Well not me but the missus whose ticket runs out on Friday and we can't get booked in until Monday. Does the car have to stay off the road over the weekend or is this just a ruse so Mrs B can get her hands on the S?

 

No MOT = not road worthy = un-insurable = MrsB in the S

 

If you can't insure the car without an MOT, how do you get to the testing station?

I'm sure I've had this problem before, and checked with the insurance company - it must have been OK, as I did it. Perhaps it's OK to drive to a testing station? After all, just cos' your car is an MOT failure, it doesn't necessarily mean it's dangerous or unsafe surely? (ie blowing exhaust, failed fog light etc)

 

As far as I recall you are allowed to drive to the nearest MOT testing station, or to have the car repaired to pass the MOT. No other journey is allowed

 

You're only allowed to take a car without an MOT on the road to drive to a pre booked MOT test.
You're insurance won't be valid whilst you don't have an MOT, except for the above.
The penalties for driving a car without an MOT, whether road worthy or not, are pretty severe.

I drove my Avenger for a month without an MOT once, after mixing up the day & month numbers

 

The only time it's legal to have a car without an MOT on the road is if it's either being taken *for* an MOT test or being taken to a scrap yard.

You have to have made an appointment for the test if your car is out of date. Of course if your car fails the test, then it can't legally be driven away from the testing station.

Maybe the car is still insured but your insurance company would not be too pleased if there was a mishap - they would be in a strong positon when it comes to talking money!

 

If they actually ask for it. A while back on one of the BM forums someone hit the car in front of him. His car had to go in for repair as well as the claim for the car he hit. He only realised then that he had got a little confused with the date and his MOT expired about a month in the past. He got away with as none actually asked for the MOT cert at anytime.

Not that I recommend leaving it to try.......

 

OK - just to dispel a few urban myths.........

Your insurance is NOT automatically invalidated in the absence of an MOT, unless the policy schedule states this is the case.

It is more likely that the schedule will state that you must keep the car in a roadworthy condition.

So for sure, if you are driving around on bald tyres with no meat on the brake pads and no MOT, you may be in trouble if you are involved in an accident.

However, if you simply forget and the car is in perfect nick, there is no way an insurance company could prove that the car was not in a roadworthy condition.

Roadworthiness supersedes MOTs because the MOT is really only evidence of roadworthiness at the moment of the test.

This is why you cannot use possession of an MOT as a defence to the charge of using a vehicle that is not roadworthy.............

Finally, although you can be fined up to

 

How good is your wifes driving? I know some women that would take untill Monday to find the MOT test centle!

Taxi for Little Chris please!!

 

Thanks all for your posts - we'll just have to keep the VW off the road after Friday night and use the S exclusively - what a shame!