Our car has been sorned for a few

03/14/2014 - 17:31

Our car has been sorned for a few months but fully insured and MOTd. The MOT runs out in a few weeks but i can only get it back to the UK afew days after the MOT has expired. I was going to re-tax it and start using it for a few months in Italy/France before selling it and replacing ti with a LHD. As long as I've booked in an MOT in advance for Monday morning can i drive it back on a Sunday? I've only got 2 weeks to sort this out but obviously can't get a UK Tax disc in this time! Another possibility is that we will sell it at this time. If we have pre-sold the car and are driving it to the buyer in the UK is this OK if we have paper evidence? Thanks

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The " ask the police" website [ ]says;-Q600: Can I drive my car without an MOT? No, a car must be insured, taxed and have an MOT to be driven on the road. The penalty for driving a car without an MOT is a fine.The most relevant exception to this is if you are driving your vehicle to and from a pre-arranged appointment for an MOT and you must take a direct route to the garage (but the vehicle must be insured). Although you must be aware that most failures of MOTs are offences in their own right so you may be committing other offences, for example defective tyres, brakes, lights, steering, horns etc.However if you are stopped by the police on the way to or from the garage the onus is on you to prove that you had a pre-arranged appointment. Where possible it is always advisable to book your car in for an MOT in good time.There are one or two other very minor exceptions in addition to the above but they do not really apply to the ordinary car driver. Hope this helps

Stopping off at your Mums overnight isn't 'driving direct' to the MOT - you could leave the car at the test station on the Sunday, and get a taxi to your Mum's Alternatively - can you tax it online and get the disc sent to a UK address?