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Cars older than 40 years will not need to be MOT tested from May 2018, DfT says
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<blockquote data-quote="jeallen01" data-source="post: 1027683" data-attributes="member: 176704"><p>Having been a "Car Mechanics" mag subscriber for many years, there have been many examples of cars less than 3yrs old that would fail the 1st MoT because most of their "owners" have no f***ing idea how to look after their cars and get them checked/fixed - so I , and many others, don't support the extension of the first 3 yr exemption from testing to 4yrs.</p><p></p><p>OTOH, owners of very much older vehicles (which I am not) know their vehicles very well and look after them pretty well - if something needs fixing then that's what (generally!) does happen! Thus, whilst very old vehicles obviously won't meet current safety standards, they were legal at the time of sale and are probably in as good, (and probably better!) roadworthiness condition as when they were first sold.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jeallen01, post: 1027683, member: 176704"] Having been a "Car Mechanics" mag subscriber for many years, there have been many examples of cars less than 3yrs old that would fail the 1st MoT because most of their "owners" have no f***ing idea how to look after their cars and get them checked/fixed - so I , and many others, don't support the extension of the first 3 yr exemption from testing to 4yrs. OTOH, owners of very much older vehicles (which I am not) know their vehicles very well and look after them pretty well - if something needs fixing then that's what (generally!) does happen! Thus, whilst very old vehicles obviously won't meet current safety standards, they were legal at the time of sale and are probably in as good, (and probably better!) roadworthiness condition as when they were first sold. [/QUOTE]
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