A quick tax/mot question?

No, you can't.

No MOT = No tax.

I would doubt it very much. IIRC the wording of the tax form is for a 'current' MOT certificate.

Can't you wait a couple of weeks and get it done for October?

He was undecided so I've now scrapped the thing. Local breakers gave me £25 and seeing that I was going to give it away that's not a bad result. Had fun with the speed bumps on its final journey to the breakers. Was tempted to hold it on max revs and see if the engine blew but I didn't have the heart :)

If you were so keen to have this car legal to park on the road for a few days, why did you drive it to the scrappy with no tax & MOT?

And if it was not in an MOT'able condition, uninsured as well.

Ok so I broke the law for 5 mins while I drove a 1 day expired MOT vehicle with no tax to the scrappy. Doesn't qualify me in the terrorist bracket, shirley.

there is an exemption for 'taking to a place to be broken up or scrapped or exported'

mrcheerful

mrcheerful. ( snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

No, there isn't.

show me where it says you can't

dojj ( snipped-for-privacy@dojj1.fsnet.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Show me where it says you can.

You can drive a vehicle *without tax* to and from a garage of repair or a test station - period.

If it is an MOT failure, and has defects, you are driving an unroadworthy vehicle, and may also be uninsured. As such you should make alternative arrangements to transport the vehicle, or make it roadworthy

So you'd be happy hitting someone with an uninsured car?

Let me see..

There's the part that says a vehicle must be in roadworthy condition Then there's the other which says it must have tax, mot (over 3 yrs old) and insurance Then there's the other part which IS an exemption but only applicable to driving to/from a prebooked MOT.

Over to you...

I think you'll find that having no MOT does not invalidate the insurance.

Conor ( snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Mmmm. I'd not be happy hitting someone *WITH* an insured car.

Which only refers to the tax, it's still not legal to drive an unroadworthy car.

Correct, having an unroadworthy car does though, so if it is a potential failure, then it may not be insured.

Exactly, which is why I would never knowingly drive an unroadworthy vehicle on the road. But I believe in law an insurance must still pay out to any 3rd party claim regardless and then (if deemed that the vehicle is in an unroadworthy condition) it becomes a civil matter if they wish to sue to recover their losses.

A car with no MOT isn't necessarily unroadworthy.