Trading Post is right - you can have an MOT done at any time, it is then valid for 12 months from that point.
However, if the MOT is due within 30 days and you have an MOT done then the new MOT is valid for 12 months from when the MOT was due to expire.
To help explain, imagine two cars, A and B. Today's date is 15th January 2010.
Car A's MOT is due on 10 August 2010. If you have it MOT'd today, the new MOT is valid for one year from today, i.e. until 15 January 2011.
Car B's MOT is due on 10 February 2010 (i.e. in less than 30 days time). If you have it MOT'd today, the new MOT is valid until 10 February 2011.
(Of course, the above assumes both cars pass their MOTs!)
Depending on the age of the car, I would suggest that its value with a full 12 months MOT would be significantly more than with an MOT expiring in April. So if you're buying the car you might want to wait until you've bought it before getting it MOT'd. If your the seller, and can get it through its MOT, it might be worth doing so.
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Jeff
However, if the MOT is due within 30 days and you have an MOT done then the new MOT is valid for 12 months from when the MOT was due to expire.
To help explain, imagine two cars, A and B. Today's date is 15th January 2010.
Car A's MOT is due on 10 August 2010. If you have it MOT'd today, the new MOT is valid for one year from today, i.e. until 15 January 2011.
Car B's MOT is due on 10 February 2010 (i.e. in less than 30 days time). If you have it MOT'd today, the new MOT is valid until 10 February 2011.
(Of course, the above assumes both cars pass their MOTs!)
Depending on the age of the car, I would suggest that its value with a full 12 months MOT would be significantly more than with an MOT expiring in April. So if you're buying the car you might want to wait until you've bought it before getting it MOT'd. If your the seller, and can get it through its MOT, it might be worth doing so.
HTH
Jeff
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I MOT'ed a car four months before it was due. I knew the car was a duffer, I knew it was rusty underneath, I knew it would fail on the brake pipes but I MOT'ed it to see if it would only fail on the pipes in the view to getting it fixed. It failed on about 8 different things! I sold it as an MOT failure even though it still had 4 months MOT on it legally.
My MOT is due on my Corsa soon
Dreading it as its ten years old now but I intend to keep it it has cost me a bit of money in repairs but it has been extremely reliable, is cheap to insure, has all the luxeries and is perfectly fast enough in the city (1.2 16v).
My MOT is due on my Corsa soon
Dreading it as its ten years old now but I intend to keep it it has cost me a bit of money in repairs but it has been extremely reliable, is cheap to insure, has all the luxeries and is perfectly fast enough in the city (1.2 16v).
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My MOT is due on my Corsa soon
JD, don't worry. We run a 11 yr old car and a 12 yr old van and I don't have sleepless nights over the MOTs. I've never been stung with an OTT MOT repair bill ever, in 30 yrs of car ownership. Choose carefully who you take the car to for the MOT, thats the golden rule
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Black 3 year old Porsche 911 Carrera 2S - love it!
Was going to get a AM DB9 but was told by many to get the 911
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My car is actually worth silly money. There is a real shortage of small cheap to insure cars with power steering with very few previous owners and full service history. Only downside is 83k.
Got a full Autoglym kit for Christmas too so when the weather gets nicer it will look like a new car.
Then there is a spec, electric windows, power steering, electric mirrors, rear head rests, airbag, heated mirrors, rev counter, cd player (original), sunroof (how old fashioned), and lots of other silly things. It is 0-60 in just under 13 seconds and group 3 insurance, for that reason it dosn't matter how old cars like this get they will always be worth a lot because of the new driver/city driver crowd. I am a member of a Corsa site and cars like mine always seem to fetch over £1k when members sell them providing they are completly original like mine, modded ones are worth much less.
Of course without an MOT my car is worth not much but it should fly through the MOT anyway the way I maintain my car. Mind you it took me two months to find one as tidy as this.
My plan is to not replace it but just let it die a natural death either through engine failure or acident etc.
Got a full Autoglym kit for Christmas too so when the weather gets nicer it will look like a new car.
Then there is a spec, electric windows, power steering, electric mirrors, rear head rests, airbag, heated mirrors, rev counter, cd player (original), sunroof (how old fashioned), and lots of other silly things. It is 0-60 in just under 13 seconds and group 3 insurance, for that reason it dosn't matter how old cars like this get they will always be worth a lot because of the new driver/city driver crowd. I am a member of a Corsa site and cars like mine always seem to fetch over £1k when members sell them providing they are completly original like mine, modded ones are worth much less.
Of course without an MOT my car is worth not much but it should fly through the MOT anyway the way I maintain my car. Mind you it took me two months to find one as tidy as this.
My plan is to not replace it but just let it die a natural death either through engine failure or acident etc.
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You have the exact same car as me JoyDivision. The same colour too. The only difference is that mine is a 1.7 diesel. It has more mileage than yours but it's not bad at all for a diesel engine.
I've only recently started driving, so I decided to go with something cheap and cheerful. Starts fine even in sub-zero temperatures and drives without a hitch.
The same colour too. The only difference is that mine is a 1.7 diesel. It has more mileage than yours but it's not bad at all for a diesel engine. I've only recently started driving, so I decided to go with something cheap and cheerful. Starts fine even in sub-zero temperatures and drives without a hitch.
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JoyDivision
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Same here, its been dumped for a month because I have a broken eblow because and cannot drive. The other day I managed to straigten it, it started first time, and the second I released the hand brake the drums freed and the car moved off.
I used never be a fan of Corsas but when it came for me need a well equiped cheap to insure car the Corsa won. Owned it almost a year now, I usualy keep cars for a few months so that is rare!
I bought it in mind to keep for a year, a year later it is in better condition now than it was when I bought it, so I intend to keep it for longer.
The amazing thing is all the brake pipes are original and when I inspected them there is no rust on any of them at all. In the late 90's VX had a bad reputation for making unrelaible cars, but unreliable they may have been they have proved far more durable than anybody expected.
I used never be a fan of Corsas but when it came for me need a well equiped cheap to insure car the Corsa won. Owned it almost a year now, I usualy keep cars for a few months so that is rare!
I bought it in mind to keep for a year, a year later it is in better condition now than it was when I bought it, so I intend to keep it for longer.
The amazing thing is all the brake pipes are original and when I inspected them there is no rust on any of them at all. In the late 90's VX had a bad reputation for making unrelaible cars, but unreliable they may have been they have proved far more durable than anybody expected.
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