Jim's Garage MOT Testing Station

Everyone who uses a vehicle on the road is required to keep it in a roadworthy condition.
The purpose of the MOT Test is to ensure that cars, other light vehicles (including some
Light Goods Vehicles), private buses and motorcycles over a prescribed age are checked at
least once a year to see that they comply with key roadworthiness and environmental requirements.
When your car is tested, the MOT looks at some important items to see if it meets the legal requirements.
The MOT certificate is not a guarantee of the general mechanical condition of a vehicle however.

An MOT can be carried out at any time.
If the vehicle is presented for test within the calendar month prior to the date that the MOT is due,
the test certificate will run from the date of the test to one year after the expiry date of the current
certificate (e.g. if the current certificate was due to expire on 1/4/03, and the vehicle was presented
on or after 2/3/03, the certificate would run from the test date until 1/4/04). To have this extension,
the vehicle owner should present their old certificate to the Test Station to verify that the extra time is applicable.
The same rule would also apply if the vehicle was taken in within a calendar month of its first MOT.
In this case, the vehicle owner would need to present their registration document.
If the vehicle is tested earlier than one month before its due date, the MOT will only run for twelve months.

Please see the VOSA website for more information

The chart below indicates the vehicles we can test

ClassVehicleFee
IMotor bicycles engine size up to 200cc£29.65
IMotor bicycles engine size up to 200cc with side car£37.80
IIMotor bicycles £29.65
IIMotor bicycles with side car£37.80
IVCars (up to 8 passenger seats)£54.85
IVMotor Caravans£54.85
IVDual Purpose Vehicles£54.85
IVPSV’s (up to 8 seats)£54.85
IVAmbulances & Taxis£54.85
IVPrivate Passenger Vehicles & Ambulances (9 – 12 Passenger Seats) £57.30
VIIGoods Vehicles (over 3,000kg up to 3,500kg DGW)£58.60
Back