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#Post#: 114523--------------------------------------------------
Early MOT of SORNED vehicle without road tax?
DIR By: jimzzr
Date: March 26, 2026, 1:36 pm
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Hi,
Can I take a SORNED vehicle to a pre-booked MOT without road
tax, even though the current MOT is still valid and I could tax
it?
Thanks
Jim
#Post#: 114527--------------------------------------------------
Re: Early MOT of SORNED vehicle without road tax?
DIR By: mickR
Date: March 26, 2026, 1:41 pm
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You can take a vehicle to a PRE BOOKED mot while on a sorn.
I don't see the fact that you 'could' tax it is of any
consequence.
how long is left on the current MOT?
why do you want to re mot when there is a valid one?
#Post#: 114536--------------------------------------------------
Re: Early MOT of SORNED vehicle without road tax?
DIR By: andy_foster
Date: March 26, 2026, 2:46 pm
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Off the top of my head, the *purpose* of the journey must be to
get it MoT'd (and co-incidental other purposes do not negate
this - such as a minor detour to buy milk from the supermarket
on the way home). What is the [main] purpose, and what is
co-incidental is a matter of fact and degree.
The purpose of the exemption is to enable vehicles without a
current MoT to be MoT'd, but off the top of our collective
heads, there is no strict requirement that the current MoT must
have expired.
There might be a legitimate reason why the OP wants to MoT it
before the current MoT runs out - perhaps the test will be
within a month of the expiration of the current one, or he is
trying to sell it with a full 12 months MoT, but in my
experience, people with a legitimate purpose in mind, tend to
share it as relevant background information, when asking the
question.
However, if the OP has some other [main] purpose in mind, and is
hoping that pre-booking an MoT will give him a free pass to use
the car for that purpose, off the top of my head the exemption
would not apply, even if he tricked us into telling him that it
would.
#Post#: 114576--------------------------------------------------
Re: Early MOT of SORNED vehicle without road tax?
DIR By: jimzzr
Date: March 27, 2026, 4:56 am
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--- Quote from: andy_foster link ---
>
> There might be a legitimate reason why the OP wants to MoT it
before the current MoT runs out - perhaps the test will be
within a month of the expiration of the current one, or he is
trying to sell it with a full 12 months MoT, but in my
experience, people with a legitimate purpose in mind, tend to
share it as relevant background information, when asking the
question.
>
--- End Quote ---
Both of the above, if I ever get around to advertising it. It's
a motorcycle (ZZR1100D4) that I very rarely ride and quite
expensive to tax.
#Post#: 114590--------------------------------------------------
Re: Early MOT of SORNED vehicle without road tax?
DIR By: andy_foster
Date: March 27, 2026, 7:27 am
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More sensible than trying to do a sub 45 minute lap of the M25
with a dashcam.
#Post#: 114633--------------------------------------------------
Re: Early MOT of SORNED vehicle without road tax?
DIR By: roythebus
Date: March 27, 2026, 11:16 am
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It's possible to get an MoT up to 4 weeks before the expiry of
the current one. Is the bike insured would be more of a worry.
#Post#: 114635--------------------------------------------------
Re: Early MOT of SORNED vehicle without road tax?
DIR By: 666
Date: March 27, 2026, 11:25 am
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--- Quote from: roythebus link ---
>
> It's possible to get an MoT up to 4 weeks before the expiry of
the current one. Is the bike insured would be more of a worry.
>
--- End Quote ---
It's actually possible to get an MoT at any time.
The significance of the 4-week window is that your new
certificate will be valid for a year from the expiry of the
previous one.
#Post#: 114642--------------------------------------------------
Re: Early MOT of SORNED vehicle without road tax?
DIR By: jimzzr
Date: March 27, 2026, 12:41 pm
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--- Quote from: roythebus link ---
>
> It's possible to get an MoT up to 4 weeks before the expiry of
the current one. Is the bike insured would be more of a worry.
>
--- End Quote ---
It's insured but no point taxing over winter when I know I'm not
going to ride it, and I object to buying partial months of tax.
#Post#: 114643--------------------------------------------------
Re: Early MOT of SORNED vehicle without road tax?
DIR By: jimzzr
Date: March 27, 2026, 12:44 pm
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--- Quote from: andy_foster link ---
>
> More sensible than trying to do a sub 45 minute lap of the M25
with a dashcam.
>
--- End Quote ---
Don't recall a zzr1100 doing this, but I'm someone must have
given it ago.
Reminds me of the fast bikes videos
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3ed4-yAJGg
pretty mad, never happen nowadays
#Post#: 114652--------------------------------------------------
Re: Early MOT of SORNED vehicle without road tax?
DIR By: andy_foster
Date: March 27, 2026, 1:32 pm
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When it was rumoured to have happened, dashcams weren't a thing.
However, nowadays they are very useful for turning something
pretty stupid into something spectacularly stupid.
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