Here's a handy link for people who are buying a new car or just want to check up on there MOT due date.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicle/Mot/DG_10020539

Only found out about this after another user on passionford.com got a van with 7 months MOT and this is what he found....

Unfortunatly, the MOT is only really valid on the day of issue

That Van could have done 50k miles in the 5 months since the MOT...

Oof!

Legally, you can actually drive out of an MOT station, get uled by the police and have a defective vehicle. The police inspection is much stricter than an MOT, and that is realy just a piece of paper!