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[Gaffers]

http://www.transporterhire.co.uk/

This may be of use to you
This is one of several companies, but I think the prices are all fairly similar.

worth a shot

Only one small problem:

Carry up to 1.5t

[tomoco]

Sounds like it has a faulty cam sensor to me

If i do decide to buy it Mark, i'll be straight round your house mate 

[tomoco]

http://www.transporterhire.co.uk/

This may be of use to you
This is one of several companies, but I think the prices are all fairly similar.

worth a shot

Only one small problem:

Carry up to 1.5t

Thanks Guffer. Not sure on the weight of a 2.2 miggy but i think i would be pushing it 

[tomoco]

Strange question coming up!!!!

It went straight through its last MOT so it shouldnt need much doing to it for a new ticket.

Question..... i know you can legally drive a car to an MOT station if its booked in..
                  Would i be able to book it into an MOT station in leicester (distance from his house, well Coventry to leicester) Also , what about road tax (you cant tax it without a valid MOT ) so would it be legal  to drive it to the station without the tax too?

Mark  :question

[henryd]

you can drive a car to a pre-arranged mot test without tax and mot but it must be insured and the test station should be within a reasonable distance

[tomoco]

you can drive a car to a pre-arranged mot test without tax and mot but it must be insured and the test station should be within a reasonable distance

Thanks Henryd. I'm not sure if Coventry to Leicester would be a reasonable distance 

[tomoco]

Just rang my local mot station and asked them. they told me as long as its booked in with them properly (registration etc..) i can legally drive it from Coventry to them. With insurance of coarse

COOL 

[unclelicklug]

Just rang my local mot station and asked them. they told me as long as its booked in with them properly (registration etc..) i can legally drive it from Coventry to them. With insurance of coarse

COOL 

I am honestly not sure you can rely on this, I was always told this only counts for booking the car into the closest test station - which definition I have stretched once or twice  - I guess if the car looks smart then then the risk of a pull is not huge, and certainly don't want to p_ss on your chips so good luck and hope you can get this car on the road where it belongs.

[o-meg-a]

Well my mig is 1570kgs so would be borderline

[tigers_gonads]

Reasonable distance means in the same town or city   

If you get pulled by the rozzers, they will have your gonads on a plate 

Thats if you don't crash it first 
Remember its been stood for 15 months so the brakes are going to be abit dodgy 

IMO, if the MOT station knows all the facts about the car ( 15 months / brakes ) and said drive it,  I wouldn't touch them 

[r1]

Reasonable distance means in the same town or city   

where do you get this infomation from?
as ive looked to find the answer to this.

[o-meg-a]

I'd say that 30miles (Coventry to leicester) is not too far, especially if you play the card that they have a specialist mechanic who deals with omegas or something, and that they are the garage you use all the time etc.

Bearing in mind, that within the 30 mile distance, it will be getting less and less far as you travel, so you may even get stopped withing 5 miles of it and they wont know how far you've driven.

Tbh, i would and have done it in the past, but not more than 30 miles.....but then i lived in the middle of nowhere and my village was 30 miles from the nearest town.....so i dont know if thats a good example.

[Lazydocker]

Remember its been stood for 15 months so the brakes are going to be abit dodgy 

Yep... Even a couple of weeks can make the brakes feel strange to start with

[tomoco]

Thinking seriously i could ask him to MOT it , or at least get the test done to see whats what with the car. I think a couple of weekends over coventry way to prep it first . Brakes will need a good check over, probably replace the fluid etc.... engine fluids and maybe a new battery. I'll ring him tomorrow to find out more info.

Thanks for all the interest