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Soldier in afgan needs mot help

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hi, im currently serving a operational tour out in afgan is was a last minute thing, i managed to sorn my car before i left but my mot has run out, on top of that my insurance ran out! i know that you need a mot other wise your insurance is void, you need a mot to tax your car, with out tax your car is illegal. i can not drive my car to get it mot'd, how do i go about fixing this? it all seems a bit of a paraox that means theres no legal way to get my car to a mot centre to go on to tax and insure it to then be able to drive it, please help im at a loss, any advice?

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  1. when you make an appointment with the mot garage you are covered by law to drive your car to and from the mot you can also get it insured before the mot so you can drive it  


  2. You need to insure the car first: This will cover the car to be driven to an MOT station, regardless of tax.

    Once it's passed MOT, it can then be taxed.

  3. Of course the Taliban wouldn't have this problem. They simply drive 1990 Toyota HiLux's with Kalashnikovs bolted to the back and liquidate anyone they please.

    It could work in the UK and already does in parts of Manchester.

  4. Your key concern is:  Is the car parked on a public road?  If it is on a driveway, no worries, just get it re-SORN'ed, when the tax-reminder is issued, or get a SORN from from the Post Office anyway.

        If it IS on a road, I would get it off the road, onto a friends' drive or land, or INSURE IT IMMEDIATELY, have a garage collect it, MOT it, and then it can be taxed.  Perhaps your garage can hold it a few days until the insurance document arrives, and it can be taxed for you?

    Keep your head down.

  5. do you feel that the car has a reasonable chance of passing the mot test, or if it fails, will it only be on minor things, if so then you have to insure it and then make an appointment with the mot service centre, that way you're covered to drive the vehicle to test centre, hopefully it will pass and then you can tax it, if you don't want to insure it in-case it fails, and it's too bad to repair, you can always arrange for it to be trailered there on a car transporter, although it's an additional expense, it will be cheaper than insuring  the car and then ( if it fails ) having to cancel the policy ( some company's even charge you to cancel the policy early ) and most important... your within the law and there's no chance of you having a day in court, and nasty points on your licence.

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