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That's quite coherent posting so far - I'd keep necking 'em and see what else comes up. My friend works in Germany on renewables/ environmental and he told me the UK is around 15-20 years behind the more developed parts of Europe who are still not near ready, not to mention the additional demand on the UK's over-stressed grid... which relies too heavily on fossil to make it genuinely environmentally friendly anyway. I could go. Once they develop interchangeable electric batteries it's a game changer (i.e. every car manufacturer conforms and makes cars that can run on the same battery, maybe bigger or smaller depending on the size of the car) you turn up at what used to be a petrol station (now named a Tesla Battery Point) and for a fee they unclip your used battery and put in a freshly charged one, putting your old one on charge, until it finishes it's usable life where it's sent back for reconditioning. As far as I'm concerned if you want to be a true eco warrior today buy a proven 7-10+ year old petrol car in good nick and maintain it properly (ideally buying it off me ).

a firm bash on top of dash works wonders

highly unlikely you will get a swat team of trading standards bogeymen lanyards floating in the wind ,pencils sharpened ,if you haven't had a complaint from a customer as they dont have the funds ive reported before they usually go to where complaints have been received seen it wit me own eyes however they might have had their lunch and seeing as they are in the neighbourhood might just decide to kick some of your tyres remember they can just as easily these days go to a doorstopper as a pitch on the main road to summarise as lawjaw says only offer cars fully compliant with the law or describe as not fit for the road must be trailered,no ifs no buts,these guys who visit often come incognito

An MOT certificate does not mean the car is roadworthy, it was only technically roadworthy at the point the MOT was issued. Saying that, I have sold plenty of cars which, when the handshake occurs, have a short MOT. My perspective is that it is up to me to make sure the car is roadworthy before the car leaves or any money changes hands. Therefore all my cars are MOT'd before they leave the premises. The deal I did yesterday was on a car with a lapsed MOT, just a 2014 car that had been hanging around, nothing sinister. Within a couple of hours, the MOT was done and everybody is happy.