Take it to a place that knows the difference. It's not just about passing the 'test' it's about knowing
the vehicle *you* are driving is safe enough for a basic set of standards. The roadworthiness is
irrelevant if you don't feel safe driving your own car!

Nige

What does it say on the V5 - ambulance or camper van, if either of those
then show the v5 to the man and ask him to look up exceptions in his testers
handbook

Technically I believe its over the limit for a class 7 which is 3.5 tonnes
anyway so it would then be a ministry test so the above should be good
enough

The dual purpose vehicle that you can get a GS thru on does not apply to
ambi's as they are too heavy (I believe the weight limit on that is actual
weight on gross)

On the otherhand I could be talking cr*p - its happened before,especially
after an evening of beer & chocolate

Rich

Phone DoT Bristol and ask to speak to the chief examiner to get a definitve
answer. I had a load of crap when I bought a new 110 CSW in '97. I was told
by numerous people including the examiner at Tilbury commercial vehicle Dot
test centre that it did'nt need an MoT at 12 mths; he even photocopied the
relevant bit showing it was a dual purpose vehicle etc. etc.
After all that when I went to tax it again at 18 mths old ( 6 + 12 ) I was
asked for an MoT as it was a 12 seater !!!!  Even though they cannot test
the 6 crew seats as they are'nt covered in the regs. Blah blah blah.
I still don't know what it is; Kens idiots won't give me exemtion from the C
Charge because my V5 does'nt give the seat capacity.

Bunch of no hopers

( except of course the guy who posts here and is an examiner)     :-)))

Apart from Rich's comments, I can recommend a local (to me) testing
station with an evil sadistic bastard who will test it on a 'normal',
but he will not pass anything he's even the slightest bit unhappy with
(which is fine with me).  I think his first words were something like
"feck off, I'm not testing that" when I took Grumble in.  Provided
you've kept your appointments with Doctor Warren, you'll have little
to worry about IMO, as Warren does a pretty good 'unofficial' test in
his own right.

Mines down on the v5 as a camper van, and ive found a local testing
place who specialise in camper vans. That makes it much easier!

quite frankl I have no idea but in the days when I drove a limo it might
have been registered as a private car but no-one had a ramp capable of
taking it so I took it to the council to be MOT'd  not that it ever failed
for tis an anathema for any vehicle of mine ever to fail an MOT :)