Im pretty sure that there must be some sort of rules on this, but cant find a definitive answer.

Id really like to get my car MOT'd by a specific garage, but its 100 miles from my house, Im assuming its "hire a trailer" time, but just wondered if anyone knew for a fact what the rules are on driving to an MOT station and the limits on distances involved in doing so.

 

if you went there and got stopped by a copper 100 miles away from your house, i don't think he would consider it a resonable distance

my mot station is about 2 miles away so, with prior planning etc, i could get it there wihtout too much of a problem, but that's a big risk to take for teh sake of hiring a trailer for a weekend, or even a day mate

 

from the government website, no mention of millage, just needs to be booked in.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring...Mot/DG_4022108

 

I believe it is legal, in october 2008 Fast Ford a guy went to buy a XR2 from London when he lived in Scotland. it said "it is perfectly legal to drvie with no T&T if your car is insured and destination is a prebooked test and there is no distance limit."
but if your car is not insured then I guess it is trailer time.

 

Sorry to jump in Chip - but I'm kind of in the same prediciment - but the car isn't taxed. Can I still drive there?

 

Aslong as its booked in i dont think theres a problem, its written in black and white above.

 

i dont think theres a limit i booked my cavy in a at my usual garge which is about 7 miles away from me. i no its not a hundred miles but im sure if its booked in it dont matter anf the mot's run out and its not taxed

 

does all insurance still cover you to drive a not mot'd car? even if it is to a pre booked mot? or is it best to check your individual policy?

 

yeah, i asked same question a while ago and got shown a gov website where it outlines you can.

i am in same position have a car that has no tax or MOT and need to get one to get the other.

 

like FF done,theres no limit,yes insurance will cover u also
BUT if u do get pulled and they think ur car is unsafe,you can be done!

 

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring...icle/DG_069671

there ya go

 

Car doesnt need to be taxed to drive to an MOT youngdan.


Thanks for the replies lads, my car is insured, so its legal to drive to an MOT I just wondered if there were any rules like "not allowed on motorways" or a maximum distance, or even something wolly like "within a reasonable distance" or similar that the police could use against me.

 

In the fast ford artical he did drive on the motor way just to let you know.

 

if on the site it has no mention of distence,then theres no hope of anything happening even if they did question it!i gotta do the same thing today with 2 car,tho its only half mile to the test station,lol

 

its not roadworthy if its no mot-hence no insurance cover!!!!!

 

Ive used the contact form on the DVLA site to request info, as if I get a response telling me there isnt a limit, I can print it out and use it as proof of what was said then.

Will update the thread if I get a reply.

 

its not roadworthy if its no mot---------hence no insurance cover!!
in the shit big time if you hit someone!!!!!

 

Roadworthy and MOT'd are not mutually inclusive, perfectly possible for a vehicle to be roadworthy and not MOT'd or vice versa as far as im ware.

Otherwise every time you drove to an MOT, you would be committing an offence if what you said was correct.

 

you would be ok legally for the lack MOT, as long as its booked in and your insurance policy covers you to drive it(most trade policies are ok with no t&t).

the only thing that may happen is that the police will check it more thoroughly,if you get stopped.

 

I'd say you are ok mate. i did the same thing this year. We have MOT test centres here (can't be done by garages) and i picked one that was about an 80 mile round trip from my house. Talk to a police man i know and he said as long as you are insured and on your way to or from an MOT centre you are fine

 

TBH mate, the boot looks like this:



So the police tend to check it more thoroughly anyway

 

Cool.

Im kind of assuming there WONT be a specific distnace just cause if you live in some parts of the UK (scottish highlands etc) it might be a very long way to your nearest centre.

 

my dad's forgotten to get a new mot on both his last cars ( when it got to 3 years, just forgot! ) and only realised when he traded it in for a new one they told him it hadn't got an mot.
Pretty stupid, and i sort it for him now but he was driving hundreds of miles a week and never had a problem!
I would say its fine driving a distance to an mot place, you can just say it needs a specialist mot centre? ( not as if the car looks standard! )

 

Some friends and I got stopped by the police driving some imported cars back from liverpool to birmingham one day (2 skyline gtr's) they had no plates, no tax no MOT's nothing...... Had all the relevant insurance docs on me and the cars were booked in down in brum for legit MOT's and they were fine with it.

They let us on our merry way no bother

 

Mr Whippy, good gen there, thanks mate.

 

that nova looks nuts!! is there a thread on it? I drove my car to the MOT center no worries.. just booked in!

 

Hi mate, never really done a proper thread for the nova, but there is some stuff about it here from our manic winter build session:

https://passionford.com/forum/general-car-related-discussion/218038-video-of-my-new-engine-running-on-page-2-d.html

Uses a cossie fuel pressure regulator, and an RS200 inlet plenum, so its slightly ford related, lol

 

Sorry.

But am i missing a point here. 100 miles to get a mot, Whats the point?

 

An answer on here said that as long as ur insured and were driving from a place where the repairs for an mot have taken place then id be ok? I had the car motd 1 place,took it home when it failed but had it motd a month b4 it was due.The car still had mot and tax when i drove to another garage to get welding done for mot but i have to drive the car back from welders to my house and tax and mot has ran out but i do have insurance. Is that ok to do as it is coming back from having repairs done for mot. Then when its home, i can put interior back in and drive it to mot place.

 

One of my best mate's owns an MOT station 100 miles away from where I live and I was thinking of taking it there as its a good excuse to take it for a run up to show him it etc and put a few more miles on the engine, plus if it needs anything doing to pass, I can borrow his ramp and tools in a way my local MOT station wouldnt let me do.

 

No, as far as im aware that isnt OK, the only place you are allowed to take it from the place of repair is to the MOT station not to your house.

 

i can see your reason's,

But surely rather than the hassle/risk, is it not worth getting it done locally, then taking to show you mate?

 

Means I dont get to use the ramps to fix anything thats needed then, but yes if its any risk at all, thats exactly what I will do (or trailer it up) hence my question to try and find out if there is any legal risk or not.

 

well,both mine passed so i dont need to worry no more

 

we was talking about this at work as long as the car is taxed (trade plates) and insured its ok to drive the car to your NEAREST mot staytion as long as it is booked in with that particular garage

 

Ive never seeing anything specifying NEAREST like that Clarke, as surely that would mean if there are two MOT stations in town and one is a few hundred yards closer it would be illegal to use the other one?

 

it clearly states on the DVLA website that theres no limit and it doesnt need to be mot'd or taxed to drive to and from and to a repairer,so why are people debating it?!

 

And as long as you have paid an insurance company money they will nearly always pay out on a third party claim, even with no MoT, not road worthy etc.
You don't even need a licence, as proved on a recent police traffic car type program when they stopped a guy with a Chinese driving licence who had claimed on his Insurance application that he had a U.K one, when contacted the Insurance co. said he was still covered.

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I buy from a business in Bristol [approx 100 miles form here] and some of these are maybe a month overdue their 1st MOT.

You, like me and everyone else in this wonderful country are perfectly within your rights to choose who you trust with your car, who you want to hand over your money to and where you want to get your MOT done.

Is this your first time using PF? Most people on here start arguments in an empty room

 

I think chips just trying to roll with this cru

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...cle1493291.ece