From what i can remember they do need to be running, its been a good 4 years since i have done a vic test though.


They want to see the car has had some form of repair and is working to ensure the id will not be changed after the vic test,
IE, it would be no good if someone bought a written off car, and took it straight for a vic test not running and still fully damaged, they could then pass the vic test as the ID was ok, take the car away and ring it making the test pointless.

So it was always a case that the majority of the repair had to have been done so there was an invetment into the car cutting this risk of it having an id change after the test.

some cars we saw for vic tests we written off due to flood damaged engines etc, so this was why they had to be running, as the investment was in the engine.

The car will be driven on the Vosa site to a secure location as the vic test is secret squirrel.