt have it any other way with wife/kids in the car, its the bloody road tax i hate paying!!!
It's on the date of first registration, was talking to the MLA who got it pushed through.
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I think its registered Feb 82 so hopefully still valid from the April then
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Let's face it...a lot of "mechanics" too.
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Polishing and properly looking after something that sits about aren't the same though. Shiny doesn't mean roadworthy....you'd be surprised what is lurking beneath some peoples prides and joy because they think they're looking after it, or because they think as it's sitting in a garage barely being used, nothing ever goes wrong etc.
FFS many people can't even look after something modern only a few years old ! They don't think of maintenance, they think just waltz up to an MOT and let them see if the find anything wrong. That's the attitude that leads to dangerous cars on the road.
An independent inspection is hardly a big hassle, even if it is just a quick 20 minute check.
Although with the lower usage of any non MOT'd older vehicles...that alone should keep overall risks pretty low. But some sort of inspection even every couple of years would hardly do any harm
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Classic car folk a different breed, majority will work at stuff themselves and remember pre 1960 cars have been mot exempt over here for a number of years, haven't heard of any issues with these? The test can be very harsh on an old car though and I think that was the argument for it, although they don't get tested for everything that a modern car does and testers are usually apply common sense when testing. In saying that if I was buying a pre 1980 car I think that I would want an MOT cert with it!
Had been suggested before that there could be a different test for this sort of stuff just to check the likes of brakes and fuel lines etc
Had been suggested before that there could be a different test for this sort of stuff just to check the likes of brakes and fuel lines etc
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I have a 52 year old car that will "benefit" from this idiotic change. Yes, I look after it as best I can but I don't have a set of brake rollers or suspension shaker, so if there's a slight bind on an inboard rear disc it'll take me a long time to notice.
Wait for all the "barn finds" getting pressure washed and Isopon’d up ready to hit Facebook marketplace.
When the pre 1960 exemption came in I read that a supplier of parts for 50s Fords saw his sales of MoT consumables (ball joints, suspension bushes, dampers) fall by something like 80%. So there are plenty of classic enthusiasts who will spend money on the chrome bits and neglect the oily bits unless forced.
Risks are indeed very low, but that will be of little comfort to the first family bereaved by a neglected Cortina with a disconnected track rod end.
What about imports?
If I was buying a classic I’d prefer a report from a competent specialist than an mot.
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Yes and plenty of sellers in England offer a full MOT as peace of mind.
Ideally yes but how much does that cost, who pays it, etc?
I guess it depends on the value of the car and who's selling it.
Would it cost more than an hours labour for someone to stick it on the rollers and go through the car to make sure it’s safe and not rotten.