MOT expiry

wijcc · 8 Jan 2008 at 04:18

My MOT expires on the 10th, does that mean it is okay for me to drive the car on the 10th, then in the morning of the 11th go to the garage to get the new MOT?
Thanks in advance guys

Begbie · 8 Jan 2008 at 04:45

You are allowed to drive the car to get an MOT so yes, better hope it passes though or it will be staying there though.

helpimcrap · 8 Jan 2008 at 06:48

you can drive it back from an mot but if you have an accident as a result of the failure you will get done for it.

wijcc · 8 Jan 2008 at 07:34

in theory all MOT test centres should be the same right?? But I hear that some centres will "make up"/exaggerate stuff for you to fix stuff that you don't need inorder for them to drum up extra business does this kind of thing still happen?

Confused · 8 Jan 2008 at 07:36

You can have your car MOT'd up to 30 days prior to the existing certificate's expiry date.

With a little bit of forward planning, there is no need to leave it until the very last minute, and potentially leave yourself without a car.

Get it booked in sooner, rather than later.

task · 8 Jan 2008 at 07:53

ConfusedTA said:
You can have your car MOT'd up to 30 days prior to the existing certificate's expiry date.

With a little bit of forward planning, there is no need to leave it until the very last minute, and potentially leave yourself without a car.

Get it booked in sooner, rather than later.

I was led to believe, by an MOT station (I wasn't having any work done), that if you have 3 weeks left on a ticket and it fails, with the new computer system your car is now registered as having failed the MOT which over-rides the 3 remaining weeks on the MOT you would have had left.

Having never been in this situation I can only go on how I was advised but I'm sure other people will have more information.

Lostkat · 8 Jan 2008 at 08:16

I thought that they can only invalidate the rest of your MOT if the failure actually makes the car unsafe to drive. I've certainly never heard of them being able to take the MOT off you if it fails and when my old Mondeo failed last year (with 2 weeks of MOT left), they never advised me of this.

task · 8 Jan 2008 at 08:36

Perhaps I'm wrong on this, I was told it was registered on the system as failed though and would therefore show up on any roadside computer check as having failed MOT.

ci_newman · 8 Jan 2008 at 08:41

taske said:
Perhaps I'm wrong on this, I was told it was registered on the system as failed though and would therefore show up on any roadside computer check as having failed MOT.

AFAIK, that's not true... On a failure certificate, it doesn't state anywhere that the old MOT is now null and void. Although if it's failed an MOT, the car isn't very likely to be roadworthy unless it's an emissions problem and you'd be a bit daft to drive it anyway.

Teknobry · 8 Jan 2008 at 08:48

wijcc said:
in theory all MOT test centres should be the same right?? But I hear that some centres will "make up"/exaggerate stuff for you to fix stuff that you don't need inorder for them to drum up extra business does this kind of thing still happen?

Do bears still **** in the woods?

They'll always be dodgy garages that will tell you things needs replacing in order to pass. Its just a way of life.

NO SWEARING

wijcc · 9 Jan 2008 at 04:24

well managed to my car MOT-ed yesterday during my lunch break and it passed after changing a few bulbs