I've booked my car in for a service and MOT on 10th July but I think I've
screwed up - having just checked my paperwork my current MOT expires on 11th
August.

Will they be able to give me a 13 month MOT, ie till 10th August next year? I
don't mind losing a day but not a month.

TIA.

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Andy

> I've booked my car in for a service and MOT on 10th July but I think I've
> screwed up - having just checked my paperwork my current MOT expires on 
> 11th
> August.
>
> Will they be able to give me a 13 month MOT, ie till 10th August next 
> year? I
> don't mind losing a day but not a month.


Technically it needs to be no more than a month early.  They might be 
willing to bend the rules and do the service and carry out the MOT test, but 
not write out the ticket until the next day, or find something minor like a 
bulb to fail it on, and write out the certificate the next day as if you'd 
gone away, replaced the bulb and came back, but failing that it might be 
easier to book it in a day or two later.

Peter

AstraVanMan (Peter@Whataloadofforeskinbollocks.co.uk) gurgled happily,
sounding much like they were saying : 


>> I've booked my car in for a service and MOT on 10th July but I think
>> I've screwed up - having just checked my paperwork my current MOT
>> expires on 11th
>> August.
>>
>> Will they be able to give me a 13 month MOT, ie till 10th August next
>> year? I don't mind losing a day but not a month.

> Technically it needs to be no more than a month early.  They might be 
> willing to bend the rules and do the service and carry out the MOT
> test, but not write out the ticket until the next day, or find
> something minor like a bulb to fail it on, and write out the
> certificate the next day as if you'd gone away, replaced the bulb and
> came back, but failing that it might be easier to book it in a day or
> two later. 


Especially if it's a centre that's doing computerised tickets.

One month is easy. over a month is a definite no nowadays. All you need
is the old MOT certificate (or the reg doc if it is the first MOT).

I would delay the booking for two days.

Alan

"AstraVanMan"  wrote in message 
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>> I've booked my car in for a service and MOT on 10th July but I think I've
>> screwed up - having just checked my paperwork my current MOT expires on 
>> 11th
>> August.
>>
>> Will they be able to give me a 13 month MOT, ie till 10th August next 
>> year? I
>> don't mind losing a day but not a month.
>
> Technically it needs to be no more than a month early.  They might be 
> willing to bend the rules and do the service and carry out the MOT test, 
> but not write out the ticket until the next day, or find something minor 
> like a bulb to fail it on, and write out the certificate the next day as 
> if you'd gone away, replaced the bulb and came back, but failing that it 
> might be easier to book it in a day or two later.
>
> Peter


You could always fit a blown bulb immediately before the test so that you 
know it will fail. That way you don't to ask any favours of them - just make 
sure they do free re-tests.

Chris

>>> Will they be able to give me a 13 month MOT, ie till 10th August next 
>>> year? I
>>> don't mind losing a day but not a month.
>>
>> Technically it needs to be no more than a month early.  They might be 
>> willing to bend the rules and do the service and carry out the MOT test, 
>> but not write out the ticket until the next day, or find something minor 
>> like a bulb to fail it on, and write out the certificate the next day as 
>> if you'd gone away, replaced the bulb and came back, but failing that it 
>> might be easier to book it in a day or two later.
>
> You could always fit a blown bulb immediately before the test so that you 
> know it will fail. That way you don't to ask any favours of them - just 
> make sure they do free re-tests.


I've often thought of doing that - booking a car/van in for it's MOT exactly 
two weeks and a month before the current MOT expired.  Providing the place 
did free retests, that is.  That way, there's 2 weeks to sort anything out 
that's a bit more tricky than a replacement bulb, and if that's all it is, 
just bring it down exactly a month before the old one expires, and hey 
presto, a no-hassle 13 month MOT.

Peter

On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 17:55:55 GMT, "AstraVanMan"
 wrote:


>>>> Will they be able to give me a 13 month MOT, ie till 10th August next 
>>>> year? I
>>>> don't mind losing a day but not a month.
>>>
>>> Technically it needs to be no more than a month early.  They might be 
>>> willing to bend the rules and do the service and carry out the MOT test, 
>>> but not write out the ticket until the next day, or find something minor 
>>> like a bulb to fail it on, and write out the certificate the next day as 
>>> if you'd gone away, replaced the bulb and came back, but failing that it 
>>> might be easier to book it in a day or two later.
>>
>> You could always fit a blown bulb immediately before the test so that you 
>> know it will fail. That way you don't to ask any favours of them - just 
>> make sure they do free re-tests.
>
>I've often thought of doing that - booking a car/van in for it's MOT exactly 
>two weeks and a month before the current MOT expired.  Providing the place 
>did free retests, that is.  That way, there's 2 weeks to sort anything out 
>that's a bit more tricky than a replacement bulb, and if that's all it is, 
>just bring it down exactly a month before the old one expires, and hey 
>presto, a no-hassle 13 month MOT.


