I passed my SVA in June of last year, & paid for 6 months tax. The car spent the winter on a SORN. I went to the post office today, to get 6 months tax.

However, they won’t give me any tax as I don’t have a MOT.

I was under the impression that I would not need a MOT for 3 years, or because my car passed its SVA less that a year ago, the MAC certificate would still be valid.

So, do I need a MOT, or have the old dears in the post office got it wrong, or have DVLA made a mistake with registering my car?

The registration document states that:-

Date of first registration: - 1989 (date of my donor engine)
Date of first registration in the UK: - June 2008


Luckily my local DVLA office is only a mile from where I work, so I am going ‘in hope’ there tomorrow.


What have others experiences been?

Cheers,


B

PS. I also tried online, same problem 'no current MOT'

[Edited on 30/3/09 by The Baron]

Do it online and you won't have a problem. No MOT required for 3 years from date of first registration after sva (not sva date)

[Edited on 30/3/2009 by nitram38]

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Originally posted by nitram38
Do it online and you won't have a problem. No MOT required for 3 years from date of first registration after sva (not sva date)

[Edited on 30/3/2009 by nitram38]

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Had no problem with mine online.....

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Originally posted by nitram38
Had no problem with mine online.....

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tryed to tax a car today online and the car is on a sorn they wanted to start the
tax 01/03/09 what a wee take they are

The online system shafted me on one of the family cars, backdating a whole month.
Tomorrow i will try and tax the kit at the post office.

Always starts at the 1st of the current month online or at the post office.

this happened to me last year, search for it as i posted it on here somewhere, any way short version, go to the post office and be pushy, reg date is king in this scenario. smaller the post office the better.

pif

Thats the problem your log book is wrong the date first used and registered in the uk should be the year the vehicle was sva'd like on my log book and a lucky few others