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Sun Mar 28, 2010 12:34 pm

N00b wrote:Unless you're quoting a different part of your policy than the one you quoted above, then you're also saying that no road tax invalidates your insurance, right?
That wasn't a quote. It's my interpretation of my initial quote above.
The way I interpret my policy is that if my car isn't taxed or MOTd, then my insurance is invalid.

I'm sorry but I can't explain it any clearer than that. It seems self-explanatory to me.
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Sun Mar 28, 2010 12:40 pm

StuBeeDoo wrote:That wasn't a quote. It's my interpretation of my initial quote above.
The way I interpret my policy is that if my car isn't taxed or MOTd, then my insurance is invalid.

I'm sorry but I can't explain it any clearer than that. It seems self-explanatory to me.
If you're interpreting this to say that point#1 means you have to have an MOT for your insurance to be valid, then you're also saying that point#2 is stating that a road tax disc is needed for your insurance to be valid.
StuBeeDoo wrote:1."You must have a valid MOT for your car if one is required by law"
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2."You must have a valid road fund licence"
Neither of those are true, mate.
You DO need both to stay legal, but without both of them your insurance is still valid (unless your car in deemed to be unroadworthy)
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Sun Mar 28, 2010 12:45 pm

If in the small print of my policy it said "You must wear pink socks at all times for this insurance to be valid", then surely my failure to wear pink socks is failing to meet the conditions of my insurance, and so making my insurance invalid?

If so, then the insurer can also specify that the policy only counts if the car has an MOT?
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Sun Mar 28, 2010 12:51 pm

Put it another way, does anyone think it's ok to drive a car to a pre-booked MOT appointment without any insurance?

Now we know it's ok to drive to such an appointment without actually having a current MOT, but try it without insurance. If no MOT invalidated your insurance, then by having no current test certificate you'd have invalidated any running insurance anyway.....technically meaning you weren't covered whether you'd paid your premium or not. If there's an exemption stating this then I've never seen it, nor has any copper I've ever spoken to.
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Touring Whore wrote:If in the small print of my policy it said "You must wear pink socks at all times for this insurance to be valid", then surely my failure to wear pink socks is failing to meet the conditions of my insurance, and so making my insurance invalid?

If so, then the insurer can also specify that the policy only counts if the car has an MOT?
I've been fined for no road tax disc before. If having no tax invalidates my insurance, why wasn't I also "done" for having no insurance?
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Sun Mar 28, 2010 12:55 pm

N00B, Stu and Town, I had an accident 4 weeks ago where i wrote off my car, another car and damaged another and the the accident was deemed my fault in the eyes of the law even though it wasn't.

I claimed for my car and got payed out the full amount (after a shit offer of half the value!) and when proccessing the claim one of the things the ask for is the current MOT. On my insurance paperwork it stated that the value of the payout could be reduced if the car did not have a current MOT. No where on my paperwork did it say that my insurance would be invalid if the car did not have a current MOT. I even asked the question if the policy would be void if the car didnt have a current MOT and the answer was NO!

I was insured with Admiral so arguably one of the bigger insureres out there.

My advice, read the small print!
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Sun Mar 28, 2010 12:57 pm

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IIRC they deduct the cost of an MOT test from your payout.....the misers, lol.
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Sun Mar 28, 2010 12:58 pm

Is this where I get to say "I told you so?"

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Sun Mar 28, 2010 12:59 pm

I have also been fined for no road tax on a seperated occasion, no other hassel.

Another thing to note is that i let the MOT lapse on one of my cars by over a month and was pulled because it came up on the computer that the car didnt have a current one.

I explained that i had completely forgot about it and what made it even more embarasing was when he saw my MOT testers smart card in my wallet when i pulled out my driving licence!

He saw the funny side and let me go without a fine when i said i'll get it tested the next day. :mad:
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Sun Mar 28, 2010 1:03 pm

bss325i wrote:I have also been fined for no road tax on a seperated occasion, no other hassel.

Another thing to note is that i let the MOT lapse on one of my cars by over a month and was pulled because it came up on the computer that the car didnt have a current one.

I explained that i had completely forgot about it and what made it even more embarasing was when he saw my MOT testers smart card in my wallet when i pulled out my driving licence!

He saw the funny side and let me go without a fine when i said i'll get it tested the next day. :mad:
Totally agree mate.
The key phrase on your policy is "in roadworthy condition". All an MOT proves is your car is your car was roadworthy on the day it was tested. Try using the "but it has an MOT" defence to get out of a bald tyre fine and they'll laugh at you while writing out the ticket.
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Sun Mar 28, 2010 1:30 pm

The police have the power to seize a car for no insurance.

