The big day

Hi Gerald and all. Well the big day is here, phoebes off for her ITV ( MOT )
I was chatting to our maintenance man this morning, trying to extract some more information from him on what the process involves.
Sounded very complicated especially with the language difficulties so was over the moon when he said, no problem I will take it for you !
That's saved me a lot of time and hassle especially as you sit in the car and get shouted at in Spanish by the tester,
So everyone please cross your fingers for me that all will be ok lol.

Good luck.

Walking in small circles like an expectant father and waiting impatiently for the follow up post

GrumpyGel said:

Good luck.

Walking in small circles like an expectant father and waiting impatiently for the follow up post

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He's just brought her back - - - -
Break out the cigars, she's only gone and passed !
Few very minor advisories, door mirrors broken ( always were )
Number plates too old ( metal non reflective )
And headlights cloudy ( sun damage )
My biggest worry was corrosion which this year has magically cured itself and they said last year it wouldn't pass as converted to 2wd !
They said exactly the same this time lol.

Yay, another L Series lives for another year

I hope you gave Phoebes a little pat on the bonnet and said "Well done old girl"

I did ! But got her a special treat lined up, an oil and filter change, fuel filter change and am getting engine mount changed !
I have to laugh, I see pictures owners on here post showing state of their bushes etc. I've had a crawl underneath phoebe and can't see any rubber left at all !
Would never pass a UK test.
The steering test involves driving onto two circular plates that rotate, they ask you to turn wheel from left to right then shout stop ! Apparently thats enough to check everything, steering suspension etc.
I won't complain though as I didn't think she'd pass.
Test cost 44 € and 26 cents which is expensive for ten minutes !

lol, I actually like that the test over here are quite thorough. I don't even mind that they are 6, not 12, months. It means I don't check hardly anything no the car - not even tyre tread - I just replace them, or anything else, that it fails the test on. I will check bulbs and washer bottle before a test - just so I don't have to go back for a retest for something silly that only takes a couple of seconds to check.

Test here starts when four years old, then biannually till it's ten years old, then every year.
When twenty five it becomes exempt.

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Saw some oldies while out the other day, although front geometry looks a bit wonky.

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Those tyres on the front look mis-matched. Probably my old eyes though.

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Whooops sorry guys me n tech eh.
Well it is the same colour as a bus !

DanClarke said:

Those tyres on the front look mis-matched. Probably my old eyes though.

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Nope your quite right, the one on the left is also devoid of any tread !

Sorry shouldn't tease you sending pics of the sun.

Stuart hall said:

Sorry shouldn't tease you sending pics of the sun.

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lol, yeh, its been a bit cloudy here of late. This is last weekend

This level of teasing is just uncalled for and unsporting.
Oh....wait...... its antipodean, of course its unsporting lol.
Just not Cricket is it?

DanClarke said:

This level of teasing is just uncalled for and unsporting.
Oh....wait...... its antipodean, of course its unsporting lol.
Just not Cricket is it?

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If you are comparing New Zealand cricket to Aussie in unsporting behavior, then I shall report the post for gross abuse.

NZ cricket is to "nice" - its why they don't win anything!

Last day of the test here in Chch today

GrumpyGel said:

If you are comparing New Zealand cricket to Aussie in unsporting behavior, then I shall report the post for gross abuse.

NZ cricket is to "nice" - its why they don't win anything!

Last day of the test here in Chch today

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I have a mate who emigrated to Melbourne and his honest view was that Oz is as bad as the US and full of hard-nosed aggressive types whereas NZ is like the UK used to be; full of friendly, approachable and pleasant folks.
He preferred his sales call visits to NZ.

DanClarke said:

I have a mate who emigrated to Melbourne and his honest view was that Oz is as bad as the US and full of hard-nosed aggressive types whereas NZ is like the UK used to be; full of friendly, approachable and pleasant folks.
He preferred his sales call visits to NZ.

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That's a pretty good assessment of life down here

GrumpyGel said:

That's a pretty good assessment of life down here

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Wish we had made the break. Herself was in an in-demand profession (theatre recovery sister) but she wouldn't leave her kids here in the UK.