Do a lot of places still give 2 weeks for a free retest?
I seem to see 7 days more often in London.

On 28/06/2005 18:16 Chris Howarth wrote:


> "AstraVanMan"  wrote in message 
> news:6zUve.7472$11.5858@newsfe2-win.ntli.net...
>>> I've booked my car in for a service and MOT on 10th July but I think I've
>>> screwed up - having just checked my paperwork my current MOT expires on 
>>> 11th
>>> August.
>>>
>>> Will they be able to give me a 13 month MOT, ie till 10th August next 
>>> year? I
>>> don't mind losing a day but not a month.
>>
>> Technically it needs to be no more than a month early.  They might be 
>> willing to bend the rules and do the service and carry out the MOT test, 
>> but not write out the ticket until the next day, or find something minor 
>> like a bulb to fail it on, and write out the certificate the next day as 
>> if you'd gone away, replaced the bulb and came back, but failing that it 
>> might be easier to book it in a day or two later.
>>
>> Peter
> 
> You could always fit a blown bulb immediately before the test so that you 
> know it will fail. That way you don't to ask any favours of them - just make 
> sure they do free re-tests.
> 


That might backfire. The couple of times a blown bulb has been found 
during an MOT on my cars (and it was the only failure) the tester has 
just put a new bulb in and added it to the bill. I guess they figured it 
isn't worth the hassle - for me, or them - of a re-test for something 
that takes 2 minutes to fix.

YMMV of course.

Parish

In article <Lagwe.16034$BD2.11887@newsfe1-gui.ntli.net>,
   AstraVanMan  wrote:

> I've often thought of doing that - booking a car/van in for it's MOT
> exactly two weeks and a month before the current MOT expired. 
> Providing the place did free retests, that is.  That way, there's 2
> weeks to sort anything out that's a bit more tricky than a replacement
> bulb, and if that's all it is, just bring it down exactly a month
> before the old one expires, and hey presto, a no-hassle 13 month MOT.


My local place does a full re-test for free within 7 days. But knowing my
luck they'd find something else wrong. ;-)

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"Volff"  wrote in message
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> On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 17:55:55 GMT, "AstraVanMan"
>  wrote:
>
> >>>> Will they be able to give me a 13 month MOT, ie till 10th August next
> >>>> year? I
> >>>> don't mind losing a day but not a month.
> >>>
> >>> Technically it needs to be no more than a month early.  They might be
> >>> willing to bend the rules and do the service and carry out the MOT
test,
> >>> but not write out the ticket until the next day, or find something
minor
> >>> like a bulb to fail it on, and write out the certificate the next day
as
> >>> if you'd gone away, replaced the bulb and came back, but failing that
it
> >>> might be easier to book it in a day or two later.
> >>
> >> You could always fit a blown bulb immediately before the test so that
you
> >> know it will fail. That way you don't to ask any favours of them - just
> >> make sure they do free re-tests.
> >
> >I've often thought of doing that - booking a car/van in for it's MOT
exactly
> >two weeks and a month before the current MOT expired.  Providing the
place
> >did free retests, that is.  That way, there's 2 weeks to sort anything
out
> >that's a bit more tricky than a replacement bulb, and if that's all it
is,
> >just bring it down exactly a month before the old one expires, and hey
> >presto, a no-hassle 13 month MOT.
>
> Do a lot of places still give 2 weeks for a free retest?
> I seem to see 7 days more often in London.


come the day of computerisation that involves all the mot test centres, I
fear the days of a free re-test will be a thing of the past as it wont be
financially viable, were as now via the old system, its a quick <cough>
squint [1] under or around the car and a test certificate issued, but now
when its due back for a re-test its gotta be logged back in & the whole
thing done again , unless of course its items that are in the " next day
free re-test " bracket, which is explained on the back of your VT30, you
have a looked on the back of it, haven't you ?

but then, if you've all had your cars serviced and looked after there will
be no need to have it re-tested as it will past first time, making my ( the
tester ) & yours ( the customer ) life's much easier.

