How long have you let your MOT expire for???

[Fat Audi 80]

...the reason I ask is I have just tried to tax one of my cars and the DVLA refused as it did not have a valid MOT on the database.

Turns out my latest MOT expired in May!

I have no idea how I missed that as I am normally very ****, I mean organised.

Off to get an MOT tomorrow then....

Cheers,

Steve.

[Acidburn]

my coupe gt5s has been around 7-8 yrs at least.

[Jamo]

Christ I would have been pulled 2 minutes after midnight in Brum if that happened

This year 4 months but the car was off the road, think the longest is a year when I laid up the car because of the exhaust and stroker change

[Ian Simmonds]

Without providing too much detail, a few years ago, due to an 'administrative slip' there appears to have been a 9 month gap in a certain estate car's MOT history...

Assume = *** of U and Me...

Assumed MOT'd at major service... etc, etc... *cough*...

[Christophski]

My bug hasn't had one for bout 5 years. I carried on using it as an everyday car until bout 4years ago. Luckily I brought tax then maybe 1 month later the mot ran out n I didn't realise. Pretty much 1 yr later I found out I couldn't get tax n decided I knew it wasn't getting an mot so it's now in my garage, shell of the pan in about 1 million pieces I just can't weld n really need to learn so I can get it back on the road. I miss the old wh043!

Anyone wanna teach me to weld?

[Dan]

I realised the A6 was due on the actual day. Unfortunately that was when the back light was out, so I had to patch it up to get it through. Avoided major roads in the time between, just to be safe.

Plenty of VOSA, DVLA and panda checks round here and on the motorways, so I wouldn't risk it for long.

[s2driveruk]

MOT...whats one of those then, never had one on my car





















...joke

I had done the same on the pug earlier this year. totally gobsmacked when i realised now have them all in the diary, scary isnt it!

[Sonic]

I thought mine had expired a while ago, got it MOT'd, only to find i'd lost a couple of months as it didn't expire for another 2 months

[Error404]

nice reminder, must check mine.. not that the car moves at the minute

[dubmeister]

Working as a tester, the longest i have seen without a ticket was a 13 months, and that was regularly driven, and taxed
was just over four years old and never got taken for its first MOT after 3 years but he still got sent out a tax reminder and they didnt notice his lack of MOT........

Regularly see cars with over 6 months lapsed between tests and used daily.
Had one in today, BMW 750, personal plate, previous MOT expiry 16/06/2010 used daily

Very rare to see a car that comes in the month before the expiry.

[s2_bo]

I was 4 months over on my s2 once. Only noticed by chance as i was cleaning the car and saw the sticker with the expiry date.

Took it in the next day, it failed, booked a retest a few days later.. and it passed. They never said anything at the testing station.

[Rikki Kitto]

I got pulled on the M2 on a work bike last year and the MOT was 6 months out of date Lucky I just got an almighty bollo***** and sent on my way

[4WheelDrifter]

I get my cars MOT'd by Tom C, so I get an SMS to remind me to book them about a month in advance.

[re2500]

Ive been a couple of weeks over before, its easy to forget especially if youve got plenty of tax left.
I never understood why vosa dont do a postal reminder system?? Almost like they want to catch you out.

[sam80quattro]

apply for a free audi mot and they send you letters to remind you lol at least they did with me, not that my cars moved for 2 years