It's me 615 Posted July 8, 2015 in the budget new cars to have first mot after 4 years from 2017,they slipped that one under the net Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
metcars 397 Posted July 8, 2015 Something for nothing?! Interestingly, he made a few references to the 'Autumn review' so plenty of scope for bad news yet. He giveth with one hand and taketh away with the other; Insurance Premium Tax is going up Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RH Trading 80 Posted July 10, 2015 We do a lot of MOT's, looking at the service books a lot of people take it to main dealers for the first one, we normally pick up MOTs after 5-6 yrs. Wonder if this will impact how long people keep hold of the car from new? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
James Baggott 227 Posted July 18, 2015 That's an interesting point. I think you're probably right. Maybe they'll change PCP deals etc in line with the MOT. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimreidvehicle 255 Posted August 21, 2015 The proposed change to 4 year MOT's is much more important for many in the aftersales side. Just look at this year , it's predicted that 2.4M NEW cars will be registered in the UK this year, fast forward 3 years, thats 2.4M MOT's that won't be carried out, so who is missing out? Yet again its the Motortrade, not only this but there is an issue with not checking the cars with a figure of 23% of all cars either fail or advised on their 1ST MOT of low or dangerous tyres! So if customers are not checking their car because they have to and with service intervals now longer than they ever have been, who is going to be responsible for all the lives that will be lost due to blow outs on the motorway? If you've also put a Hyundai through it's first MOT , how many have required road springs because they are broken?A backwards step in my mind, also a step closer to 4-2-2 MOT's which will be a disaster!Jim 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sparky 274 Posted August 25, 2015 The proposed change to 4 year MOT's is much more important for many in the aftersales side. Just look at this year , it's predicted that 2.4M NEW cars will be registered in the UK this year, fast forward 3 years, thats 2.4M MOT's that won't be carried out, so who is missing out? Yet again its the Motortrade, not only this but there is an issue with not checking the cars with a figure of 23% of all cars either fail or advised on their 1ST MOT of low or dangerous tyres! So if customers are not checking their car because they have to and with service intervals now longer than they ever have been, who is going to be responsible for all the lives that will be lost due to blow outs on the motorway? If you've also put a Hyundai through it's first MOT , how many have required road springs because they are broken?A backwards step in my mind, also a step closer to 4-2-2 MOT's which will be a disaster!Jim As you were probably aware JIm, I was looking into setting up an MOT testing station. After much research and number crunching I've decided against it, the points you make played a large factor in my decision. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AmeerReed 0 Posted December 4, 2015 Have you found your car? There are other car dealer sites that you can search base on your budget. That way you have much more choices. Good luck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve92 80 Posted December 6, 2015 Northern Ireland already have 4 year mot's, the biggest issue is out of most of the cars we see at some point there is an advisory for tyres being close to the limit and that's on relatively new cars too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
