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[Arrolman]

Hi,

Going to take my 3.2 manual ex-plod to get an MOT at the end of the week, will be insured but obviously no tax or MOT, legal to drive to station I believe as long as I book MOT in advance? Or has this changed?

Cheers,
Iain

[51M0N]

I know you can drive with no MOT if you are actually taking it for MOT and it has to be your nearest station. Not sure on the tax bit though.

[Kevin Wood]

You are OK driving to and from a pre-booked MOT and to a place where repairs are to be carried out but you are responsible for ensuring the car is safe to drive.

[Arrolman]

Thats what I thought, can't get tax without an MOT so theres no way round that one, might just phone my mate and see if he'll lift it, save hassle, cops are a pain around here at the moment

Cheers,
Iain

[Kevin Wood]

My mate and I once got stopped taking an untaxed, unregistered, unpainted kit car to an MOT and the Police were happy once they'd seen an insurance cover note.

That was a few years ago, mind.

[hotel21]

Should be no problem provided the test is prebooked and regno is in the daybook/diary. I have had a colleague call at a garage to view the daybook in the past to check when having a car stopped and the driver was trying their hand at the taking it for a test routine.

Car needs to be insured in it's own right as well. Don't try the driving other cars extension of another policy......

[Amigo]

Gaffers trade plates!!! Only problem is if the officer stopping you gets too thorough in his/her duties you then have to register the car to said business, adding another owner to the cars history.

   The police around here are very reasonable. We're a small town & they are rightly more concerned with the drink drivers, those who drive scrappers on the road with no docs etc. but leave those of us who pay to insure/tax/maintain our cars alone & allow us a little leeway on the odd occasion as taking for pre booked test etc.

  They're not stupid though. Shortly after selling my 328i coupe i got a knock on the door asking who i'd sold it too, something to do with an "incident" in Lincoln. The bloke i sold it too paid cash & looked like a bit of a handful so i don't know what he'd been up to but the point is they knew the car had'nt been at my address for a month or so & also knew the Beastie & beige Mk5 Cortina i had then were mine without running any checks!!!