MOT - It's a game

My m8 duz my mot he will pass it every time, then tell me whats wrong, and I fix it, if I cant do it myself he will help me for free..... thats the kind of m8 you need in your life

Grrrrrr said:

So many cars on the roads here that one mistake and there's a fatality. We stuffed in like sardines in a tin. Out there you just run off the road into bush.

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Lucky buggers, it's a while since I've run into a bush.

Always someone to lower the tone

tarphenry said:

Always someone to lower the tone

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I blame the drink.

tomcat59alan said:

I blame the drink.

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Why? What did it do?

The drink caused all the bush to look beautiful.......

Grrrrrr said:

Why? What did it do?

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It made me post like you and lower the tone.

pete1987RRC said:

The drink caused all the bush to look beautiful.......

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An old one's closing is as good as a young one's opening I always say.

ive yet to go for a mot and not argued with them some are so petty ,i no i want my car to be safe but they think your thick example [guy gets under car with a big hammer and starts bashing my chassis so i ask politely for him to stop as it should be fingers or toffee hammer he answered id have no fingers left if i used them and ive not got a toffee hammer my reply get the f'23k from under my car..the wifes taking it from now on.

Having a mate pass your car at his Mot garage is very risky for his licence to be a nominated tester and the stations licence too. VOSA or DVSA as they now call themselves can and do walk into any testing station, show their warrant card and demand the keys to the vehicle just tested and any parked there that have seen to be tested, or even worse a vehicle that was logged on to the mot computer system but has not moved from its parking space. Then the two of them will carry out an mot inspection to the letter, taking a good hour or more and WILL find something wrong. Both the tester and the garage are then on a warning or even shut down if they find serious fault. They use a traffic light system. Red. Amber. Green. for assessing garage standards and penalty points that can lead to loss of testing licence. When anyone asks a mate to pass their car regardless of condition they are putting their mate and the garages livelihood at risk.

There are a few Apps for the phones that you can use to check cars on, the one I used is Total Car Check (others are available) just type the reg and it gives you the make model if it is reported stolen, the date it was registered, mot expiry Tax Cost, Tax expiry and all the mot history. for a fee you can also do HPI checks.

Through again today with a couple of advisories.

One number plate light out.
Nail in tyre.
Brake pad wear.
Bumper mount corroded.

Pretty good for a 24 year old motor.

I'm with Trump on Khan.

One more and it has to go (maybe two - have to read up).

I use the same garage to MOT all my and extended family cars. i have immediate repairs done by them if i dont have time or cant be arsed and they know i do my own spannering to a high standard if anything has cropped up as slightly iffy they inform me and tell me to attend to it in short order. its a village family run business since the 50's and 'dad's sometimes mooches about. great to chat to !

I started using them when my boxster has a failed number plate light he got a screw driver changed the bulb and carried on. didn't charge me for the bulb either.

My mum's P38 failed on its second MOT at a test centre on headlamp alignment. I queried why as they tested it the previous year, it had no knocks, no bulb or headlamp change and I suggested they shut the doors and boot to let the suspension level for the headlamp test. They refused saying it had failed and wouldn't re-read unless I had a receipt for headlamp repairs.

Never been back, retested at the garage I use, passed with no advisories.

There's good and there's bad. Keep with the good ones, give them trade and keep them in business. I've given my MOT probably about 55-60 MOTs and recommend them locally.

My brother-in-law has been an MOT tester for a great number of years.
He has a simple view on the job. "Let nothing dangerous get through, write advisories to say what MUST be attended to, and finally, don't go looking for trouble, and take no one off the road unless you really have to, men need to earn a living and feed their families".
I'm ok with this, as I know he doesn't want to cause hardship to anyone but really won't let dangerous cars pass. Also.... he does all our families MOT's ;-)

I think that we'd all agree that cars with dangerous faults should fail. There does seem to be some sense in getting tested at a place that doesn't sell parts or do the labour.

Also, despite the mixed reputation of P38s, they are basically strong vehicles built on a proper chassis (yes @Hippo, it makes a difference). In general road use they seem pretty rot proof and, given the age of them now, the things that they are likely to fail on are worn consumables.

I'm going to be a bit sad when mine has to go due to the poisonous midget's directive.

gencybay said:

I think that we'd all agree that cars with dangerous faults should fail. There does seem to be some sense in getting tested at a place that doesn't sell parts or do the labour.

Also, despite the mixed reputation of P38s, they are basically strong vehicles built on a proper chassis (yes @Hippo, it makes a difference). In general road use they seem pretty rot proof and, given the age of them now, the things that they are likely to fail on are worn consumables.

I'm going to be a bit sad when mine has to go due to the poisonous midget's directive.

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RRDT's missus went missing on a wet, Welsh road when she suggested he get rid of his Landy. Just saying.

allanw said:

Having a mate pass your car at his Mot garage is very risky for his licence to be a nominated tester and the stations licence too. VOSA or DVSA as they now call themselves can and do walk into any testing station, show their warrant card and demand the keys to the vehicle just tested and any parked there that have seen to be tested, or even worse a vehicle that was logged on to the mot computer system but has not moved from its parking space. Then the two of them will carry out an mot inspection to the letter, taking a good hour or more and WILL find something wrong. Both the tester and the garage are then on a warning or even shut down if they find serious fault. They use a traffic light system. Red. Amber. Green. for assessing garage standards and penalty points that can lead to loss of testing licence. When anyone asks a mate to pass their car regardless of condition they are putting their mate and the garages livelihood at risk.

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In my experience VOSA officers don't know their arse from their elbow sadly. Experience tells you if something is acceptable. Steering joints for instance are allowed to have a certain amount of play. Any play is a fail is not correct.

wammers said:

In my experience VOSA officers don't know their arse from their elbow sadly. Experience tells you if something is acceptable. Steering joints for instance are allowed to have a certain amount of play. Any play is a fail is not correct.

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years ago my dads van failed due to play in the steering rack.. put a new one on, that failed too, talked to the supplier.. 'they're supposed to have that much play in them'

kermit_rr said:

years ago my dads van failed due to play in the steering rack.. put a new one on, that failed too, talked to the supplier.. 'they're supposed to have that much play in them'

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Not one Vauxhall Viva would have passed the present day MOT on the front bottom balls joints, even if you fitted a new one. Not one Mark II Jag or E Type could pass the Tapley handbrake test ever. Some of the things they can fail for these days are ridiculous. In my day if a bulb was out you fitted a new one. Today you have to strip half the bloody car down to fit a side repeater.

We have a one off test on all vehicles over three years old imported to the island, the police can also send you to the test centre which is government run for a vehicle test, during the winter there are regular vehicle spot checks on the roadside carried out by the government testers and police.