Donor Front
Hi i am sure i have read somewhere that you can drive a car with no mot any distance to an mot station? asuming you have an appointment etc.
if so does that mean if i have a car in southampton, that if i book an mot at home i could drive it there? Home is a 4 hour drive by the way
would the police be able to fine me or take the car etc?
is annoying as the perfect donor has turned up in this area but i needs to go home at some point for dismantling!
[Edited on 13/4/07 by trogdor]
Yes you can drive your car to the MOT provided you have an appointment.
I don't think you will get away with a four hour drive as you will be expected to make the appointment at a local station.
I know with SVA you have to go to your nearest station, therefore I would assume the same applies to MOT.
Cheers
Dave
i am pretty sure i have read it somewhere their is no distance limitation for driving to the mot, though i think four hours is pushing it slightly!
i was surprised at the time with this, it was from a link on here but putting a search on for mot throws up lots of hits.
on a different note, does anyone have a trailer that can carry a audi 80 in the North West? wont be needed for awhile tho.
[Edited on 13/4/07 by trogdor]
drive at 2 in the morning at normal speed
I don't believe there is a specified maximum distance, but I'm sure I've read or been told it's supposed to be
'reasonable'.
What is reasonable will depend where you live, but I doubt a 4 hour drive would convince traffic police, and they can check for MOT on their computers
these days I believe.
I took my car from York to Stuart Taylor in Nottingham to be checked and SVA'd. When finished I drove it home, no numberplates etc, but with so few police on the roads never encountered any at all. Distance would be 125 miles.
May have been this thread that you remember.
I ended up having to do a couple of long journeys and luckily evaded being caught. I decided to risk it based on the fact that you can only get a fine
for driving with no MOT so you're licence is not at risk (plus I was confident the car was safe of course).
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Originally posted by AdamR
May have been this thread that you remember.
I ended up having to do a couple of long journeys and luckily evaded being caught. I decided to risk it based on the fact that you can only get a fine for driving with no MOT so you're licence is not at risk (plus I was confident the car was safe of course).
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Originally posted by iank
it certainly can't be totally unable to pass (bald tyres, broken lights etc).
i would scrutinise it myself to make sure its mostly intact and safe, and then drive it home during the day. If you get pulled say you just bought it
and the seller had lost the MOT and was going to forward it to you, you would still be breaking the law but at least it wouldnt look like it was on
purpose!
I once got 'done' for failing to produce an mot, well, i got a letter asking me not to do it again. 
That was a while ago now though,
things may have changed!
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Originally posted by JoelP
i would scrutinise it myself to make sure its mostly intact and safe, and then drive it home during the day. If you get pulled say you just bought it and the seller had lost the MOT and was going to forward it to you, you would still be breaking the law but at least it wouldnt look like it was on purpose!
I looked into this a couple of years ago as I was buying a vehicle in Southampton and it wasn't UK reg'd. I did my home work and I'm
confident that you can drive to ANY MoT place as long as you have pre-booked and they have your name and vehicle details in their diary.
I bought the vehicle from the docks, 'phoned my insurance company to get covered, 'phoned my local friendly MoT guy and set off for
Whitby.
It is worth noting, that if pulled by the plod, they can inspect your vehicle at your cost and prosecute you for each MoT/Road traffic
act/construction and use reg/etc as they feel fit. But they can do that if you have a current MoT........if they have half a reason to.....
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Originally posted by martyn_16v
quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
i would scrutinise it myself to make sure its mostly intact and safe, and then drive it home during the day. If you get pulled say you just bought it and the seller had lost the MOT and was going to forward it to you, you would still be breaking the law but at least it wouldnt look like it was on purpose!
And then the copper says 'that's funny, because it's registered and insured in your name and has been for some time'. And the police just love being told porkies