SR91
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Registered: 21st Jun 08
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MOT is due on the 01/03/09 but I can have it done now apparently... If it fails is my MOT then void or can i drive it till the 1st?
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am4nf
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Registered: 27th Jul 08
Location: South Ayrshire Drives: Corsa Sport
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if it fails i think they make u sign a sheet saying its not road worthy
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Vaux Lad
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Registered: 15th Dec 04
Location: Stoke-on-Trent
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You dont sign anything,but correct if it fails you cant use the car as its now in a unroadworthy condition.
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am4nf
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Registered: 27th Jul 08
Location: South Ayrshire Drives: Corsa Sport
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i think! and some places do, FACT
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
Location: nowhere near ginger people
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if you know the place, book it in. if it fails get them to do it as a pre-mot check? not sure if that works though.
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am4nf
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Registered: 27th Jul 08
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would still cost
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saj_123
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Registered: 6th Jan 09
Location: Berkshire
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Well that's odd. My car's Mot ran out 18th January, i got it MOT'D on the 17th, it failed. The guy just gave me the keys and told me what it had failed on and that was it.
He did'nt say to me that i could'nt drive it nor did i sign anything. I drove it straight out of test centre and I got everything fixed. Then i re-booked it for the 19th January.
The car failed on a rear tyre and the exhaust had a major leek of of gases. lol.
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am4nf
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Registered: 27th Jul 08
Location: South Ayrshire Drives: Corsa Sport
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thats a good garage
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john_c20xe
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Registered: 10th Feb 08
Location: Eastbourne, EastSussex
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if your car fails you will have 10 days to get it repaired for a free restest.
if you read this on the faliure sheet it should say...
if left with the garage to be repaired within ten days a free retest can be carried out.
something along them lines,
when your car fails the DVLA are notified that your vehicle is not safe for the UK road and if you get caught driving that vehicle you wil not have a valid MOT
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corsa_chr1s
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Registered: 22nd Dec 08
Location: castleford,west yorkshire
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you can get your car tested upto a month before the due date if it fails you have got until the renewal date of your last mot
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saj_123
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Registered: 6th Jan 09
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quote: Originally posted by am4nf
thats a good garage
More like a dodgy garage.
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john_c20xe
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quote: Originally posted by corsa_chr1s
you can get your car tested upto a month before the due date if it fails you have got until the renewal date of your last mot
wrong!!
yes you can get your car tested a month before it runs out but if it fails it is decleared 'unsafe'
you cannot carry on using it it will need to be trailored to a garage for repair.
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Nic Barnes
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quote: Originally posted by saj_123
quote: Originally posted by am4nf
thats a good garage
More like a dodgy garage.
why?
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saj_123
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quote: Originally posted by Nic Barnes
quote: Originally posted by saj_123
quote: Originally posted by am4nf
thats a good garage
More like a dodgy garage.
why?
Well by the sound's of it they should not have let me drive the car. But i don't mind, at least that way got it fixed cheaper.
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Warren G
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Registered: 14th May 06
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quote: Originally posted by john_c20xe
quote: Originally posted by corsa_chr1s
you can get your car tested upto a month before the due date if it fails you have got until the renewal date of your last mot
wrong!!
yes you can get your car tested a month before it runs out but if it fails it is decleared 'unsafe'
you cannot carry on using it it will need to be trailored to a garage for repair.
doesnt need to be trailored
i belive your still covered if driving to a place of repair, possibly a grey area though
same as if you didnt have tax, you are insured to drive to a place to get mot'd (to get tax)
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Nic Barnes
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my old run around failed last year. i took it home, fixed it, brought it back and it passed. that was an mot done at a main dealership.
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saj_123
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Registered: 6th Jan 09
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I think Warren is spot on. That's similiar to what i have heard.
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john_c20xe
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Registered: 10th Feb 08
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yeh i think he is actually but i think you have to have proof that its booked in to the place of repair,
just to cover your ass if you were to get pulled you can ring up and prove that your driving to a garage
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john_c20xe
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Registered: 10th Feb 08
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i made a mistake in what i said actually about getting it trailored.
As we dont do MOt's at our work we take them to a Mot station to get done and they are driven back when they fail,
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AdamF
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quote: Originally posted by john_c20xe
quote: Originally posted by corsa_chr1s
you can get your car tested upto a month before the due date if it fails you have got until the renewal date of your last mot
wrong!!
yes you can get your car tested a month before it runs out but if it fails it is decleared 'unsafe'
you cannot carry on using it it will need to be trailored to a garage for repair.
actually hes the only one who is right. well almost. if it fails you have 10 working days to get it retested or it will have to have another test.
but a failure doesnt cancel a previous pass. yes vosa could look to see what it failed on if you were stopped by them but its not illegal to drive the car.
no one can cancel a pass when it is issued not even vosa
[Edited on 08-02-2009 by AdamF]
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johnhara1
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Registered: 19th Oct 06
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
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National Tyres MOT'd my fiesta. It failed.
I was given the keys and allowed to drive it away. I signed nothing and was not informed that i shouldn't, never mind couldn't drive the car away.
I drove it for 3 days, fixed the problems myself and returned it for a re-test.
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TomSBD
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Registered: 22nd Jun 06
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right just to make thing clear, im a mot tester
yes you can get ur car tested up to a month before end date and if it fails you are still covered to drive it up until the old mot ends
http://www.nopenaltypoints.co.uk/NoMOTAndThePenalties.html
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corsa_chr1s
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Registered: 22nd Dec 08
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quote: Originally posted by john_c20xe
quote: Originally posted by corsa_chr1s
you can get your car tested upto a month before the due date if it fails you have got until the renewal date of your last mot
wrong!!
yes you can get your car tested a month before it runs out but if it fails it is decleared 'unsafe'
you cannot carry on using it it will need to be trailored to a garage for repair.
iv always carried on driving and so has my brother
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john_c20xe
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thats nice for you both lol
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
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Goodo, will get mine booked in then!
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