jockey007
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By law is there a set distance you can drive? Cut a long story back i'm buying an old car of mine but its 300miles away and the tax and mot have run out. If i book it into a garage back home can i drive it the 300miles to there??
cheers Jock
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novarobbo
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i absolutley doubt it tbh
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FAZ
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no, u legally cant drive it anywhere
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John
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No.
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VegasPhil
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You can only chance it 
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Jake
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no tax so it cant be driven on the road.
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Ian
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You can drive to and from a pre-booked MOT test but I think you would have a hard time convincing the court that the only place you could get was 300 miles away.
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jockey007
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haha i knew you could drive it but didnt know \bout distance looks like i'm going to have to get the trailer out
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mar_cus
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The only time you can drive it without tax is if your driving it to an MOT center (at a suitable distance) then after that you must return it back to the registered address. Then you can go and get your tax etc. etc.
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Bueno
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Are you a gambling man? =D
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Eddx14xe
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If you know it will pass, book it in for a mot where it is, then when its done pay tax on the phone?
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sc0ott
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You can be fined for not showing a valid tax disk as well which isnt the same as having tax or no tax
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chrisritch
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IIRC Trade Plates would be the only way?
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ed
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In 300 miles there is also a fair chance that you'd get picked up by a police car with ANPR. There are so many more reasons why you ought to trailer it though!
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Eddx14xe
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quote:
Originally posted by sc0ott
You can be fined for not showing a valid tax disk as well which isnt the same as having tax or no tax
Ive done it before, not my fault it took 3days to be delivered. Atleast its paid for
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
You can drive to and from a pre-booked MOT test but I think you would have a hard time convincing the court that the only place you could get was 300 miles away.
I phoned up VOSA regarding the rule where you could drive your car to a different location for repair. They said there was no distance limit so I happily drove my car with no MOT from Birmingham to London. In practice, I wonder what the police would have said if they pulled me...
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Ojc
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Knowing the Police these days I believe that excuse wouldn't have washed and it would have been trailered away and you would be left on the hardshoulder of the M40.
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