No Mot. What happens if I get caught????

[gooner1]

Its basically a 316 auto with a stripped interior. The drivers seat is in as is the drivers seat belt. All the other seats and belts have been removed. Everything is top notch. Is it an mot fail without the seats and belts?

No scott, have had my cab MOT'd with just the drivers seat in.
Unless rules have changed recently.

[Dezzy]

I think that you should be ok with just the belts in, without the interior???

[shaneno30]

Oddly enough my wife was kind of pulled today just after our mot. She had driven the car to the Mot station for its retest with no tax or mot,she got all the way back home and off all places to find plod,there was one outside my house! Anyhoo as it had a valid mot cert we were fine.The officer was great and very understanding about having no tax as ive only had the car a few weeks and after a quick word about registering the vehicle in our name,he was off.

Driving a car with no tax,mot or ins a long distance is crazy i'd say,good luck to you but its a risk using it on a motorway.

Also,i had a completely stripped interior in my 325 touring,didnt have any probs getting an mot with a single seat in there

[DanThe]

Ive been stopped on a sunday before and the copper said "your car is showing up as no MOT" I said it was tested on friday and have the cert in the glovebox, do you want to see it? No he said, all cocky like
He then asked me why I wasnt wearing my seatbelt, I said I was, "when did you put it on then" I said when I got in the car

He then said, "do you want to come and watch the video in my car of when you drove past me"

[Dezzy]

Ive been stopped on a sunday before and the copper said "your car is showing up as no MOT" I said it was tested on friday and have the cert in the glovebox, do you want to see it? No he said, all cocky like
He then asked me why I wasnt wearing my seatbelt, I said I was, "when did you put it on then" I said when I got in the car

He then said, "do you want to come and watch the video in my car of when you drove past me"

HA HA,
Dry runned in the worst way

[e30topless]

Scott, don the flat cap a wax jacket, dribble on the windows and look like an insane coffin dodger,

the plod will drive straight past pretending not to see you...

[tonybtonyb]

Is there somebody with a trailer that could help you.

[Game]

It's risky. All depends on the copper if you get pulled over. I've been let off for dangerous driving. But then pulled over for 'driving suspsciously', which is a poor exuse, and stood at the side of the road for 20 mins while they try to find something wrong. Of course nothing was wrong!

I'd probably take the risk. But I'm a bit

[bss325i]

...But then pulled over for 'driving suspsciously',

And what the hell is that supposed to be?! Bloody coppers!

[Dezzy]

Scott, don the flat cap a wax jacket, dribble on the windows and look like an insane coffin dodger,

the plod will drive straight past pretending not to see you...

Cant you get it collected Sir?

[Game]

...But then pulled over for 'driving suspsciously',

And what the hell is that supposed to be?! Bloody coppers!

No idea. But it's bloody annoying standing in the cold for 20 mins with a drunken girlfriend winging that it's cold.

[clipper]

I've been pulled over because, and I quote the copper, "you were about to break the speed limit so I pulled you over before you did".



This is true, happened in Slough about 10 years ago.

[kieran325]

Scott, don the flat cap a wax jacket, dribble on the windows and look like an insane coffin dodger...

Steve, are you offering your services ???

[bss325i]

I've been pulled over because, and I quote the copper, "you were about to break the speed limit so I pulled you over before you did".



This is true, happened in Slough about 10 years ago.

[E30BeemerLad]

Scott, don the flat cap a wax jacket

That's sex offender material right there

[e30_mtec]

No mot ... your insurance is void ... 6 points £200 fine ... simples

[Kos]

No mot ... your insurance is void ... 6 points £200 fine ... simples

rubbish

[damageandyy]

No mot ... your insurance is void ... 6 points £200 fine ... simples

anyone who says "simples" no mater whether their point if true (not in your case) or false, should never be taken seriously, sort your life out.

[m8782538]

Yorkshire police are really tough on stuff like this, expect 6+ points, fine and say goodbye to your car, perminantly.

[cecotto479]

Rubbish. Utter, pure, unadulterated bollocks.

Please. If you don't know what you're talking about, STFU.

[beemerbird]

Rubbish. Utter, pure, unadulterated bollocks.

Please. If you don't know what you're talking about, STFU.

[Dezzy]

Rubbish. Utter, pure, unadulterated bollocks.

Please. If you don't know what you're talking about, STFU.

