Right, just looked at my car documents and found my MOT expired on 1st August. I know it's no excuse because I should have been organised enough to have sorted it out before the expiry date, but I have been unwell (bipolar disorder) and was in hospital having tried to kill myself at the time. Was discharged properly this monday (11th) but I have slept for a large proportion of this week.
Obviously I need to get it sorted, so I'm going to ask H to deal with that for me (I'm so ridiculously tired on this new medication moving is such an effort, plus I'm not allowed to drive).
Just a couple of thoughts:
- is a garage likely to refuse to do it because it's late?
- what about driving to the garage, surely having no MOT means it's uninsured?
- all the scary "you are on the database" stuff for car tax, does that apply to MOT also (ie. is there likely to be a fine on its way to me?
- if I keep it off road, does it matter that it doesn't have an MOT?
See, because I am unwell, I am having to declare to the DVLA about my condition and they will make a decision on whether I can keep my licence. I am therefore in a bit of a quadary that if I could put my car off road am I allowed to have it without an MOT? i.e. it could be 3 or 6 months before I can drive again, part of me thinks I should just stick it on mine or my mum's drive and then i am not "wasting" those months of the MOT.
Sorry if this made no sense. I'm a bit groggy at the moment.
