1st MOT approaching - 13 month possible?

[1198]

Hi, my bike is approaching 3 years old - mid Sept. If I get a mot next week would it be a 13 month one eg from month 35 to 48 or 12 - to month 47? I know if you present a vehicle in the last month of its previous mot it preserves the anniversary but does this count for the first? Can DVLA computers figure this out?
It’s not a huge snag if not, I’ll hang on for another three or four weeks but I’ve got next week off so it’d be convenient.

Thanks!

[Skudd]

Not anymore with the 13 month MOT's. Thanks are due to the digital age and the online MOT's. Even how long the MOT takes is monitored now.

I've just done my car with 30 days left, but still ended up with 12 months. Just wish they would do the same for vehicle tax, do the start date from a specific day of tax and not from the start of the month and lose the end of the month if buying,selling at any day other than the first or last day of the month.
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[Ste]

.gov.uk says you can.

Earliest date you can get an MOT
An MOT lasts for a year. The date it runs out is printed on your current MOT pass certificate.

You can get an MOT up to a month (minus a day) before it runs out and keep the same renewal date.

Example
If your MOT runs out on 15 May, the earliest you can get an MOT to keep the same renewal date for next year is 16 April.

You can get an MOT earlier, but the renewal date for the following year will change to one year (minus a day) from the date the vehicle last passed its MOT.

Example
Your MOT is due to run out on 15 May, so the earliest you can get it done is 16 April. However, you take your vehicle for its MOT on 14 April and it passes. This means that the MOT expiry date changes to 13 April the following year.

https://www.gov.uk/getting-an-mot

[1198]

I thought that 13 months ones were still around but they have had a shake up of mot’s of late so I’m not sure.
The quote posted by Ste doesn’t mention the first mot though - only the expiry date of the previous one. I’ve not yet got one - obviously - and am wondering what to do?

[Ste]

Ask the MOT guy?

[1198]

I’ve read the gov mot section thoroughly and other than telling me that I need a certificate after three years - which I knew - it doesn’t mention it. I’ve just looked on the mot check part of the site and it clearly says I need a mot test soon even telling me the date I need it doing by. As the system obviously knows this I wonder if it’s linked to the database the mot tester will use and so give me a 13 month certificate- or if that’s too much like joined up thinking!
Mheh. I’ll find out next week!
I am assuming that the bike passes of course!

[1198]

[doggone]

It's really not that difficult, but sounds complicate written down.
It needs an MOT three years after first being registered.
You won't be able to tax it without MOT if that period has expired.

If your tax renewal doesn't coincide with MOT for some reason you might still risk riding it but insurance won't be valid and there's a chance ANPR or something will pick you out.
If you have a crash bad things will happen.

You can arrange the MOT during the month before it is due and the renewal date stays the same.
You can do it before that (e.g. to sell with long MOT?) but the renew date will be changed to match the date you did it +12 months.

If you overlook it you can still do it later without any penalties, I would expect the renewal date would stay as it was originally i.e. you might effectively pay for an 11 month MOT.

[Voivodian]

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[Evil Hans]

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[1198]

[F18]

13 month things is now automagic (due to being electronically charged). Proved, again very recently.

NOT for the first MOT (nothing to charge up). True when one of mine needed a first MOT (I tried quite hard to achieve this magic).
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[1198]

Pasio, expires 19th Sept 2020. Sorted!