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Author:  Bugster [ July 13th, 2012, 5:57 pm ]
Post subject:  13 months MOT !!!
With no advisories - yay!!!

And following advice here I had thoroughly greased the king pins last night with the car jacked up. Thanks for the tip :)
Author:  Sean [ July 13th, 2012, 6:08 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 13 months MOT !!!
hows it 13 months?
Author:  Rhythm Thief [ July 13th, 2012, 6:17 pm ]
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He's taken it in a month early, at a guess.
Author:  Bugster [ July 13th, 2012, 6:38 pm ]
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Rhythm Thief wrote:
He's taken it in a month early, at a guess.



Yep I caught it unawares - thought I would take it in a month early so it wouldn't develop half a dozen niggling faults 24 hours before the old MOT expired which my cars usually do. :mrgreen:
Author:  Sean [ July 13th, 2012, 6:46 pm ]
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so its not that dvla have been generous you just diddled yourself out of a months MOT

glass half empty or half full?
Author:  Russell [ July 13th, 2012, 6:51 pm ]
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Or, you've got exactly the same amount that you would have had anyway.
Author:  Bugster [ July 13th, 2012, 6:57 pm ]
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11 months MOT - £50
13 Months MOT - £50
Total 24 Months MOT - £100

Glass is still full - no diddling :)

And no last minute panic when something goes wrong just before the test so I'm a very happy bunny ;)
Author:  Terry [ July 14th, 2012, 8:18 pm ]
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Bugster wrote:
Glass is still full - no diddling :)

And no last minute panic when something goes wrong just before the test so I'm a very happy bunny ;)


I do the same every year ...... MOT due mid September,take the car to MOT station mid August .....gives me a month to sort any failures out and [more importantly] .....chance to buy any parts I need at the International.
I'm getting 12 months between tests .....and 13 if I need the extra month.

T.
Author:  Devils Advocate [ July 16th, 2012, 11:44 am ]
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Since it's all computerised these days, doesn't an MOT fail mean an MOT fail - full stop? You may have the original piece of paper that says you still have a month to go, but I suspect that if you were pulled over and a check made, your car would be declared as... fail.
Author:  Bugster [ July 16th, 2012, 12:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 13 months MOT !!!
Devils Advocate wrote:
Since it's all computerised these days, doesn't an MOT fail mean an MOT fail - full stop? You may have the original piece of paper that says you still have a month to go, but I suspect that if you were pulled over and a check made, your car would be declared as... fail.


Yes I'm sure you are right - the later certificate (i.e. fail) would be the valid one.

My original post about submitting the car for MOT a month early was that if you aim for a date one month before the actual expiry it gives time to rectify unexpected faults and potential fails comfortably without the pressure of the actual expiry date breathing down your neck.
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