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[Richie London]

my mot runs out on 29th of this month. if i renew it now and it fails, can i still drive the car even though my mot is still valid. i thought about having it tested now so it gives me a chance to get it sorted before end of month.

[hotel21]

Yes.  Original cert is valid to date of expiry, albeit the car may not be fully road legal.

Only way a current MOT Cert can be effectively binned is if either VOSA or the Police issue a VG/PG9 prohibition notice on a safety/MOT failure issue.   Car cannot then be legally driven on a road until a full MOT test completed and passed with a new 12 month cert....

[Andy B]

........ i thought about having it tested now so it gives me a chance to get it sorted before end of month.

Which is the whole point of the 13 month ticket.

[STMO123]

Hmmmmm......I wouldn't get it MOT'd now unless you're going to have any repairs done now. MOT is now computerised (even failures) and your insurance may take a dim view.

[Andy B]

Hmmmmm......I wouldn't get it MOT'd now unless you're going to have any repairs done now. MOT is now computerised (even failures) and your insurance may take a dim view.

But your car is still legal, providing that it's safe to drive. You'd be illegal, even with a full years ticket, if it wasn't safe.

[STMO123]

Hmmmmm......I wouldn't get it MOT'd now unless you're going to have any repairs done now. MOT is now computerised (even failures) and your insurance may take a dim view.

But your car is still legal, providing that it's safe to drive. You'd be illegal, even with a full years ticket, if it wasn't safe.

An MOT inspector has told you that your car is unroadworthy. The ins will not give a break whether you're 'legal' or not.

[Andy B]

Hmmmmm......I wouldn't get it MOT'd now unless you're going to have any repairs done now. MOT is now computerised (even failures) and your insurance may take a dim view.

But your car is still legal, providing that it's safe to drive. You'd be illegal, even with a full years ticket, if it wasn't safe.

An MOT inspector has told you that your car is unroadworthy. The ins will not give a break whether you're 'legal' or not.

Unroadworthy is unroadworthy irespective of a ticket. The whole idea of a 13 month ticket is to do as Richierich wants to do. The fail might just be a lamp is u/s, it doesn't make the car unraodworthy just not MOTable.

[Richie London]

im just thinking that the car has had a lot of problems in the last few months, its roadworthy but im just doubtful it will pass, so if it fails on anything big i can decide what to do. if its minor just gives me time to get the money together as i havent been working.
i have decided not to sell it even when i get another car, have thought about it very carefully and will try to spruce it up a bit and use it now and then, do something for myself for once instead of others all the time.

[hotel21]

im just thinking that the car has had a lot of problems in the last few months, its roadworthy but im just doubtful it will pass, so if it fails on anything big i can decide what to do. if its minor just gives me time to get the money together as i havent been working.
i have decided not to sell it even when i get another car, have thought about it very carefully and will try to spruce it up a bit and use it now and then, do something for myself for once instead of others all the time.

Give the car a fair lookover before taking it for an early test.  If its passes - happy days.  If it fails, you have time to repair it and the car would be no different, safetywise, of a fair number of cars on the road.  If the tester thinks its dangerous, he will tell you and that will also be on the computer database, so a less than good thing, if you follow.

Ultimately, your call, but I would have no probs taking it for an early test.  Do it as often as I can, to be honest....  

[Richie London]

thanks peeps  

[STMO123]

I must concede on this one. Just got this off a very good forum:

MOT CERTIFICATE VALID UNTIL FAILURE DATE
A friend of mine maintains that if you have a car MOT Tested before the expiry date she will have 2 weeks in which to repair / drive it before it is illegal. I am under the understanding that once the MOT has expired you are not permitted to drive at all unless going to and from a place of repair (MOT Garage or otherwise). Please can you clairfy the correct and legal thing to do. Many Thanks, Dan Clark


Your MOT is valid until its expiry date even if in the meantime your
car fails the MOT - the original pass is still valid. In fact you can have the Test done up to a calendar month before the expiry date and have the new MOT forward-dated to the expiry date of the existing certificate. So if you have your car Tested during that month and it fails, this gives you time to have the repairs carried out and the car re-tested before the expiry of the original certificate and you are not disadvantaged as a result. - MOTT.

[Richie London]

I must concede on this one. Just got this off a very good forum:

MOT CERTIFICATE VALID UNTIL FAILURE DATE
A friend of mine maintains that if you have a car MOT Tested before the expiry date she will have 2 weeks in which to repair / drive it before it is illegal. I am under the understanding that once the MOT has expired you are not permitted to drive at all unless going to and from a place of repair (MOT Garage or otherwise). Please can you clairfy the correct and legal thing to do. Many Thanks, Dan Clark


Your MOT is valid until its expiry date even if in the meantime your
car fails the MOT - the original pass is still valid. In fact you can have the Test done up to a calendar month before the expiry date and have the new MOT forward-dated to the expiry date of the existing certificate. So if you have your car Tested during that month and it fails, this gives you time to have the repairs carried out and the car re-tested before the expiry of the original certificate and you are not disadvantaged as a result. - MOTT.

cheers m8, that is excellent.