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I think with no tax and on the road they will crush it into a little box and ship it to china. No, if you leave an untaxed car on the road and IF the DVLA see it it can get clamped and then 24 hours later it will get lifted to a compound you then have seven days to tax/ pay bond and pay the release and towing costs to get the car back. |
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Apr 16, 2015 14:36:16 GMT
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Okay firstly the police will not and can not impound and crush a car just because it does not have an MOT, it is only a FPN offence and the reason why dismantlers/ insurers say that the car is not roadworthy/ MOT is void is to stop people driving off down the road and then trying to claim of them when they crash or get pulled for driving an unroadworthy car. not having an MOT and not being roadworthy are two very different offences. @1300dolly, you're a tester aren't you? What's your view on the MOT status after it's been written off? Are they just saying it doesn't have one or in the eyes of the law (or a tester) does it need one done? Lots of views above but I don't know if anyone above is a tester. |
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ChasR
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Apr 16, 2015 17:11:51 GMT
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Clearly the laws have changed a bit.
I have bought a couple of CAT-Ds and and had a car made a CAT D. When my car was made a CAT-D I was informed by both the DVLA and the insurance co. that it would need to be Re-MOT'd. That was 10 years ago though.
After that however, I had no issues with anything else.
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Apr 16, 2015 17:52:00 GMT
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Worse case, £45 for a fresh MOT.
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ChasR
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Apr 16, 2015 21:04:23 GMT
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Worse case, £45 for a fresh MOT. That is precisely how I saw it. If anything else, at least I could be assured the repair was half decent. I smoked around in that Focus for another few years after that  . |
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Apr 16, 2015 22:00:02 GMT
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Okay firstly the police will not and can not impound and crush a car just because it does not have an MOT, it is only a FPN offence and the reason why dismantlers/ insurers say that the car is not roadworthy/ MOT is void is to stop people driving off down the road and then trying to claim of them when they crash or get pulled for driving an unroadworthy car. not having an MOT and not being roadworthy are two very different offences. @1300dolly, you're a tester aren't you? What's your view on the MOT status after it's been written off? Are they just saying it doesn't have one or in the eyes of the law (or a tester) does it need one done? Lots of views above but I don't know if anyone above is a tester. I'm not a tester but am up to date with the rules. regs and laws. Legally speaking it will still have a valid MOT the only people who can rescind a test status are VOSA but the car has to be roadworthy, which as said before is very different to a car having a valid MOT, to be used on the road and some insurers will ask for it to have a new test and for the sake of £55.85 I would get it tested for peace of mind and to cover your  . |
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Apr 20, 2015 15:23:08 GMT
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FOAD - There was a Panda on Retroshite's FB page at the weekend that came from U Pull It, was that a Cat C? What's the MOT status, if it was?
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Last Edit: Apr 20, 2015 15:23:33 GMT by Battles
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FOAD
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Apr 20, 2015 16:10:31 GMT
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No mot, didn't check the v5 but they sent it off in my name. I've got the green slip but it won't say on that will it?
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Apr 20, 2015 20:39:26 GMT
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It was " recommended" that we put a new mot on my mums old crash damaged toyota, we never did and it flew straight through when mot time came, didn't repair it either as it was rear 1/4 and affected nothing.
Point that most cars mot's have expired after being stored could be a good one, we had some in our place for months on end.
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Apr 21, 2015 10:09:20 GMT
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No mot, didn't check the v5 but they sent it off in my name. I've got the green slip but it won't say on that will it? Check the MOT status online? www.vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk/Shouldn't need the MOT number or the V% number. |
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FOAD
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Apr 21, 2015 17:29:32 GMT
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Mot ran out in feb, it's still taxed!
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Apr 29, 2015 10:32:46 GMT
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thank you for all your help people, been brilliant, just found the car i was looking at still has valid mot to may 14th, it only has light panel damage on both front wings, so will prob buy it and run till may and then mot it again thanks poeple
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