You can't drive the thing home and deal with it from there? Why the need for a trailer? Is it going to self destruct in 25 miles?
I doubt that every test possible has been used in diagnosis, Does the garage have a Pscan or a T4 Testbook? These are the OBD diagnotic tools dedicated to our cars, or is it just some generic OBD scanner, the effectiveness of these can vary wildly, even the good ones may not have to optional software package for our cars required to do anything more than the most basic stuff.
I realise that you lot have an entirely different perspective to distances than we do In Oz but here 25 miles is just a trip to the shops!
I'm not giving you a hard time, just for the devilment of it, but I am asking hard questions so that I may be better able to help you.
"Keep calm, relax, focus on the problem & PULL THE BLOODY TRIGGER"
Quite simply it has no Mot so can't be driven on the public highway...last thing I want is to have it taken off me with no valid mot- insurance not valid it will be crushed then and I get a fine!!
You should phase your MOT tests in such a way as to drive to an MOT station for examination & return with a valid certificate, whether that be a newly passed examination or on your existing certificate, if a failure has been registered.
You can however travel to a test station for examination provided there has been prior arrangements made & the distance is commensurate with your location.
It would be nice to have a drive to Thurso, or possibly Bodmin, for an MOT but you might have to defend your actions in court if apprehended.
So although the powers that be seem to want to throw us back to the dark ages, with all the incivility that that entails, we can still take our cars for an MOT without up to date paperwork, providing prior arrangements have been made. And so Cobb’s we’re not (yet) as uncivilised as you intimate.
The fact that as you dutifully take your car for their test, you will most probably pass any number of cars without a ticket. This is life in Great Britain during the times we find ourselves in.
M
Well here in Oz.
In the less civilised states that demand an annual inspection so long as the rego is still current it is fine to drive the car to the RWC station and to a place of repair if needed in order to bring the car up to RWC standard, If the cars rego has lapsed or the car is unregistered you need to get a temporary permit from the rego authority (this can be done online) which allows you to only drive the car to various repairers as required, to also present the car for it's RWC inspection and the the rego office there is no limitation on how far but you must use the most direct route and you must not use any tollways, There is also a restriction on the time of day, it must be during daylight hours (probably in case the lights aren't working properly)
I'm fortunate to live in the state of Victoria which has no annual inspection requirement, a car only requires an inspection when it has no current rego (even then you have a 3 month grace period in which you cant use the car till you pay the renewal but you still don't need an inspection) or the car is either unregistered or you are transferring the ownership then you require a RWC (Road Worthy Certificate)
It's interesting to note that there is no appreciable difference in accident rates between the states that require annual inspections and those that don't require any such nonsense.
There is a constant running lobbying battle between the VACC (Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce. car dealers and repairers) and the very connected and very politically powerful RACV (Royal Automobile Club of Victoria) The VACC wants annual inspections (No vested interest there....not many!) and the RACV won't have a bar of it.
Disclosure note: I did used to work as a contractor for the RACV and was a member of the VACC, so as a result got to watch the antics from within both sides up close.
"Keep calm, relax, focus on the problem & PULL THE BLOODY TRIGGER"
What a shit system, whilst all legislators are morons (it's a job requirement) yours are clearly even more moronic than most...to the point of being over qualified!
"Keep calm, relax, focus on the problem & PULL THE BLOODY TRIGGER"
If this is correct, then I stand corrected & apologies for misleading.
In consideration, a tester could hardly allow a vehicle, still in MOT, back on the road, if the arse end is dangling on the road.
I will study the regs’.
M
If this is correct, then I stand corrected & apologies for misleading.
In consideration, a tester could hardly allow a vehicle, still in MOT, back on the road, if the arse end is dangling on the road.
I will study the regs’.
M
I too used to think that because you can test a month before your MOT runs out if it failed you still had the remainder of time left but the Tester said No.
If it fails it has no MOT regardless of when the original runs out. Bummer!!
You can drive the vehicle from an MOT station to a place where the repairs are to be performed, even if it's your home address. And it's legal to drive a vehicle without a valid MOT to an MOT station, as long as you have an appointment for an MOT test. I have made sure of these recently, as I've been in that situation.
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