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nathy_87
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   2nd Mar 09 at 12:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
How do you go about doing this? Im hopefully going to pick up a car some point soon, and its got no tax/m.o.t so was wondering is there a certain age/weight limit to what i can drive?

Im 21, been passed for 2 years (3 in april) Full UK car drivers license. The car is only a Austin Metro so nothing special/too heavy. If that helps at all.

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ShEp
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Usually 25 to hire

Check with your local hirer though as it varies,

can you not tow it with a towing bar?
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Plus

Hiring a tow truck is going to cost more than what an austin metro is worth without mot or tax
John
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Can you drive a tow truck with a standard car licence?
nathy_87
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2nd Mar 09 at 12:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
thats what i m asking.

Can you tow a veichle that hasnt got Tax/M.O.T?
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I would have thought you could tow what you want, it's obvious the car isn't being driven?
nathy_87
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2nd Mar 09 at 12:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Worth ringing up the DVLA?
andy1868
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how big of a tow truck? i'd hazard a guess at you needing a 7.5 tonne license for one
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car trailer?
nathy_87
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andy1868 - Was thinking of a 3.5 ton or a transit with the rear front wheel 'lifter'

Twiggy - Havent got a car that has got a tow bar, tbh.
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Is it drivable?
andy1868
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if you passed after a certain date, you need separate licences for towing trailers etc don't you?
nathy_87
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Not drivable no tax/m.o.t. Not worth putting it on either.

I passed on 18th April 2007.
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But is the car in a driveable state?

If it is and your not bringing it home far, just insure it for a day, book an MOT local to you and then "stop at your house" en-route and "discover something that will stop you from having an MOT".

All above board that.

If a copper stops you just say you just bought it and taking it to an MOT test to find out if/what work needs carrying out to make it road legal.
andy1868
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how far is the car travelling? try asking a friendly garage if they'll collect it on a recovery truck as a foreigner or something, weigh it up against the cost of everything else
nathy_87
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From Suffolk to Rocester Staffs)

approx 193.2 miles
Time: 3 hr 50 min
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whats the point?
plus a fiver on you not ACTUALLY getting it

[Edited on 02-03-2009 by pow]
John
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400 miles for a metro you can't drive
nathy_87
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Pow - i will be getting it f.y.i

I cant really be arsed butting TAx/M.o.t on it. becuase as soon as i get it back to mine it will be SORND
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serious question, are there not any other cars that are closer?

is the metro anything particularly special?
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Its a METRO?
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Originally posted by 5dr corsa-3dr_polo
Twiggy - Havent got a car that has got a tow bar, tbh.


it will cost you less to get a towbar fitted to one of the cars than to hire a tow truck

a normal transit is about Ł60 - Ł80 a day so a full on low loader will be alot more I would have thought

why not buy a shit metro closer to home?
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By the time you have spent out hiring a van, aking the correct licence etc etc, you could have bought a runner on the bay
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If you are 21 I'd guess your license will mean you can drive a 3.5tonne gross MAX. So be careful!
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you are too young to tow a trailer too.....

Need to sit a test...

Cant to it with wheels on the ground (dolly) - needs to be MOT'd/tax'd for that. But doubt youd get pulled up on that.

Towing with a rope for 400miles would be fun.

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