mogwi Posted April 23, 2003 Share Posted April 23, 2003 Got a brand spanking new MOT certificate today Also got a sticker for the windscreen. Apparently since March 1st, a car has to display the sticker on the rhs of the screen. Has anyone else been told this? I trust the garage I go to, so I don't think he's pulling my wotsit and the sticker's got the 3 triangles and date of the next test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick A Posted April 23, 2003 Share Posted April 23, 2003 It's true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catflap Posted April 23, 2003 Share Posted April 23, 2003 i have no screen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S8ight Posted April 23, 2003 Share Posted April 23, 2003 have MOT'd three cars since march, havent been told this although i did get told an interesting one though....dont know when it starts but if you get pulled by plod and they find a defect with your car, even a bulb out, they can send you for an MOT even if its a brand new car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studbuckle Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 MOT three weeks ago and no such sticker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oioi Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 ....dont know when it starts but if you get pulled by plod and they find a defect with your car, even a bulb out, they can send you for an MOT even if its a brand new car is this different to the 14 day wonder i have had a few times where you have to take your car to an MOT center to prove you have rectified the fault. you then take the paper work back to the local cop shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonR Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 I have had two MOTs on two different cars at different garages in the past month, both have given me a blue sticker with a retest date, but no one mentioned sticking it in the windscreen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oioi Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 just rembered one of my *better* 14 day wanders. drivng out of edingburgh on my way to london in an mg midget. the exhaust was a straight back job rather than the usual round behind the silencer. crested a hll and left the silencer on the top of the hill strapped it on to the boot rack and carried on my way. got done near doncaster for being too loud. if they could hear me now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S8ight Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 yes its different to a 14 day notice, your car has to undergo and pass a full MOT, not just have the defect rectified. i was going to put a little face here but they dont have a greased down black haired bloke with a side parting and small strange black moustache Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samcooke Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 Got the same sticker after my Westy MoT last Thursday. They didn't tell me what to do with it so I threw it away, cos I'm dead hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Coombes Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 yes its different to a 14 day notice, your car has to undergo and pass a full MOT, Another £40 I guess, god dam it if any one votes Tony Blair, I am coming round and slapping you. We need to fight back, the road is your race track, remember Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oioi Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 yes its different to a 14 day notice, your car has to undergo and pass a full MOT, not just have the defect rectified. FSCK!!! i run old bangers as daily transport. i buy them with an mot, thrash em and when they break/fail the next mot scrap em. this could seriously shorten theyre expected life span. (current banger - el cid the sierra. cost 75 quid. been going for nearly 6months now. if i get one of these re-test things im screwed. - better fix the rear brake light........) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S8ight Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 £40 for an MOT i thought Dick Turpin was dead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinto Boy Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 Got an MOT a couple of weeks ago and the garage put the sticker in for me -though he did explain it. It is to aid the Police so they can check Tax and MOT status of parked cars. Though it is not a legal requirement and the garage should ask your permission before putting the sticker in. So you just take it out when it expires, or keep the old one in just to waste plod's time. Sounds like another law which wasn't really thought through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Purdie Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 If your car has a windscreen the MOT station should issue a sticker. However it is not mandatory (yet) for the vehicle to be displaying the sticker......mine went in the bin... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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