Couldnt agree more!!!

[magpie]

you would only get 6 points for x2 bald tyres or any other points related defects that they find .


lose it permanently my arse!

[Jhonno]

...But then pulled over for 'driving suspsciously',

And what the hell is that supposed to be?! Bloody coppers!

I've been pulled over for that also!!

[gudgeon]

When you say the car is part stripped, how noticable is this?

It's one thing taking your chances, but if the car has no MOT (ANPR) and looks part-stripped you're asking for the police to pull you over. And I'd bet that under those circumstances the police will find something unroadworthy about it.

Not a risk I would take over any distance I reckon.

[E30BeemerLad]

The car looks 100% complete from the outside and is a rather lovely looking 2dr diamondschwartz facelift. The interior is just semi-stripped with missing passenger & rear seats and part of the centre console.

It is probably in better order than most turds that already have an MOT

[gudgeon]

This is not something I would usually risk but the car is partially stripped and wont pass an mot.

Hmmmm, why do you reckon it would fail an MOT then? Surely this is the definition of unroadworthy? Still don't think I would risk it. Just my opinion though.

[e30_mtec]

Rubbish. Utter, pure, unadulterated bollocks.

Please. If you don't know what you're talking about, STFU.

i got caught and i have the penalty notice .... Ring your insurance company they will tell you the same thing... if you have no mot your car is not road worthy therefore you have no valid insurance ...

[gudgeon]

Don't agree

A failed MOT is unroadworthy
Unroadworthy is unroadworthy (with or without MOT)
But just having a lapsed MOT is a lapsed MOT.

Wouldn't want to try arguing it out with an insurance company though.

Rubbish. Utter, pure, unadulterated bollocks.

Please. If you don't know what you're talking about, STFU.

i got caught and i have the penalty notice .... Ring your insurance company they will tell you the same thing... if you have no mot your car is not road worthy therefore you have no valid insurance ...

[cecotto479]

Rubbish. Utter, pure, unadulterated bollocks.

Please. If you don't know what you're talking about, STFU.

i got caught and i have the penalty notice .... Ring your insurance company they will tell you the same thing... if you have no mot your car is not road worthy therefore you have no valid insurance ...

Your car is not unroadworthy just because it doesn't have an MoT.

A car that has done 500 miles in its first three years and one day of ownership, has been sat in a heated, dehumidified garage and been serviced annually at the dealers, but has not had its first MoT yet is unroadworthy?!

However a 250000 mile rotter that scraped its sorry arse through an MoT thanks to £1000 worth of welding 364 days and 55000 miles ago, and hasn't seen a spanner since, is roadworthy?

Are you really that dense? Get me the name and number of the person at your insurers who told you that and I'll get him his jotters for you.

You got done because your car was unroadworthy and therefore not insured, not just because it had no MoT.

[ivqii]

Rubbish. Utter, pure, unadulterated bollocks.

Please. If you don't know what you're talking about, STFU.

i got caught and i have the penalty notice .... Ring your insurance company they will tell you the same thing... if you have no mot your car is not road worthy therefore you have no valid insurance ...

Your car is not unroadworthy just because it doesn't have an MoT.

A car that has done 500 miles in its first three years and one day of ownership, has been sat in a heated, dehumidified garage and been serviced annually at the dealers, but has not had its first MoT yet is unroadworthy?!

However a 250000 mile rotter that scraped its sorry arse through an MoT thanks to £1000 worth of welding 364 days and 55000 miles ago, and hasn't seen a spanner since, is roadworthy?

Are you really that dense? Get me the name and number of the person who told you that at your insurance company and I'll get him his jotters for you.

You got done because your car was unroadworthy and therefore not insured, not just because it had no MoT.

Couldn't you have phrased that a little more politely?

[cecotto479]

That WAS the polite version. You should have seen the first draft.

[snakebrain]

Couldn't you have phrased that a little more politely?

Hear, hear!

[e30_mtec]

I will scan my court fines and show you ... I got caught in 2007 . My car had ran out of mot 2 weeks before and I got pulled over by traffic officers. I got fix penalty and 6 Points. Any car without an mot is considered dangerous for road users therefore your insurance is invalid.

[ivqii]

That WAS the polite version. You should have seen the first draft.

Thus adding to your rep as the most unpleasant person on the Zone

IMHO of course