Mot.....

[preacherman]

So my Mark 2 is over 40 years old 

The mot expired a week ago, too busy to get it done. The car is mot exempt however I will still get it mot'd.

Can I still drive it on the road or this a form I need to fill out and send to dvla. The car is insured and taxed and not on public highway.

I am tempted to use the car until I can get mot but worried the plod might get me.

Thanks

 

Neil

 

[Monza]

I would have thought if you have declared it mot exempt with dvla then you'd be ok to use it. If not declared, then it might flash up with plod as out of mot.....
Thats how I see it.
I'm going to keep moting mine and won't be declaring it mot exempt even tho its a 1970 mk1

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[notenoughtime]

You need to fill the form in for it to be exempt, it might flag up but what are the actual chances of being pulled?

 

[Vista]

No declaration needed for it to be MOT exempt. Only for there to have been no significant modifications carried out post 1988 in order for it to be tax exempt next time you tax it. 

[Ray]

45 minutes ago, Vista said:

No declaration needed for it to be MOT exempt. Only for there to have been no significant modifications carried out post 1988 in order for it to be tax exempt next time you tax it. 

not quite how it works Scott, the no modifications since 1988 is for MOT exemption, not tax exemption, but you declare it when taxing the vehicle

you have to fill out a V112 next time (first time) the tax is due on the exemption system, the V112 is declaring the car is not only not substantially modified, but also that it is over 40 years old, admittedly they both come under reason (r) on the form, but without the filled in form, you don't get the road tax unless you have an MOT on the car, the post office I used for both my cars, said in both instances, they send the forms once a week to the DVLA, although ive heard that a lot of post offices are telling people they don't, but they even showed me the special sack they are sent in, but after that it should come up on the annual reminder

you can continue driving the vehicle until that first tax is due if the MOT runs out, up till 20th May 2019, (12 months from its initiation) when everything should have caught up by then

[Vista]

5 hours ago, Ray said:

not quite how it works Scott, the no modifications since 1988 is for MOT exemption, not tax exemption, but you declare it when taxing the vehicle

you have to fill out a V112 next time (first time) the tax is due on the exemption system, the V112 is declaring the car is not only not substantially modified, but also that it is over 40 years old, admittedly they both come under reason (r) on the form, but without the filled in form, you don't get the road tax unless you have an MOT on the car, the post office I used for both my cars, said in both instances, they send the forms once a week to the DVLA, although ive heard that a lot of post offices are telling people they don't, but they even showed me the special sack they are sent in, but after that it should come up on the annual reminder

you can continue driving the vehicle until that first tax is due if the MOT runs out, up till 20th May 2019, (12 months from its initiation) when everything should have caught up by then

Sorry, yes you're right. It was MOT exempt I meant rather than tax exempt. And if it has been modified, then you need to continue to MOT it as normal.