MOTs: Did you realise they only do 364 days?

[Bill]

The thieving government are stealing our MOTs!

I never noticed this before but just got one done and the expiry date is one day before. (ie MOT passed 8th February, next MOT due 7th February.)

[anonymous-user]

There's nothing to stop you from MOT'ing it on the 8th though. If the expiry date was the same as the test date then you could steal a day from them every year instead

[Life Saab Itch]

Erm, yes. Otherwise you get a year and a day if it's the 8th to the 8th.

It's actually 365 days.

Edited by Life Saab Itch on Friday 11th February 12:32

[Bill]

The test and expiry time is on it too, so it is 24 hours short of a year.

[kambites]

IIRC, they aren't stealing a day, they're just forcing you to re-MoT the car a day before it expires. Next year's MoT will run from the 8th to the 7th in your example as well, it just that the actual test needs to be done by the 7th.

[AdamW]

Bill said:

The thieving government are stealing our MOTs!

I never noticed this before but just got one done and the expiry date is one day before. (ie MOT passed 8th February, next MOT due 7th February.)

February 8th 2011 to February 8th 2012 would be 366 days.

[Bill]

It states the time on it.

[AdamW]

So it's exactly 365 days.

Day one is February 8th 2011.
Day 365 is February 7th 2012.

[Bill]

AdamW said:

So that's exactly 365 days.

Too slow to edit

ETA I see what you were adding now. 12pm on the 8th to 12pm on the 7th is 364 days.

[AdamW]

^ See above ^

[marshalla]

I just got mine tested a week early - that'll learn 'em - I stole 7 days from THEM.


mwahahahahahahahah!

[virgil]

marshalla said:

I just got mine tested a week early - that'll learn 'em - I stole 7 days from THEM.


mwahahahahahahahah!

How's that work then?

[virgil]

Bill said:

Too slow to edit

ETA I see what you were adding now. 12pm on the 8th to 12pm on the 7th is 364 days.

Don't worry, you'll get it back next year ;-)

[marshalla]

virgil said:

How's that work then?

New certificate runs from today until the anniversary of the expiry of the old one.

[Yuxi]

marshalla said:

New certificate runs from today until the anniversary of the expiry of the old one.

I can't see where you got anything!

[marshalla]

Yuxi said:

I can't see where you got anything!

I have two valid MOT certificates for ONE car at the moment - and one of them runs for 371 days!