3CorsaMeal
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I won that escort on ebay and need to collect it.
What are the proper ways of doing this? Get insurance for a day? car is about 5miles away from home.
Then i can't get tax without an MOT?
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Sport_1
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Registered: 2nd Feb 10
Location: Ellesmere port cheshire
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rent a car trailer of ebay cost about 25 for the day
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Root
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Registered: 28th Dec 08
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you can't tax it without MOT.
So insure it for the day, book an MOT at the station near your house, go to the car's location and drive it to the MOT station
"oh, officer, I'm taking it for a pre-booked MOT".
simples
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redtom
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i would drive it.
but the proper way is to hire a trailer out.
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a_j_mair
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book an mot place near to your home
insure it for the day
if you get stopped you are taking it to the garage where it is booked in for an MOT 
or hire a trailer
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mike56gte
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well personaly i would just drive it. is it just going to be a country road back to your house or is it through loads of towns etc?
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Root
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quote:
Originally posted by a_j_mair
book an mot place near to your home
insure it for the day
if you get stopped you are taking it to the garage where it is booked in for an MOT
or hire a trailer
that's what i said.
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3CorsaMeal
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insurance wtf, how can this 5dr escort cost more to insure than my group 18 corrado with all mods declared  corrado being fully comp and escort being 3rd party only
i mean seriously they tried to do this with the fiat i had, insurance went from £200 to £480 so i got rid of it
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Bissmire
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sometimes third party is dearer than fully comp.
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mattant
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3rd party is always more expensive than comprehensive for me
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Colin
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I thought you were just going to deny the fact you'd won this thing?
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pow
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www.dayinsure.com
Book an MOT local to home, drive it home fully legal.
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mwg
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I'd take my chances and drive it home.
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andy1868
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call a bombscare afew miles away from your route home, all the police will attend that leaving you free to drive it home 
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a_j_mair
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quote:
Originally posted by Root
quote:
Originally posted by a_j_mair
book an mot place near to your home
insure it for the day
if you get stopped you are taking it to the garage where it is booked in for an MOT
or hire a trailer
that's what i said.
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flybikeslee
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drive it uninsured, hit someone, got to jail and get bummed for the sake of a £150 shitter.
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mwg
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or the other version thats also as likely to happen is drive it uninsured, dont hit anyone, dont go to jail and dont get bummed but do pick up £200 as you pass Go.
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flybikeslee
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probably, but worst case scenario
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Baskey
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Pay a local crack head £20 to drive it back for u
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Steve
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tow it, or drive it if it really is only 5miles
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Tom
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I'd probably drive it so long as the brakes were ok  any pics, I think I missed the thread.
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3CorsaMeal
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quote:
Originally posted by flybikeslee
drive it uninsured, hit someone, got to jail and get bummed for the sake of a £150 shitter.
thats what i'm bothered about, you never know what could happen someone might crash into me no matter how careful i am, then i could be in a world of shit wishing i had done the correct thing
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3CorsaMeal
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
I thought you were just going to deny the fact you'd won this thing?
i was, but it seems ok now i've thought about it, its got alloys, spoiler, all electrics inside, 120bhp  might be alright for bumming around in, i loved having the fiat when i didn't have to avoid all potholes and hedges etc
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3CorsaMeal
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quote:
Originally posted by Tom
I'd probably drive it so long as the brakes were ok any pics, I think I missed the thread.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110559713058&_trkparms=tab%3DBidding
i can fix the rusty arch, got a mate who can weld it if needed and a replacement arch is quite cheap, will just spray it with rattle cans then machine polish the whole car wheels look quite clean
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pow
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So for the sake of a tenner dayinsure.com it (you can print a cover note there and then!), book an MOT and if you get pulled over your legal saying your taking the car to be MOTd
They are really juicy though, 250 miles to 45 litres
[Edited on 22-07-2010 by pow]
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