Cost of engine rebuild...what should I do?

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

Airportable wrote:

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.

Driving a vehicle that’s failedYou can take your vehicle away if:

• your current MOT is still valid
• no ‘dangerous’ problems were listed in the MOT

Otherwise, you’ll need to get it repaired before you can drive.

I copied that from the government website..hope it helps someone. 

On a totally different forum a member who is totally familiar with MOT testing ( where as one part of his role he does or has done audits) makes frequent contributions. There are too many to record on here but here is one. I have removed the preamble.

If your car is submitted early for an MOT and it fails, (on a dangerous fail and is marked as so), the original certificate remains in force, but the one you have just been handed as the dangerous fail now means you are knowingly driving a defective vehicle, a road traffic offence. It must not be driven. Please don't confuse a fail with a dangerous fail as they are completely different, the fail allowing the vehicle to be driven away.

Hope that adds a bit of clarity.
Personally I would expect that if you knowingly drove a vehicle on the road that would fail an MOT with a defect that you considered might be dangerous you would be negligent and potentially liable for any consequences.

So to sum up if the car has no brakes, totally buggered steering or any other reason that it may be likely to take a serious attempt on your and/or others lives... it's a hard NO, but if it's something silly like a dodgy emission reading then OK... then that's pretty well the same as the situation here.

Seconding what has been said on here. I have legally moved cars around several times without a current MOT certificate by simply booking MOTs near to where I want to drive them. I warn the MOT centre there is a risk of having to cancel and then call them to cancel the test nearer the time ( when I've already got to where I intended to be).

Where abouts in the country are you again ?