Mot's Every Two Years? good or bad idea?

[Axe]

I support this proposal and support new cars being due for a first MOT after 4 years.  It is not a surprise that garages do not support the proposal.

[The_DADDY]

I'm with the garages on this one. 👍

[rudds1]

When I see how people maintain their cars I would hate to see 2 year mots    Only time they service them is when the cars have failed mot 

[dan2802]

With the cost of living crisis people will undoubtedly cut corners to save money.

Car maintenance will be high up the list I suspect.

A really bad idea IMO.

[*_ash_*]

As a taxi in Sheffield, you have to have it once a year until 3 years old, then every 6 months. 

 

I'm sure other people / businesses do similar mileages.

 

 

[rudds1]

3 minutes ago, *_ash_* said:

As a taxi in Sheffield, you have to have it once a year until 3 years old, then every 6 months. 

 

I'm sure other people / businesses do similar mileages.

 

 

I was lead to believe taxis have to have 2 council mots a year plus a normal one but I’ve got a question for you.   Are both the 6 months tests recorded online like a normal mot    Ie if I was to think about buying an what I thought was an ex taxi but seller says it’s not been a taxi could I see if it’s had 2 mots a year by looking on the gov site. Hope that makes sense  

[Axe]

4 minutes ago, *_ash_* said:

As a taxi in Sheffield, you have to have it once a year until 3 years old, then every 6 months. 

 

I'm sure other people / businesses do similar mileages.

 

 

It will make more sense to bring mileage into the equation for when MOT's are due.  For private vehicles I suggest every two years or every 10 thousand miles to be adopted.

[rudds1]

1 minute ago, Axe said:

It will make more sense to bring mileage into the equation for when MOT's are due.  For private vehicles I suggest every two years or every 10 thousand miles to be adopted.

That would not work as. I can clock up some ridiculous mileage one year in my private car 

[Axe]

6 minutes ago, rudds1 said:

That would not work as. I can clock up some ridiculous mileage one year in my private car 

It would work because cars exceeding a set mileage would still require a MOT every year.  It just needs a little thought to implement. Perhaps low mileage car owners could submit a miles reading to be granted an extension to two years between MOTs.

[bassett one]

it would get people saying i did not know at court