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Jul 14, 2022 17:37:35 GMT
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I don't MOT mine, every 6 months or so I go through the safety related parts of the test myself, my main reason is time and the struggle to get the newer one (TR7V8) through the emissions part.
Aside from one tail light which failed on the way (it worked the day before) I haven't had a car fail in 20 odd years, so all seems a bit of a waste of time to me.
Wrt to the red mot box on the tax/mot check website the TR was like that for a year or so then changed to green and no info available.
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Wrt to the red mot box on the tax/mot check website the TR was like that for a year or so then changed to green and no info available. I'm sure I read somewhere that if the "MOT expired" box is green, that indicates that the car is exempt from testing, whereas red just means it's expired. Mine come up the same - green box and "No results". But only on the vehicle check, not on the MOT history check - that still comes up red.
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LowStandards
Club Retro Rides Member
Bigging Up The Sum Sum Man Since '99
Posts: 2,637
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Mine is a kit car mind
Though it is unaltered from when it was built (8 points wise)
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ChasR
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Mot and tax exemption ChasR
@chasr
Club Retro Rides Member 170
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Jul 24, 2022 12:27:11 GMT
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My classic passed 40 this year and if I go to the vehicle enquiry it shows as mot expired, not exempt If I try to tax it, the website says it cannot find a valid mot certificate So i'm guessing I do need to do something? It needs to pass the full 40 year bit for the DVLA system to be happy. I think April is when the dates kick in on the DVLA side. It's an annual change for the DVLA (i.e every year at some point, cars of a certain reg. date will have the means to become exempt online. The DVLA does have a backlog. I don't MOT mine, every 6 months or so I go through the safety related parts of the test myself, my main reason is time and the struggle to get the newer one (TR7V8) through the emissions part. Aside from one tail light which failed on the way (it worked the day before) I haven't had a car fail in 20 odd years, so all seems a bit of a waste of time to me. Wrt to the red mot box on the tax/mot check website the TR was like that for a year or so then changed to green and no info available. I think most stations aren't too bad with emissions. However, on that, it shouldn't struggle through the emissions anyway, unless -It's quite cammy -It's running WAY too rich. 3.5% CO is the post '75 emissions test. That's about an AFR of around 11:1 on a car with no cats. Most cars should be around the 12-15 mark when idle, which will bring the CO level down considerably
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