No. The first test is at 3 years old, and then annually thereafter. They also test the exhaust. Wonder how they would get along with a traction engine? alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.alanstepney.info Model Engineering, Steam Engine, and Railway technical pages. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Coppens" <sb286643@xxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 2:36 PM Subject: [modeleng] Re: coocking oil. Is it still so, that a car only has to have ts first MOT after 10 years in the UK ? Over here, you have to go every year to the MOT centre, where the analyse the exhaust fumes and the are real fascist about that ! I presume that the UK has some more sensible laws on the matter.... Patrick Allen Messer wrote: MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.