Druidic Dabblings and General Twaddle !!

[V8Druid]

I chanced it 6months on my weekend runabout before it was retested.....but who pulls up white transit tippers

what was the expiry date issued on the test cert.?? 12 months from test or was it back dated ??

 

[pettsy]

 

[Stubota86]

I chanced it 6months on my weekend runabout before it was retested.....but who pulls up white transit tippers

Transits are MOT Exempt!
Mine needs one actually, thought I’d best weld up the tiny hole just starting to appear on the inner cill before taking it, then this happenned

 

[Jimoz]

You got 12 months from new test.
My attitude was mot is not an insurance requirement. We could prove roadworthy with that pre mot check done and receipts for the work.
That being said if we were talking a 50 grand motor I think I'd of just sent in. My van went in by it's normal due date. Don't want to attract any more attention than nessecary when driving a 18 year old motor about lol

 

[Jimoz]

At least I thought she got 12 months @pettsy photo implies otherwise

 

[V8Druid]

Transits are MOT Exempt!
Mine needs one actually, thought I’d best weld up the tiny hole just starting to appear on the inner cill before taking it, then this happenned

looks about right .... hateful bloody things

 

[V8Druid]

At least I thought she got 12 months @pettsy photo implies otherwise

he got 18 months

 

[Lancs Lad]

looks about right .... hateful bloody things

Sure that cranab would have made a better job

 

[Cyberprog]

Insurers can't walk away on the basis of an out of date MOT unless they can prove the reason the vehicle was in a crash was due to a fault that would have been picked up by the MOT. Even then, they still have to pay out, it's just a lower payout.

 

[JD450A]

Insurers can't walk away on the basis of an out of date MOT unless they can prove the reason the vehicle was in a crash was due to a fault that would have been picked up by the MOT. Even then, they still have to pay out, it's just a lower payout.

That's it.

HGV's have had there MOT/plating dates moved mandatorily.... mine is now March

 

[Jimoz]

Mot garages effectively lost 6 months worth of work. They are probably pretty pissed with that decision so people like @V8Druid mot man are spreading the myth no mot no insurance.

 

[GazCro]

All i know is on the date my hilux mot ran out last may i checked online and the expiry date had move forward 6 months to november. So as far as checking on gov website was concerned it was mot'd. My mot tester told me it was ok, but did say don't wait until nov to mot it get in in plenty of time as yes they effectively lost some business for six months, but they now have a 6 month period in the year where they have double the number of mot's to do.

 

[Quattromike]

That's it.

HGV's have had there MOT/plating dates moved mandatorily.... mine is now March

We bought new truck that was moted in November 2019 we have an MOT booked for late February but dunno it might be cancelled yet, still in lock down apparently

 

[pettsy]

he got 18 months

6months, April to Oct

 

[Jimoz]

he got 18 months

Who, @fred 's accountant?!

 

[Jimoz]

April of the previous year, was 18 then @pettsy

 

[V8Druid]

6months, April to Oct

april '19 to october '20 is 18 months

 

[V8Druid]

Mot garages effectively lost 6 months worth of work. They are probably pretty pissed with that decision so people like @V8Druid mot man are spreading the myth no mot no insurance.

MOT garages never closed .... as for insurance .... they will only insure a vehicle that is legally entitled to be on the road .... read your small print

 

[V8Druid]

Insurers can't walk away on the basis of an out of date MOT unless they can prove the reason the vehicle was in a crash was due to a fault that would have been picked up by the MOT. Even then, they still have to pay out, it's just a lower payout.

an MOT is only good for the moment it was done .... can fail a day later ....
onus is on the owner to maintain the vehicle in a roadworthy condition continuously .....
an insurer will only cover a vehicle which is legally entitled to be in use on the road ....

check you are entitled to tow ... without it you will not be insured ... etc. ....

commuting to/from a place of work is not always covered ... check the small print ....
"social, domestic and pleasure" is a huge restriction on insurance cover ......

check how many occupants you are insured for .. not all co.s cover 5 people in a vehicle

they are insurers ... they will wriggle at the slightest opportunity

 

[GazCro]

MOT garages never closed .... as for insurance .... they will only insure a vehicle that is legally entitled to be on the road .... read your small print

Mot garages didn't have to close but many did and also many that stayed open had limited staff hence the extensions. Whether or not you believe the extension to have been to allow people to tax cars or so essential people could stay on the road, or free for all for anyone and their heap of scrap doesn't matter now. Anything on the road now i think should have had an mot within the last 12 months.