I'm buying a car that was registered in December 2008. The dealer has a policy of not supplying cars with less than 6 months MOT. Therefore, they have said they will MOT the car now, at 32 months old.
I wasn't aware this could be done on cars less than 35 months old...?
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You can have a car of any age MOT'd if you pay the fee I would have thought
Last edited by: Meldrew on Mon 29 Aug 11 at 20:59
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www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicle/Mot/DG_4022108 says:
When you can MOT your vehicle
You can renew your MOT up to one month before it expires without affecting your annual expiry date. You can find out when the earliest date to MOT your vehicle is by checking the front of the pass certificate.
It doesn't say you can't MoT a 32-month-old vehicle, but it does imply that if you do you'll need another MoT at 44 months rather than 48.
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Aye, I thought that might be the case.
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I was in a similar situation when I bought my latest car in April. It wasn't 3 years old until July but the dealer and I were slightly adrift on the part exchange and he offered to MOT the new vehicle before I collected it to seal the deal. As it was nominally worth another £50 I agreed even though it means that future MOT's will be due each April rather than July.
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This means you will be able to get an MOT in April, without the scramble to sort out any fail problems before the tax comes due,or running around near the renewal day to get the MOT and tax at the same time.
If possible I also make insurance renewals different to MOT and tax renewals.
It spreads the cost.
You can get a car less than 3 years old MOTd in the month before it's due, with a Certificate dated when it's due, i.e. up to 13 months of MOT validity, as long as you take the V5 when you have the test done.
This is happening to my campervan. First reg 2-10-2008, getting MOT test 6-9-2011, and I did it for the Smart roadster as well a few years ago.
Seemples,click.
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Just had the Sirion through its first MOT today, due on 29th Sept, valid from today, expires 29/09/2012.
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I know it's a bit different, but we used to have to submit taxis for an annual council roadworthiness test even if they were brand new. When I took my Octavia for its inaugural test with 22 miles on the clock, all the tester did was put it up on the four post lift and call the other mechanics over to ooh and aah at the funny new Skoda - he then put it back on the ground and wrote out the pass certificate :)
The council certificate also replaced the MoT on older vehicles when buying road tax - that's where the "exempt from MoT test" tickbox on the VED reminder comes in.
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I thought the tickbox was for the likes of tractors and milk floats that don't have an MOT.
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>> I thought the tickbox was for the likes of tractors and milk floats that don't
>> have an MOT.
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Milkfloats ? I'll have to check my Prius V5 ;0)
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>> I thought the tickbox was for the likes of tractors and milk floats that don't have an MOT.
The Post Office were happy to accept the council certificate (just an A4 printout, but embossed with the same testing station stamp used for MoTs) in lieu of an MoT every time I taxed a cab.
Never had an ANPR tug for no MoT either, because the test expiry date was shown on the taxi plate on the back of the car :)
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I'm MOTing my 25 year old Volvo 360 tomorrow. Not expecting any fails, nor advisories!
That's the mockers on that one, then.
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>> I'm MOTing my 25 year old Volvo 360 tomorrow.
Clean pass, no advisories. Chap at the garage said "We're not going to make any money out of this one".
I'm sure you're all delighted.
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>> I'm buying a car that was registered in December 2008. The dealer has a policy
>> of not supplying cars with less than 6 months MOT. Therefore, they have said they
>> will MOT the car now, at 32 months old.
Would it be more hassle to get the MOT done at the dealer's expense (that is if they don't do it themselves) when the car is 35 months old ?
Last edited by: Kithmo on Thu 1 Sep 11 at 10:23
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I tried that, they will only MOT now. Suppose it's fair enough as I could in theory wreck the car in the next few months. Not that I will though.
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Well, I picked the car up Saturday last and for some reason, the MOT had not been done. It was booked in for yesterday and they gave me a salesman's car (must be bottom rung of the ladder - it's a C3) whilst they did the MOT and fitted rear parking sensors.
It failed on a dodgy headlamp adjustment, which scarily enough needs a new headlamp to rectify. This is now on order from Citroen and should be at the garage next Monday. I assume it's complicated as it's one of these fancy 'see around corner' jobbies.
Now then, the garage initially said I was fine to drive my own car as 'officially, it doesn't need an MOT until December'. I refused as 'officially, it has failed an MOT and therefore is not roadworthy. If plod give me a tug, I'm in bother.'
End result is I've got this C3 until they sort my car out. Harrumph.
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MOTing a car less than 3 years old. - Meldrew
