IanT Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 Hi All, I've just had my sister in law on the phone, she has her car booked in for an MOT tomorrow, it's an old K plate Mini so it WILL fail. Her current MOT expires today. She has been told by the garage that they are now linked up, by computer, to DVLA and she will not be allowed to drive the car away if it fails! Obviously she could just take it, they have no right to keep her car, but can she expect something nasty through the post? I haven't needed an MOT done for years, does anybody know the score now? Any truth to this? Thanks, Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughany Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 Dont know for sure mate but sounds like Bullshit, it seems to me they are scaremongering so your sister gets the MOT work done there. I know the Tax is linked the DVLA but I dont think the MOT is, if it was garages would'nt give you free retests would they allowing you the opportunity to take the car away, get the work done and bring it back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAngry Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 If the MOT has expired today, then legally the only place it can be driven tomorrow is to an MOT test centre. If it fails then, as the current MOT has expired. Legally it shouldn't be driven anywhere else afterwards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 If the MOT has expired today, then legally the only place it can be driven tomorrow is to an MOT test centre. If it fails then, as the current MOT has expired. Legally it shouldn't be driven anywhere else afterwards That's not right Steve mate. You can drive a car with no currently valid MoT to an MoT tresting station if you have a prebooked appointment. If the car fails the MoT you can drive it directly to another place where necessary repairs are to be made. (This might be your home address ) Unless the car was declared to have a dangerous fault which of course would make it unsafe to drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitesupraboy2 Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 but as pre warning, if your car fails on something that is deemed very unsafe E.g. Brakes, excessive rust in floor. too be honest almost anything they want! then they can stop you driving the car away. I had my brake imbalance in the bottom box of MOT form ... this car is dangerous to drive.... Bloke said if it was 3 or 4% more he would of not let me drive it away,but he trusted with this car it would almost be sorted instantly...which it was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 LOL! Sorry James I just editted my post to say the same the same thing as your post. We must've been typing at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitesupraboy2 Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 LOL! Sorry James I just editted my post to say the same the same thing as your post. We must've been typing at the same time. Its ok mate Great minds think alike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAngry Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 That's not right Steve mate. You can drive a car with no currently valid MoT to an MoT tresting station if you have a prebooked appointment. If the car fails the MoT you can drive it directly to another place where necessary repairs are to be made. (This might be your home address ) Unless the car was declared to have a dangerous fault which of course would make it unsafe to drive I sit corrected sir! last time I offer any helpful advice lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 I sit corrected sir! last time I offer any helpful advice lol Sorry mate, I wasn't sure of the answer either until I did a search. Apparently it's perfectly OK for me to book my car in for an MoT in Glasgow and drive it there and back from Portsmouth. How daft is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAngry Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 You learn something new every day! And yep it is a tad silly but then you start to realise there's no logic in the way our roads are run at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanT Posted April 21, 2005 Author Share Posted April 21, 2005 Thanks guys, just needed to make sure there hadn't been a change since I last took a car for an MOT a few years ago. I've heard talk of MOTs going electronic in the past, assumed it may of actually happened. Thanks for the input, Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAngry Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 Thanks guys, just needed to make sure there hadn't been a change since I last took a car for an MOT a few years ago. I've heard talk of MOTs going electronic in the past, assumed it may of actually happened. Thanks for the input, Ian The electronic thing may have started now. when I had mine done in March at a friends garage he had the PC there but it wasn't up and running at the time, if I remember correctly he did say that it was going to start soon! But I presume they haven't changed the ruling so it could be just the garage touting for business if it fails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnK Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 MOTs will now or very soon be linked up to the DVLA. When this system gets going all advice notes will be stored too and be availbe to any garage you take the car to for its next MOT. So if say your shocks are leaking, but not gone enough to fail, the advice note will be be stored, next year you go to a different garage, he types in your registration, see's that you may have dodgy shocks so its the first place he looks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnK Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 Forgot to add, once up and running you wont need a MOT cert to get your tax. I think they wont even be issueing them, just giving you a recipt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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