boost mad

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once my rebuild is done and the engine is in the car how am i supposed to run it in when the car has no mot or tax ?

obviously i need it running to get an MOT and therefore tax too


No way im letting the MOT station at it with a fresh engine in

cressy

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Put It On Axel Stands Mate?lol

Chip

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Your options, as I see it, each of which may or may not be legal or pratical are:

Drive it somewhere off road.
Put the engine in something road legal.
Get a postal MOT.
Run it in on a set of rollers.
Just make sure you take it to a decent MOT station you can trust not to abuse it.

Chip

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It will see no load, this isnt an acceptable way to run an engine in, its no different to trying to run it in in neutral effectively.

Ad4m RST

He was havin a crack hence the lol...

boost mad

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i have knowwhere near me off road,
I dont have anything else to put the engine in

whats a postal MOT ?

Rollers could be an option,

how many mile do you rekon it would need to cover before safe to take it to an mot tester ?

Chip

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If you dont know what a postal MOT is then dont worry mate as it wont apply to you.

Given that all an MOT involves is testing the car not under load, no road test and with minimal throttle, personally I would be quite happy to take a car with only a few miles on the clock to an MOT station.

What do you think they are going to do to it that will possibly damage it?

Ade

As long as you're booked in you're legal to drive to the MOT station with no T&T..... book one very very far away, you'll be run in when you arrive!

Paulo P

40 miles should do it. My local MOT station don't drive the cars until they pull it off the ramp and onto the brake rollers

boost mad

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Just worried that a little spotty teen apprentice will get in and rev the bollocks off it, I know i could hang around but cant realy afford to take another day off work. Hence wanting to put a few miles on it first.

just out of curiosity. postal mot = ???

Chip

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Postal MOT = An MOT that arrives in the post, as opposed to you having to take the car anywhere.

Daveyboy

I watched some little scrote do that in the escort when i took it for an mot - i dont think he knew i was there though he was out the seat sharpish with a good bollocking from his guvnor! little fucker!

boost mad

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I didnt want to say that and sound stupid

Daveyboy

at the risk of making myself sound stupid now, cos ive never heard of one either - how the fook do they test your car by mail?

kitchy

sum 1 once told me that you just give them the reg and Vin etc, and they put that in their computer, and bingo your car passes an mot, then it gets posted to you...

Daveyboy

awesome, im gonna get a couple!

Lambchop

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i'd say the guys must be shit hot testers to check the car out over the phone

kitchy

i wouldnt advise it, my "friends" didnt arrive so he had to tax the car online, and he now isnt sure when his mot actually expires

plus i would rather know if any faults need sorting on my car

Lambchop

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ps if anyone has their number please let me know!

Jay,

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its called a mot tester that will do u a mot out the back door without even seeing the car and charging u a drink for the deal

Chip

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He can check that online thought cant he?

Chip

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Mine has a fucking HUGE glass then if that is only supposed to cover a drink

Daveyboy

*penny drops*

Jay,

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yes u normally find a few stellas normally loosen the odd tester up lol

Jay,

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ah but unadvisable to just go in and ask as a FUCKOFF often offends

Daveyboy

agreed! just never heard of it referred to as a postal MOT

Jay,

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its chip hes a bit posher than the rest of us we call it a bent ticket

Chip

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A bent ticket is where you go in but they dont look at your car very hard and give you a ticket anyway, a postal one is where you just phone up and get it posted out mail order.

Not that I have ANY experience of either of course

Jay,

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so what do u call it wehen u bribe the mot tester with mutipul pints of beer and the car dont see the station ?

Chip

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Id call it par for the course for the likes of scum like you.

CalibreDan

Book it in to an MOT station about 200 miles away, legal to drive it there... Shibby

xr4x4rs

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why not book it in on a saturday morning unless you work saturdays, then you can wait while they do it, i always wait with my car anyhow but then ive been using the same mot place since ive been driving so they are used to it lol

Sticky.

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Have you not got a mate with trade plates?

Jay,

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see with attitudes like that arnt good for this industry id have you know its scum like me that helps it along

Diablo

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[quote
Get a postal MOT.
quote]

The only way to roll

Jay,

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did phil invent the bent mot then ?

PeterLucas

Your legal to drive to an mot if its booked (as far as im aware) so book it in fukin miles away and run it in.... Job done

Lambchop

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didn't you read the post?

Chip

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Im not sure how true that "any MOT station anywhere in the country thing is" TBH

Im not sure if there is some "reasonable distance" it has to be within, it would be interesting to find out though!

boost mad

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cant say i have