[1] squint meaning it should have a full retest if the failure item it
failed on isn't one of the items allowed in the next day free re-test.

"Parish"  wrote in message 
news:42c2675f$0$2049$ed2e19e4@ptn-nntp-reader04.plus.net...

> On 28/06/2005 18:16 Chris Howarth wrote:

>> You could always fit a blown bulb immediately before the test so that you 
>> know it will fail. That way you don't to ask any favours of them - just 
>> make sure they do free re-tests.
>>
>
> That might backfire. The couple of times a blown bulb has been found 
> during an MOT on my cars (and it was the only failure) the tester has just 
> put a new bulb in and added it to the bill. I guess they figured it isn't 
> worth the hassle - for me, or them - of a re-test for something that takes 
> 2 minutes to fix.
>
> YMMV of course.
>
> Parish


I guess you could remove the fuse then - not sure if they'd bother trying to 
track that down.

Chris

"Dave Plowman (News)"  wrote in message 
news:4d828b6cbedave@davenoise.co.uk...

> In article <Lagwe.16034$BD2.11887@newsfe1-gui.ntli.net>,
>   AstraVanMan  wrote:
>> I've often thought of doing that - booking a car/van in for it's MOT
>> exactly two weeks and a month before the current MOT expired.
>> Providing the place did free retests, that is.  That way, there's 2
>> weeks to sort anything out that's a bit more tricky than a replacement
>> bulb, and if that's all it is, just bring it down exactly a month
>> before the old one expires, and hey presto, a no-hassle 13 month MOT.
>
> My local place does a full re-test for free within 7 days. But knowing my
> luck they'd find something else wrong. ;-)
>


Don't most places just re-test the point(s) on which the car originally 
failed?

Chris

On 29/06/2005 19:57 Chris Howarth wrote:


> "Parish"  wrote in message 
> news:42c2675f$0$2049$ed2e19e4@ptn-nntp-reader04.plus.net...
>> On 28/06/2005 18:16 Chris Howarth wrote:
> 
>>> You could always fit a blown bulb immediately before the test so that you 
>>> know it will fail. That way you don't to ask any favours of them - just 
>>> make sure they do free re-tests.
>>>
>>
>> That might backfire. The couple of times a blown bulb has been found 
>> during an MOT on my cars (and it was the only failure) the tester has just 
>> put a new bulb in and added it to the bill. I guess they figured it isn't 
>> worth the hassle - for me, or them - of a re-test for something that takes 
>> 2 minutes to fix.
>>
>> YMMV of course.
>>
>> Parish
> 
> I guess you could remove the fuse then - not sure if they'd bother trying to 
> track that down.
> 


Or disconnect the wiring if a convenient connector can be found.

Parish

On 29/06/2005 19:58 Chris Howarth wrote:


> "Dave Plowman (News)"  wrote in message 
> news:4d828b6cbedave@davenoise.co.uk...
>> In article <Lagwe.16034$BD2.11887@newsfe1-gui.ntli.net>,
>>   AstraVanMan  wrote:
>>> I've often thought of doing that - booking a car/van in for it's MOT
>>> exactly two weeks and a month before the current MOT expired.
>>> Providing the place did free retests, that is.  That way, there's 2
>>> weeks to sort anything out that's a bit more tricky than a replacement
>>> bulb, and if that's all it is, just bring it down exactly a month
>>> before the old one expires, and hey presto, a no-hassle 13 month MOT.
>>
>> My local place does a full re-test for free within 7 days. But knowing my
>> luck they'd find something else wrong. ;-)
>>
> 
> Don't most places just re-test the point(s) on which the car originally 
> failed?
> 


That's what I thought (I'm sure it;s happened in the past), but the last 
MOT failure I had was two years ago - a cut in a seatbelt. I replaced 
the belt and called back the next day expecting that they could check 
the belt and issue the certificate but was told that I'd have to book it 
in as it needed a full re-test since I'd taken the car off the premises.

Maybe the DoT have tightened up the regs?

Parish

In article <kbCwe.12697$%O1.9738@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net>,
   Chris Howarth <a@a.e> wrote:

> > My local place does a full re-test for free within 7 days. But knowing
> > my luck they'd find something else wrong. ;-)
> >

> Don't most places just re-test the point(s) on which the car originally
> failed?


No - even although I took it back on the next working day they did as near
as dammit a full test again. Of course it was an SD1, so they were looking
for something else fallen off. ;-)

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