From: Adrian on
Corporal Jones <corporaljones(a)thentlworld.com> gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying:

> Is it not the job of an MOT tester to fail before the problems can
> occur?

No, not really. The MOT is designed to remove inadequately maintained and
already significantly defective vehicles from the road - not to pick up
potential future problems...
From: Corporal Jones on

Conor wrote:
> In article <Xr94l.28508$Zz2.13047(a)newsfe30.ams2>, Corporal Jones
> says...
>> Had my car in for it's yearly service & MOT today, it failed.
>> As the current MOT does not run out till the 4th of Jan what is the
>> legal position of driving it till then?
>
> You are knowingly driving a defective vehicle. Depends on what it
> failed on.
>
Mmmm I drove it back home from the MOT testing station, now parked on my
drive, I am not DRIVING (a defective vehicle)

--
Corporal Jones
"Don't panic, Don't panic" Conor
From: Corporal Jones on

Adrian wrote:
Adrian wrote:
> Corporal Jones <corporaljones(a)thentlworld.com> gurgled happily, sounding
> much like they were saying:
>
>> Is it not the job of an MOT tester to fail before the problems can
>> occur?
>
> No, not really. The MOT is designed to remove inadequately maintained and
> already significantly defective vehicles from the road - not to pick up
> potential future problems...


--
Corporal Jones
"I don't like it up me"> Corporal Jones <corporaljones(a)thentlworld.com>
gurgled happily, sounding
> much like they were saying:
>
>> Is it not the job of an MOT tester to fail before the problems can
>> occur?
>
> No, not really. The MOT is designed to remove inadequately maintained and
> already significantly defective vehicles from the road - not to pick up
> potential future problems...

Depends on what you mean by adequately maintained vehicles, I follow the
manufactures recommendations, I would not expect to find life
threatening problems between services apart from the obvious

--
Corporal Jones
"I don't like it up me"
From: Adrian on
Corporal Jones <corporaljones(a)thentlworld.com> gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying:

>>> Is it not the job of an MOT tester to fail before the problems can
>>> occur?

>> No, not really. The MOT is designed to remove inadequately maintained
>> and already significantly defective vehicles from the road - not to
>> pick up potential future problems...

> Depends on what you mean by adequately maintained vehicles, I follow the
> manufactures recommendations, I would not expect to find life
> threatening problems between services apart from the obvious

Umm, what's the manufacturer's recommended intervals for changing brake
flexis, anti-roll bar bushes and ball joints...?

Those all _should_ have been noticed at a service _before_ they got to
the point at which they were bad enough to fail an MOT.
From: JNugent on
Corporal Jones wrote:
>
> Adrian wrote:
>> Corporal Jones <corporaljones(a)thentlworld.com> gurgled happily, sounding
>> much like they were saying:
>>
>>> Had my car in for it's yearly service & MOT today, it failed. As the
>>> current MOT does not run out till the 4th of Jan what is the legal
>>> position of driving it till then?
>>
>> Exactly the same as it was yesterday.
>>
>> You have a current MOT, but if the car is unroadworthy, it's illegal.
>>
>> What did it fail on?
>
> Offside front anti-roll bar linkage insecure
> Nearside rear anti roll bar linkage insecure
> Nearside front brake pipe excessively corroded
> Offside front brake pipe excessively corroded
> Offside front suspension arm excessive play on ball joint

You'd be unlucky to have any problems with those over Christmas.

You should be OK as long as your old cert still has a week or two to run.

It'd be different if it was the brakes, lights, steering or tyres.