They don't have the power to seize for no tax or no MOT.

It's the DVLA that seize vehicles for no Tax, so unless youre unlucky enough to drive past a joint ANPR operation between the police and DVLA, there's not much chance of it being seized.

The DVLA tend to seize parked vehicles from the side of the road after reports, or when they are discovered by they're own camera vans.
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Sun Mar 28, 2010 1:41 pm

One other thing.

No insurance is a criminal offence

No MOT is a motoring offence

No road fund licence is a DVLA issue.
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Sun Mar 28, 2010 2:14 pm

N00b wrote:
Touring Whore wrote:If in the small print of my policy it said "You must wear pink socks at all times for this insurance to be valid", then surely my failure to wear pink socks is failing to meet the conditions of my insurance, and so making my insurance invalid?

If so, then the insurer can also specify that the policy only counts if the car has an MOT?
I've been fined for no road tax disc before. If having no tax invalidates my insurance, why wasn't I also "done" for having no insurance?
I'm not saying that it's the case that no MOT invalidates insurance, I'm asking if it's specifically written in to your policy as a condition of insurance, then surely the insurers have a get out clause come claim time. Or are you saying they can't write such a clause into your policy?
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Sun Mar 28, 2010 4:05 pm

N00b wrote:Is this where I get to say "I told you so?"

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Not really all policys are different so one can say one thing and one can say another its all down to your insurance company.
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Sun Mar 28, 2010 8:14 pm

N00b wrote:
StuBeeDoo wrote:1."You must have a valid MOT for your car if one is required by law"
and
2."You must have a valid road fund licence"
Neither of those are true, mate.
Are you saying, then, that my insurers print it in the policy document but they don't really mean it??? :mad:
Or are you saying that you don't believe that these statements are actually in my policy?

BTW at no time did I say, or infer, that driving without tax/MOT invalidates an insurance policy in law - all I said was that insurers will use it as a get-out clause if they become aware of the fact during the course of any claim.
This is why I no longer drive an E30......

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Sun Mar 28, 2010 8:43 pm

Maybe you should change that to some insurers Stu.
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Sun Mar 28, 2010 9:41 pm

Have you considered getting the current owner to MOT it?
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Sun Mar 28, 2010 9:53 pm

Fook me this thread is going round in circles.

Just whack it on a low loader and be done with it.

so you get it home safely on the low loader and find out you didnt actually need it. Who cares, the cars home!
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Sun Mar 28, 2010 9:57 pm

town325i wrote:
N00b wrote:Is this where I get to say "I told you so?"

;-)
Not really all policys are different so one can say one thing and one can say another its all down to your insurance company.
There are differences in insurance conditions (such as limited mileage policies) I agree, but this is a different matter.
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Sun Mar 28, 2010 10:00 pm

StuBeeDoo wrote:Are you saying, then, that my insurers print it in the policy document but they don't really mean it??? :mad:

Or are you saying that you don't believe that these statements are actually in my policy?:

No, I'm saying that I have no doubt they are present in your policy.....you're just interpreting what they've said incorrectly.
The road traffic act of 1988 is very specific about insurance policies. You should read it.
StuBeeDoo wrote:BTW at no time did I say, or infer, that driving without tax/MOT invalidates an insurance policy in law - all I said was that insurers will use it as a get-out clause if they become aware of the fact during the course of any claim.
And, as a fellow zoner has already pointed out, they can't do this. What they can do, is reduce your payout.
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Sun Mar 28, 2010 10:52 pm

Good grief, whats happenend to this thread, lol :mad:

Ive manage to borrow a trailer for Wednesday, thanks for all your input guys :D
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felt so proud,even tried it with a E30 325i and got put in my place.. :o:
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Rich_W wrote:Have you considered getting the current owner to MOT it?
No point as the lump wont be in it that long 8)
Cypriotgeeza wrote:I done both my mates in my old 318is
felt so proud,even tried it with a E30 325i and got put in my place.. :o:
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Sun Mar 28, 2010 11:33 pm

just book your car in for an mot appointment at a garage you will drive past, collect it on a weekend or try before 6pm and just take it home and cancel your booking, simple!
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Sun Mar 28, 2010 11:35 pm

leeparkes wrote:Good grief, whats happenend to this thread, lol :mad:

Ive manage to borrow a trailer for Wednesday, thanks for all your input guys :D
Sorry for taking the thread off on a tangent.
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Mon Mar 29, 2010 5:43 pm

N00b wrote:
leeparkes wrote:Good grief, whats happenend to this thread, lol :mad:

Ive manage to borrow a trailer for Wednesday, thanks for all your input guys :D
Sorry for taking the thread off on a tangent.
No problem, bit of a debate eh.
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