What have you done to your Freelander today

Just looked it up, if a car fails the test it's instantly logged as not having a valid mot.
Its very unclear which I guess is what they want so they can now relieve you of £2500 and 3 points ! !

Stuart hall said:

Nope if it fails then you don't have an mot.
Please correct me if I'm wrong but I think that's how many people are being caught out.

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Then there would be many MOT centres clogged up with useless cars. And it would be a 'no brainer' to set up a recovery business to move such cars about and become an instantly successful business guru for doing so.

I believe the orevious ruling remains extant. And will continue as before.

Stuart hall said:

Just looked it up, if a car fails the test it's instantly logged as not having a valid mot.
Its very unclear which I guess is what they want so they can now relieve you of £2500 and 3 points ! !

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https://www.gov.uk/getting-an-mot/retests

It's very clear and very simple....read the above. You MUST have a pre arranged MOT appointment and as mentioned drive the shortest or most reasonable route to or from the testing centre. If you car fails a test but has a valid certificate from a previous test you may still drive it to a repair facility or home to fix it.

MollyNomad said:

Then there would be many MOT centres clogged up with useless cars. And it would be a 'no brainer' to set up a recovery business to move such cars about and become an instantly successful business guru for doing so.

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That's not a bad idea, but I'm sure you can move the vehicle to repair place or home, providing there's still a portion of previous test valid.

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It's very clear and very simple....read the above. You MUST have a pre arranged MOT appointment and as mentioned drive the shortest or most reasonable route to or from the testing centre. If you car fails a test but has a valid certificate from a previous test you may still drive it to a repair facility or home to fix it.

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That's what I understand from the guidance.

It stops an MOT failed vehicle from being used until the previous test runs out.

In reality it'll make little difference except to the law abiding motorists. Those that flout the motoring laws will still do so, so again the honest motorists is targeted by the law.

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That has always been the case regards 'Cops being able to slap you with a fine' I take your article quote is not from a gov.uk website nor a legally savvy advisor more from a journalist looking for a slightly sensationalist angle to get his view point across. MOT rules are regularly reviewed but the ability to 'fine' someone has always been the same, it boils down to a police officers 'opinion'(usually based on years of experience) and the percieved use or intent to use a car illegally. You still have the ability to move your car by it's own power to and from a test centre regardless of whether it has an MOT by the shortest or most reasonable route to either a garage for repairs or your own home etc. It's the interpretation of that ruling by the Police which is a vagary. It is up to them to prove criminal intent and for you to justify your journey to/from an MOT centre.

Of course, if your are stopped and challenged regards your lack of MOT you could always counter the police officer by demanding to see his MOT for his(Oops, maybe her/should be 'their') MOT certificate......

What a load of burecratic nonsense! It is the total opposite of where I live where there is no testing at all (They even stopped emissions testing as not enough cars failed!) Of course if you cause an accident due to an unsafe vehicle your insurance is null and void, and traffic cops are still looking for burnt out lights and such, but the odds of being stopped are very low as they have more important things to do (Insert comment about donut shop here)

I don't know what all the fuss is about, my mot certificate is usually a few days out of date by the time I remember to get it tested. The guy who does my tests knows this and has never made a comment.

Col

Rich in Vancouver said:

What a load of burecratic nonsense!

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That's the UK government.

Rich in Vancouver said:

the odds of being stopped are very low as they have more important things to do

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General consensus is:
Motorists are an easy way to make money.

Today I extended the rear diff breather up through the grommet into the boot space and tucked behind the rear light. Also fixed the front mudgaurd back onto the inner liner after it got snagged on Salisbury.

I tried to fit a new led rear number plate lamp but it is a very snug fit in the hole. The trouble is the old clips that held the old lamp retaining screws had virtually rusted away to nothing so I put new clips in that are about 1mm longer and protrude slightly thus preventing the new lamp from fitting. It's held in with industrial blutack at the moment. Does anyone know where I can get a pair of the original clips from?

Col

Okay, I may have posted this before....??

TD4 failed it's MOT on three 'Dangerous' things..

1. O/S headlight too low...adjust and 'fixed'.
2. Numberplate light inoperative...(had to solder the connectors where they attach the circuit board)
3. Rear N/S brake performance low...braking across back axle out of balance.

After attempting to sort the problem the testing centre were kind enough to put the car on the rollers and check the rear brakes...still out of balance but they never 'tested' the car...So have another 'go'.

I am now back in Spain and have left the TD4 with a local mechanic who is a very old friend with the instruction to sort the rear brake imbalance, tweak the handbrake (which is still not adjusting properly) and then to take it back to the MOT test centre to
put it through and hopefully pass. (there are no guarantees of course) I suspect the adjusters were too far gone and I didn't try to clean off the adjuster 'gear teeth' with a file to maybe rectify this issue..just ran out of time...

Sometimes things get beyond your ability and 'needs must' so no shame in passing the 'buck' although I would rather have done it myself. Will try to find out what was up and share on here..

Nodge68 said:

That's the UK government.


General consensus is:
Motorists are an easy way to make money.

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You are not wrong there, Nodge...

Had a few hours spare between going back to work so decided to polish the headlights using meguiars headlight restoration plus worked really well removing the medium to light haze on the top of the headlights and the little sanding pads it came with removed light scratches and heavy stains.

Danyou said:

Had a few hours spare between going back to work so decided to polish the headlights using meguiars headlight restoration plus worked really well removing the medium to light haze on the top of the headlights and the little sanding pads it came with removed light scratches and heavy stains.

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Looks good, something I've been meaning to do for a while.

RossRobObey said:

Looks good, something I've been meaning to do for a while.

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Thanks, they had it on offer in Halfords, only popped in to get one thing.Im like a woman in a clothes shop in there.

MollyNomad said:

1. O/S headlight too low...adjust and 'fixed'.
2. Numberplate light inoperative...(had to solder the connectors where they attach the circuit board)

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Dangerous, my arse they are.

Potentially so, if the brakes are applied hard. However most drivers would be able to compensate in a fraction of a second by turning the wheel.

Tinted the rear lights not 100%if I like them or not.