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Old 04-12-2014, 05:38 PM
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What's the longest you've had overdue on your MOT? Just went to tax my car and was met with the "unable to find a valid MOT certificate" message..

"Shit" was my initial thought, "Oh fuck" was my second as I found the previous certificate
Old 04-12-2014, 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by CrOwSoN15
What's the longest you've had overdue on your MOT? Just went to tax my car and was met with the "unable to find a valid MOT certificate" message..

"Shit" was my initial thought, "Oh fuck" was my second as I found the previous cgertificate
about 3 months, I just sat there one night and thought I wonder when my mot is opps lol
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I think more people will forget tax now without the discs !
Old 04-12-2014, 06:55 PM
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I bought my Mondeo in early Sept 2012, with a year's tax on it, and a nice fresh MOT on it.
taxed it again at the the end of August 2013, then went to do it again in August 2014, and guess what? No MOT.
It ran out on the 5th Sept 2013!
So there you go, 1 year without MOT, there's the base line set
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Checked the mot on the wife's focus last week, it ran out in September.
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Originally Posted by anthony lea
I think more people will forget tax now without the discs !

i walked up to my van the other week and noticed the disc was six weeks out of date. i didnt get a reminder sent through. i phoned them and got it sorted by paying a back payment but if it hadnt been for the disc i would not have realised till a fine come through the door.
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6 months for me, mother in law and mate went around 5 as well!!
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Our lasses mate drove her modus round for 7months without MOT
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7 months for me as some above only realised as i needed to tax the car lol
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the cynic in me says the tax reminder emails and letters will be cut to catch people out with fines.
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4 months on the Merc recently at my age its easy to lose track as I have 4 cars to worry about.
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Just 2 months for me.
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Only a week for me when i was a fresh faced teenager in my orion 1.6i ghia. Sods law i got pulled didnt i haha. Only found out when i had to go and produce my docs, took car straight for mot, then took that in with the docs.
They cautioned me for not having valid mot at the time of being pulled but that was the end of it.
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Originally Posted by atm
Only a week for me when i was a fresh faced teenager in my orion 1.6i ghia. Sods law i got pulled didnt i haha. Only found out when i had to go and produce my docs, took car straight for mot, then took that in with the docs.
They cautioned me for not having valid mot at the time of being pulled but that was the end of it.
£100 fine for it now.
Old 05-12-2014, 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by botters
7 months for me as some above only realised as i needed to tax the car lol
Been driving my 2wd Saff unaware my MOT ran out in April !! oops!!
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7 months ��
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Tax auto renews though?
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