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19-03-13, 08:11 PM
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I spoke to a halfords garage just last week and they said as long as the original MOT hasn't expired you can still drive around.
So if you took it in a month before the MOT was due to expiry and it failed, you could still drive it around for the remainder of the month, according to them.
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19-03-13, 09:06 PM
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You would still have a valid mot but if a cars failed a mot it shouldnt be on the road
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19-03-13, 09:15 PM
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If you fail that's it. You've failed. You can only take it to and from. Police have access to the mot database now and if stopped you'd get fined if they wanted to.
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19-03-13, 09:19 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by shycho
I spoke to a halfords garage just last week and they said as long as the original MOT hasn't expired you can still drive around.
So if you took it in a month before the MOT was due to expiry and it failed, you could still drive it around for the remainder of the month, according to them.
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There is your problem right there!
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20-03-13, 07:01 AM
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It seems it is now correct, it was a rumour for quite some time but now appears that if you book it in early and it fails you lose the remainder of the MOT. I have always booked it in within the last week, never saw the point of doing it weeks early, if it fails, it fails. Besides the MOT test is not 100% foolproof as no two garages highlight the same failures. I have proof of items that should have been picked up that were not.
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20-03-13, 02:36 PM
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Hi i rang my Mot station up and it is right the old MOT is cancelled out as soon as you have a new test.But ive booked it in for tomorrow and there going to get it on the ramps and look for this bloody noise for me,all for nothing!And have booked it in for the MOT next thursday.Cheers
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20-03-13, 07:47 PM
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Plus as of today there are new things added to the MOT...ALL dashboard lights still lit with the engine running (except MIL) are a failure. Plus there are a few other additions...can't remember them all but one is if the High beam light doesn't illuminate thats a failure too.
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20-03-13, 07:53 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan1971
If you fail that's it. You've failed. You can only take it to and from. Police have access to the mot database now and if stopped you'd get fined if they wanted to.
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Dan, does the MOT flag up on the ANPR? the reason i ask is Tanya hadnt checked the mot on her old car and it ran over 2 weeks and she never had a pull for it despite 40 miles a day with police behind her ect
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20-03-13, 08:20 PM
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As far as i know,it would of flagged up as soon as it expired.The mot tester was saying all these new bits being added to the test,the info they get is,its to bring us inline with europe  Every year more stupid things added....
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