austin man
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| posted on 12/5/08 at 10:47 PM |
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MOT time
What is the legal standing for having your car moT'd ie is it a year after SVA ? is it 3 years. My local tax office told me they would not need
to see a test certificate for 3 years from date of registartion is this true. Car is on an age related plate not a Q
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UncleFista
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| posted on 12/5/08 at 11:18 PM |
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Your car won't need an MOT until 3 years after the SVA test.
If you'd had a pre-SVA MOT test, it would be "on the system" and need one every year after.
But as it stands, it's treated as a new car re the MOT.
Tony Bond / UncleFista
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austin man
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| posted on 12/5/08 at 11:43 PM |
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cheers for thast I opted not to have a pre MOT
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Davey D
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| posted on 12/5/08 at 11:58 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by UncleFista
Your car won't need an MOT until 3 years after the SVA test.
If you'd had a pre-SVA MOT test, it would be "on the system" and need one every year after.
But as it stands, it's treated as a new car re the MOT.
Surely if you had a Pre-SVA MOT your car wouldnt have had a Registration, so they couldnt put you in the system?
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zetec
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| posted on 13/5/08 at 07:17 AM |
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I had a pre SVA MOT and no hassle after having the MOT redone 3 years later, as said as no reg for the first MOT it is a bit hard to track.
" I only registered to look at the pictures, now I'm stuck with this username for the rest of my life!"
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UncleFista
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| posted on 13/5/08 at 07:29 AM |
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quote:
Surely if you had a Pre-SVA MOT your car wouldnt have had a Registration, so they couldnt put you in the system?
They can issue an MOT on the chassis number rather than the reg number 
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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BenB
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| posted on 13/5/08 at 07:33 AM |
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Having a pre-SVA MOT means you may be on the system but you may well still be able to put forward a case for not doing an MOT.
I did a pre-SVA MOT for emissions, headlight aim etc and still "persuaded" my local DVLA office to give me a tax disc- namely by getting a
letter from DVLA Swansea saying that I definately didn't need an MOT until 3 years were up.... To be honest though the pre-SVA MOT was a fail
(little in the way of braking or hand-braking) so I'm not sure whether that meant I didn't end up "on the system"...
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indykid
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| posted on 13/5/08 at 07:44 AM |
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i had an mot before sva on the chassis number, passed, and i taxed my car on saturday with no mot 2 and a bit years later.
tom
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UncleFista
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| posted on 13/5/08 at 09:16 AM |
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Alright, alright ! I'm talking out of my arse 
I've definitely heard of a pre-SVA MOT "muddying the MOT waters" though
I've no persoanl experience though, we took ours for an MOT "equivalent" test
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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dhutch
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| posted on 13/5/08 at 12:07 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by UncleFistaI've no persoanl experience though, we took ours for an MOT "equivalent" test
Yeah, i was going to say, sounds like an approprete loop hole to me!
- Althoughn im supprised they dont make you MOT it every year anyway.
Daniel
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