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Post by remmington on Mar 25, 2020 11:28:27 GMT 1
MOT testing suspended for six months from Monday 30/03/2020
Researching the detail now....?
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Post by studabear on Mar 25, 2020 14:13:41 GMT 1
I've had email from dvsa
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Post by Joepublic on Mar 25, 2020 14:54:10 GMT 1
So I’ve had a car sorned since sept, mot ran out nov, can it be put back on the road?
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Post by remmington on Mar 25, 2020 15:38:18 GMT 1
So I’ve had a car sorned since sept, mot ran out nov, can it be put back on the road? No only can use on the road if - MOT expires after Monday coming. Cannot get the full detail for Taxi testing Hackney plated cars as yet...? |
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Post by Joepublic on Mar 25, 2020 16:15:58 GMT 1
So I’ve had a car sorned since sept, mot ran out nov, can it be put back on the road? No only can use on the road if - MOT expires after Monday coming. So unable to use even if I write off my daily and have nothing to drive until things are back to normal? |
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Post by huffo on Mar 25, 2020 21:48:09 GMT 1
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Post by Joepublic on Mar 25, 2020 22:56:25 GMT 1
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Post by rpm on Mar 26, 2020 10:38:22 GMT 1
So just to clarify as 1 of mine is due an mot in April.
If mot station is still open I can still get an mot. But it's OK too if I don't get it done ?
No reason to expect it to fail so no reason why not to get it done.
In 3, 6, 12 months or whenever this crisis is over, or more controllable there will be a massive demand for mot and other work. And undoubtedly some garages/ mot stations may never reopen/survive.
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Post by Joepublic on Mar 26, 2020 11:48:22 GMT 1
So just to clarify as 1 of mine is due an mot in April. If mot station is still open I can still get an mot. But it's OK too if I don't get it done ? No reason to expect it to fail so no reason why not to get it done. In 3, 6, 12 months or whenever this crisis is over, or more controllable there will be a massive demand for mot and other work. And undoubtedly some garages/ mot stations may never reopen/survive. Just checked via vehicle smart app (its free!) and my daily is due in July, eventually this will move to 2021. To my mind this is to concentrate Techs to repair vehicles and keep them moving rather than testing. Older cars going 18 months between tests will more than likely be non economical to repair, another way to get clunkers off the road? |
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Post by Noberator on Mar 26, 2020 11:53:57 GMT 1
So just to clarify as 1 of mine is due an mot in April. If mot station is still open I can still get an mot. But it's OK too if I don't get it done ? No reason to expect it to fail so no reason why not to get it done. In 3, 6, 12 months or whenever this crisis is over, or more controllable there will be a massive demand for mot and other work. And undoubtedly some garages/ mot stations may never reopen/survive. As far as I am aware if you get it tested more than 30 days before the expiry date then the date of the test becomes the new renewal date. If the test is within 30 days of the renewal then your original expiry date can be preserved. My Mondeo ST220 is due for an MOT in May but I usually get it tested within the 30 days expiry date. So in effect my expiry date will be a date in November six months after the due date in May and yours will be six months from the due date in April.  |
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Post by valhalla on Mar 26, 2020 13:03:48 GMT 1
So just to clarify as 1 of mine is due an mot in April. If mot station is still open I can still get an mot. But it's OK too if I don't get it done ? No reason to expect it to fail so no reason why not to get it done. In 3, 6, 12 months or whenever this crisis is over, or more controllable there will be a massive demand for mot and other work. And undoubtedly some garages/ mot stations may never reopen/survive. The MoT due date becomes your original date + 6months. So that takes the load off the MoT systems, as all the deferred MoTs will only bunch after September, by which time the VOSA people should have worked-out how to manage those tests + all the tests that would have become due on the 30th September. I suspect that there will be a sliding scale of "test date offset" to manage the period where the old & new test dates are overlapping.
What your car will show online at GOV.UK in a few days time is your MoT due date has gone back 6months to when it was due. This is to allow the trade to concentrate on keeping going for critical workers (NHS, logistics, food production) as much as to prevent other people unnecessarily travelling away from their homes to get their car tested. What the government doesn't want is the garage trade to become the new vectors (on top of shops) for COVID_19 transmission. Also, if you think about it, you also don't want that risk of grabbing a nice COVID_19 steering-wheel after the test, nor a nice COVID_19 handbrake lever or set of keys. It all makes sense. Stay at home, don't use the car. Simple.
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Post by rhyds on Mar 26, 2020 13:11:13 GMT 1
My 2019 MOT end date was today, however I took it in at the end of February so I'm ok for now.
As for the extension, does this also apply to 3 year old cars that are due a first MOT now? IIRC when NI's testing stations all shut they couldn't extend MOTs for new cars as there wasn't an existing MOT to extend.
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Post by givusaclue on Mar 27, 2020 15:49:15 GMT 1
Yes it will apply to 3 year old cars, I’ve just read it on an iga email, they will start extending them on 30/03 in batches of 7 days at a time it said
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Post by remmington on Mar 27, 2020 18:53:05 GMT 1
Yes it will apply to 3 year old cars, I’ve just read it on an iga email, they will start extending them on 30/03 in batches of 7 days at a time it said This was my understanding - they can be flexible about how long they do it for like this.... |
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Post by valhalla on Mar 27, 2020 23:32:29 GMT 1
It might also be worth adding to this thread that the Police Federation and motor insurers body have both agreed to a concession that permits cars not affected by the above (i.e. MoT due date before the 30th March) but without a current MoT to be operated on the roads without a current MoT - but only where an MoT cannot be booked in an expedient way.
For example (I have a few customers that this presently applies-to), where a car was due before the 30th March and has failed its MoT to-date, but has now been repaired, if an MoT cannot be rebooked as a result of all the local garages having shut down for CV "isolation" - a moot point in itself, and one for another discussion altogether - then the owner can reasonably expect to be able to operate that vehicle for a limited period and in the prescribed very-limited ways (food, medicines, medical help, assistance) without a current MoT. It goes without saying that this will be a very small group of cars, and as-per the guidance above above about operating the vehicle in a compliant way to the Construction and Use regs, i.e. it must be repaired, roadworthy, and otherwise just waiting for a slot in the MoT booking timetables.
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