VIC check on a motor.

Yep, MOT before VIC i was told today.

Can anyone clarify the legalities of driving to the VIC check.
If it's cat C but repaired and MOT'd and insured etc.
Is it a trailer job or could you tow on an "A" frame or even drive it there?

Hi,

when the VIC check first came in it was definately a trailer job...

but I can imagine various small time dealers arrived with dodgy loads on tow-dollies, etc, so the law would have been changed to require an MOT and insurance. In that case it can probably be driven there now.

But as I wrote earlier, if the various chassis numbers don't tie up then they would have siezed the car under the old rules (partial restoration of the car) though it may be different now. In my case that'd mean a journey for a small village north of Doncaster, probably by taxi into Donny and then the train home.

I'd not be interested in doing that!

Regards
Peter

Here you go, all about VIC checks

Ah.. so it doesnt need an MOT to get VIC'd... if it is being trailered.

This how I went about getting mine done, might not have the correct way but it worked.
First off get insured, car is not allowed on the road without insurance!
Book MOT, you are allowed to drive to and from MOT station without current MOT as long as you are booked in.
Once MOT'd download application for V5 from DVLA website as well as application for tax disc. fill out as required.
Phone DVLA and ask if you can apply for tax at local office, if the car has been unregistered for over a certain time you can, if not you will have to do it by post and wait for up to three months while they carry out extra checks.
Take all documents, and plenty of cash as well as two forms of ID to DVLA office and wait in a que for an hour, hand over all documents and cash and get your tax disc. Car is now road legal. Then wait until new reg document turns up in the post. Sorted.
daz