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MOT 6 month extensions end on 31st July.

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The DfT have announced that if your MOT is due the requirement to have your car tested has been extended for 6 months.

NB: Cars are still expected to be kept in a roadworthy condition and, at the moment, garage servicing and MOT stations are still allowed to be open.

THREAD TITLE UPDATED 03/07/20
 
Good info but it's not law until approved on Monday, something about implications on Insurance etc.. Had my daily booked in for Mot tomorrow (mot due 12/4) so freed slots for others.

All a mute point. my fun cars now sorn'd as current situation is going to last a lot longer than anyone is hoping. Stay safe all.
 
Im keeping all the cars fully road legal so I can flee the zombies... :saw:
 
With you there ....... I am keeping both my cars fully tanked ....... and I have just had both of them MOT'd in the last few months .......
 
I have a few cars not MOT'd. I wouldn't go out for drives for fun, but do use them when I need to drive to work. I assume after Monday getting an MOT will be harder, but if I get them done tomorrow or Saturday I get an extra 6 months free?
MOT station is about 100m from my house.

MC
 
No I don't think you get an extra 6 months free if you MOT before the end of March (from memory the exemption comes into play on the 1st April ?).......I think the principle is :

- if your MOT is due before x date (1st April ?) then you must still get it done...

- if your MOT is due between xxxx and xxxx (six months 1st April to 30 Sep) then you don't need to get it done until the 1st October.....

I must have got something wrong in that as there would be ......quite a few cars.....all needed MOTing on the 1st Oct :eek: .......it makes more sense that whatever date your MOT is due on between say 1st April and 30 Sept then you ADD 6 months to that date to give you the extended due date for that car eg MOT due on 1st June then the new due date is 1st December :dont know:

Ps I've obviously not bothered actually looking at the proposal in any great detail other than a 6 month extension and trying to think how that would work in practice as above :?:
 
If that was the case, in the future, MOT places would have 6 months of double work, 6 months with no work.

MC
 
six months of no work yes but the cars not done in that six months would have a new due date.....ie

if due 1st June 2020 --> new due date 1st December 2020......next due date would then be 1st Dec 2021 so no double workload in that sense :bandit:

.....but then you could argue no cars would be due an MOT between xxx and xxxx the following year .......I think I see what you mean now

They are in effect gearing up to close MOT stations for 6 months :?: and the impact may be that in practice
 
I have two cars needing MOT the 944 failed on a minor oil leak over 10 days ago so now I need to find somewhere to get it tested again, just waiting for an oil seal to be delivered to sort that out and the 996 has been sat for over 6 months and it expired in December, I only need to fit the gearbox to get it road ready for an MOT.

Both are not available for the 6 month extension, I don't mind keeping them off the road for longer but it would be annoying if they shut the MOT stations for a long while as these are jobs I can do while I'm not at work.
 
Use your ability to wait, or to continue doing something despite difficulties.

Far larger issue to consider me thinks.
 
997 Coast said:
Use your ability to wait, or to continue doing something despite difficulties.

Far larger issue to consider me thinks.
Click to expand...

:hand: tinkering with cars aids mental health....fact :thumb:
 
jonttt said:
997 Coast said:
Use your ability to wait, or to continue doing something despite difficulties.

Far larger issue to consider me thinks.
Click to expand...

:hand: tinkering with cars aids mental health....fact :thumb:
Click to expand...

I'm not sure, my mental health was tested today refitting the gearbox, it is in and I just need to fit all the ancillaries to the car/box. Then I can head out for its first drive......$!@%#
 
Wasn't the point to allow some time to finish planned mot tests before the inevitable phase 2 tighter lockdown. But allow those after 30th March a reasonably long window to stop people panicking and going out to get an MoT done during phase 2 lockdown with enough of a window for a reduced lockdown level when things improve as well? If situation remains just move the 6 month end point.

Obviously they forgot most appear to have immediately thought 'great a 6 month free extension, I'll max that until the last day..."
 
The 6 month extension ends at the end of July.

Any car due an MOT between 1st April and 31st July still has 6 months from the original due date to be done but cars due an MOT on or after 1st August will need to renew before the expiry date.
 
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