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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: MUSKIE on January 05, 2005, 22:37:40
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i have bought a series 3, its a runner and looks ok. it is situated less than a mile from my house but its a main road between the two A6, no mot and no tax, can i drive it home with it connected to a rigid bar via my mates rangie?? i know i can do it physically but its the legalities, if it was just me i would drive it home but due to the wifes job i really dont want to get nicked.
if not any of you local boys got a trailer and a spare half hour i would see you ok in beer :roll:
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Technically I don't believe you can.
The biggest risk would be in the event of something going wrong.. you'd have no insurance.
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See Clouseau's entry in this subject, I think you will find the same thinks apply.
http://forums.mud-club.com/viewtopic.php?t=3132&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
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i think it would be safer if you could trailer it back
in fact thats the only way! :)
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I was planning on moving petro by booking it for an M.O.T near to where I am heading, then after the mot going to wherever it is I am going to work on it.. Already insured on it and I was under the impression that it was legal to do..
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or cheat a bit book in for MOT (as cheap as hiring a trailer) drive it to MOT (as long as runs and an't a death trap) and and put in for test, after test drive it home as this is totaly legal. if you find the right garage might be lucky and get a week to get bits sorted and put in for re-test. or the bonus is you know what needs doing.
you are covered if you are driving to and from a booked test. And if you are really brave there is no set distance so could drive as far as you like just hope you don't get stopped by a copper that has had a bad day cause thay wouldn't like you bending the rules that far :) and anything that looked iffy you would get slammed for
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You can drive a vehicle to a test station providing it is booked in
and you are taking a direct route from A to B.
Anything other than that and you would be breaking the law.
The boys in blue would through the book at you if for example
you were driving from Southampton to Derbyshire for an MOT. :shock:
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heh, was not going to be quite that bad.. more soton to basingstoke :) got access to a workshop there ;)
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I thought that if your towing with a fixed bar, then the towed vehicle is covered by the towing vehicles insurance.?? Not 100% sure though.
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Last time I had to do a similar journey with a car with no MOT i booked it into a station, drove it home and when I got home cancelled the MOT appointment. The garage were glad as they were busy and it gave me the reason to drive it home.
Just make sure that if you get stopped you can prove that you were on route to the garage...
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There are always ways in which you can twist the law - but be it on your heads lads because it will be your job to prove what you were doing (or 'saying' that you were doing), not the boys in blue.
Sorry to be all doom and gloom but we really don't need anymore bad press. I'm sure that all you lads and lasses out there are mature and responsible, so for the sake of a few quid, if its not legal trailer it! [-X
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Shame your so far away..... I've got a little trailer that the Landy would fit on!!!
Actually more useful than you think - moved numerous cars, land rovers, tractors, sheds etc etc ... only problem is storage as it's 22ft long...
Though this isn't too bad, stored at a local farm next to some caravan's for a small fee.
(Brothers Freelander in Pic - my 90" was broke at the time after a trip around Tixover - Mud Club Day)
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Absolutely agree, whilst you could bend the rules on the MOT it is hardly worth the risk (incidentally after an MOT fail you are allowed to drive to a place that will repair the car OR home) but trailer hire is not too expensive.
It is only legal to recover a breakdown with a rigid bar, because the car you're moving is over 750kg it needs brakes so you cannot start the journey with it as a trailer.
Another option, look in your local rag for "cars taken away free", ring the bloke and ask him how much to move it for you, most of them are self-employed and I have friends who do this for a living. Cash is cash for them!
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cheers for the input.
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I would say for the sake of your license and wallet get a trailer. If you get stopped by the cops you will end up paying the same amount as a trailer but you will get a few points on your license as well!
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should be sorted this weekend thanks to a couple of diamonds off mud club.