foes
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| posted on 3/6/11 at 08:39 AM |
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Do I need an MOT before 3 years from sva date..?!
Well, I built my loco R1 and had it sva'd in march 2009, tax'd it straight away. Its since been unused  (due to a serious back injury
and more recently moving house).
I've now decided to get it ready for use again, tried to tax it online and its saying I need an mot cert for it?
Is this corect as I thought it could go 3 years without one?!
Any advice?
Cheers.
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pewe
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| posted on 3/6/11 at 09:03 AM |
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Do what I did and tax at your local Post Office.
It does not need an MOT until it is three years old.
DVLA were totally unhelpful when I rang them as they take the date from "year of manufacture" and since on a
self-build you can't prove "year of manufacture" their new system won't cope with it
(the year after first reg. I was able to do it online - so much for DVLA's new system!).
If the local PO queries it tell them they are allowed by DVLA to take date of first registration when issuing the tax disc.
HTH. Cheers, Pewe 
V V Mine is on a Q so no it doesn't make any difference. Chances are you'll be dealing with someone with intelligence at the PO rather
than a DVLA drongo.....
[Edited on 3/6/11 by pewe]
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foes
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| posted on 3/6/11 at 09:09 AM |
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Cheers 
Its on a Q plate though, does that make any difference?
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Paul (Notts)
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| posted on 3/6/11 at 09:10 AM |
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I downloaded the following form ---
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Diol1/DoItOnline/DG_4017716
If your lucky the post office will have one ....
Then took V5 along to post office to prove it was under 3 years old and they overided the computer and gave me a tax disc.
Paul
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matt_gsxr
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| posted on 3/6/11 at 09:38 AM |
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Isn't there a box to tick on the website that says "I don't need an MOT because its less than 3 years old".
Matt
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foes
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| posted on 7/6/11 at 01:09 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by pewe
Do what I did and tax at your local Post Office.
It does not need an MOT until it is three years old.
DVLA were totally unhelpful when I rang them as they take the date from "year of manufacture" and since on a
self-build you can't prove "year of manufacture" their new system won't cope with it
(the year after first reg. I was able to do it online - so much for DVLA's new system!).
If the local PO queries it tell them they are allowed by DVLA to take date of first registration when issuing the tax disc.
HTH. Cheers, Pewe
V V Mine is on a Q so no it doesn't make any difference. Chances are you'll be dealing with someone with intelligence at the PO rather
than a DVLA drongo.....
[Edited on 3/6/11 by pewe]
Yep, went to post office yesterday and taxed it fine, thought I was going to have a right job too...
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