General MOT question help?

ethan · 31 Oct 2013 at 23:36

Hi, forgive me for what may seem a ridiculously boring/dumb question, but if you have your MOT done earlier then when it is due, do you simply lose those otherwise days you have sacrificed when it comes to the renewal. Don't know how to explain it properly. Thanks

lord filbuster · 31 Oct 2013 at 23:39

I think they add on up to a month extra if you get it done early, so the renewal date doesn't change. But you will lose the difference if you get it done more than a month early.

Hades · 31 Oct 2013 at 23:40

If you have it done within a month of the due date then it's renewed from the due date (ie 13 months instead of 12).

andy_mk3 · 31 Oct 2013 at 23:42

Yup you have 30 days to preserve the expiry date of your MOT.

ethan · 1 Nov 2013 at 00:13

Thanks.

Meridian · 1 Nov 2013 at 09:52

Hades said:
If you have it done within a month of the due date then it's renewed from the due date (ie 13 months instead of 12).

This. Once upon a time you used to have to ask the MoT station to use the old date, but now it's automatic as long as you get the test done within the specified period.

bobuk · 1 Nov 2013 at 19:50

Look on your MOT vt 29, in a box on the left-hand side you will see what date you can have the MOT on to carry forward the expiry date.