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Having persuaded my 93 yr old father to give up driving, his 14 yr old car has been parked up in the garage for 10 months (still seems to run well and in good nick) but is not insured, MoT'd or taxed (SORN)....
The MoT on my 2003 Jaguar X-Type 3.0l Sport Manual expired on Wednesday. Last week I booked it into an MoT centre in Bath and took it there on Monday. I was very confident that it would sail through -...
I have a Peugeot Partner Combi 2003 and have a knock when going onto a rough road and turning. There is only one knock but it happens every time I turn on rough roads. Just taken it for an MoT and it passed,...
We have a 1998 Saab 9-3 convertible 2.3 with 90,000 miles, which required some interior work and some work on possible electrical faults with the windscreen wiper and the soft top. We passed our car to...
I live in Northern Ireland and Im thinking of buying a car in Scotland. The current owner can deliver it as far as Stranraer. I can have it towed away once it gets to Larne. Would I be able to drive it...
I am considering purchasing a little runabout for work and the guy who is selling it tells me it has a valid MoT certificate, but can't put his hands on it at the moment. The car is tidy but I don't want...
I recently bought a 14-year-old Mazda Eunos. The car came with a brand new mot and 6 months tax. The MoT was carried out on 20 May 2010 and will run out on 25 June 2011. I have covered roughly 700 miles...
I intend to buy a Jaguar X-Type with 70,000 miles from 2002 with an automatic gearbox and 2.5-litre V6 engine. How much does it cost per year to pay all taxes on this car (taxes like insurance, mot, road...
I am about to buy a Ford Focus Zetec 2001 1.6-litre. I am still not sure about few things. When checking the MOT papers, I noticed that the CO2 emissions levels doubled between the last 2 MOT results....
I was stopped by Essex police yesterday advised that my MOT certificate had expired on a week earlier, and I was issued with a fixed penalty notice for £60.00. I explained that I had been out of the country...