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Title: What's the law
Post by: tooleater on 10 April 2014, 09:37:28

As you know my Mv6 failed its Mot yesterday on a knackered NSF spring :'(  I have 10 days to sort this out guys. What are the rules driving said vehicle after failed Mot. Ie.can I, won't this invalidate the insurance :-X

Title: Re: What's the law
Post by: henryd on 10 April 2014, 09:40:32

Technically you are driving an unroadworthy vehicle if a spring is broken :-X

similar subject matter here
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=122930.0

Title: Re: What's the law
Post by: tooleater on 10 April 2014, 09:53:52

Thanks for mate, will keep it off road and drive van :y

Title: Re: What's the law
Post by: zirk on 10 April 2014, 09:59:30

When does your MOT run out?, is that what the 10 days your talking about, the way I see it, if its Mot'd online, check it, then its Mot'd, thats not say whether I would choose to drive it or not.

Title: Re: What's the law
Post by: Kevin Wood on 10 April 2014, 10:18:53

It still has the old MOT in force, so it's legal to drive it.

It has a known fault that may make it unsafe to drive (depends on the extent of the damage, IMHO). If it's just a little bit of the pigtail at the end of the spring missing, I'd chance it. If it's dropped 40mm on one side, I wouldn't.

You may have been driving on that broken spring for a while, and it's no worse now. You are knowingly driving a vehicle with a fault now, though, so if you have another vehicle, it'd be silly to risk it, IMHO.

Title: Re: What's the law
Post by: tooleater on 10 April 2014, 10:46:24

Cheers Kevin. Your observations are 100%. Mate. It has a noticeable slump. I won't risk it, any event, don't think Insurance would be saying, Oh Yes :y