M2RTY
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Registered: 25th May 01
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.....garage who MOT'd corsa said that although the car was 4 weeks away from the end of its current MOT, becuase it had failed, it was now illegal to drive it on the road
I was under the impression that if you're car failed you could technically still drive it till the current MOT ran out?
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Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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As far as i know once you have it tested and it fails thats it until it passes.
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: York
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I had my car MOT'd early this year and it failed. I was able to carry on driving as the MOT didn't expire for another month.
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
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quote:
Originally posted by fro-dizzle
As far as i know once you have it tested and it fails thats it until it passes.
I believe this to be the case also, and would make sense.
After all, if the car fails, it isn't road worthy.
Just like if the police pulled you over for dodgey tyres (or any other MOT failure) they wouldn't say "oh, it doesn't matter, your MOT isn't due yet".
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Steve X16XE
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How bad is it? What is wrong?
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mav
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quote:
Originally posted by fro-dizzle
As far as i know once you have it tested and it fails thats it until it passes.
correct.
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M2RTY
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Registered: 25th May 01
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quote:
Originally posted by deano87
quote:
Originally posted by fro-dizzle
As far as i know once you have it tested and it fails thats it until it passes.
I believe this to be the case also, and would make sense.
After all, if the car fails, it isn't road worthy.
Just like if the police pulled you over for dodgey tyres (or any other MOT failure) they wouldn't say "oh, it doesn't matter, your MOT isn't due yet".
but it failed on a ball joint that was 50/50 on the margin.
If I did not test the car it would still be legal to drive (unless took to a test centre and checked)
I have always been under impression that you could still drive the car (unless illegal like having a bald tyre) until the MOT runs out
new computer system has apparently put a stop to this, so there is no point getting the car MOT'd after 11 months really
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Steve X16XE
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Just get it changed then. It's only a 5min job.
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M2RTY
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve X16XE
Just get it changed then. It's only a 5min job.
Its already done, not the point
I am on about being able to drive a car that has failed an MOT even though it has 4 weeks left on the old MOT
a LOT of people I know have done this and have not been told by MOT station that the car does not now have a valid MOT
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
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That MOT station sounds a bit wank, and does everything by the book by the sounds of it.
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Paul H
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Registered: 11th Aug 03
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yeah it's true my zafira had a month left on it and failed on a dodgy headlight and was told i couldn't drive it.
was all to do with the the new computer system 
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M2RTY
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Registered: 25th May 01
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yeah mate 2 cars in 2 days
also failed my dads mate's today for not having postcode on numberplates from 2001
will stick to my usual back street mate from now on lol
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Steve X16XE
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Google it. See what you can find out.
I know what you mean tho. I always leave it to the day before.
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Rob_Lee
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Even if you have a month left and it fails it doesnt matter.
Thats it mot gone.
We try telling customers at work that and they havent got a clue! haha
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M2RTY
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its funny after 30 odd MOTs I have had done in 7 years of driving I have always driven the car because if stopped I stll had a valid MOT certificate
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Marc
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I was told my existing MOT was valid as it still had some time to run out.
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M2RTY
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quote:
Originally posted by Marc
I was told my existing MOT was valid as it still had some time to run out.
true
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Olsrey
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Registered: 13th Jan 07
Location: Bradford Drives: LET Vectra B
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IIRC, it depends if the garage does a "pre-mot" or an mot. Not sure though.
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