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    Ha! I almost missed this! Brilliant!
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    And what, genius, do you suggest I do? Magic a new car from the air? Jeez you poms can be dull sometimes! I posted it because its a Landrover forum, people discuss stuff, so I posted on a discussion forum to discuss the car and its failure of the MOT! How is that hard to understand? How...
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    I think they crush the car, which, to be honest might not be a bad thing all things considered!
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    Firstly, if I am going to discuss with you, you know, without the histrionics, can you please try and learn English, I'm a bloody immigrant and I type better than you, its a capital I for you........ Now, to the point, tyres may well be, but how do I know that a shock has gone? The truck has...
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    Ooo, goody the team taggers are here................
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    "The MOT scheme is primarily a road safety measure designed to ensure as far as possible that all cars, motorcycles and light goods vehicles more than 3 years old: 1. Are properly maintained 2. At least once a year are examined at an authorised MOT test station to make sure that they...
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    Well done, you can cut and paste as well.......
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    ha!!!
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    Then that would be my argument to the authorities, it cuts both ways.... Now what the HELL has any of this got to do with my posting that I was having all this work done on my Discovery?? Bugger all, you all just wanted to vent a little and thought I would lie back and take it......
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    Its a certificate of "road safety standards required by law" But again, I stress, I have never and would never drive a vehicle without one, so no law was broken........
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    What a crock! What an absolute crock! I am so sure thats a crock of crap I am going to ring the DVLA on Monday and ask them, then I am going to post the reply on here, hell I will even get them to send me a conformation e-mail to back me up and then people can see what a load of crap actually...
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    I have read a load of posts on this forum over the last couple of months I have been on it about people talking about the knocks and thumps their cars make, about the dinks and chincks the rattles and shakes, now add to that an Ifor williams trailer full of tools and materials and you tell me...
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    Thats not what Sean says, so you say one thing and he says another, either way, I'm damned.......
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    You are gonna be so ****ed when you wake up in the morning sober and read these two lines bro! Jeez, I used to wonder why so many poms came to OZ............... now I am starting to understand why!
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    Golf clap for the **** in the corner........ Clever boy............ Next time I wont have the work done and I will do it myself, then maybe you will be happier.....................
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    Who said I was FROM Norfolk?
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    shocks...... £50 EACH! All the other parts are the responsibility of the mechanic.............. NOW LISTEN CLOSELY............ THATS WHAT I PAY HIM FOR, BECAUSE I HAVE NO MECHANICAL ABILITY AT ALL....... .................. and if I di any of the work myself I would have all you self...
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    Actually you are wrong, if the vehicle has a valid, recent MOT then you are technically exempt from prosecution..... Oh and IF is a brilliant word.............. IF my uncle had TITS he would be my AUNT!
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    A pair of new rear brake discs and pads, 4 new shocks, a full set of bushes, an engine flush, new oil, a service kit, trackrods, new headlights and bulbs, the passenger door sorted (some motor wasn't pushing something all the way or something) front right tracking out, emissions problem...
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    As one adult to another................ do you honestly want me to reply to that???? Honestly? If so, I think I may have to go and find some adults to talk to! I paid a PROFESSIONAL to take care of my car, and I paid him well! If he failed, that NOT my fault. The same as, if you...