Dreaded MOT day!

nevillen · Sep 4, 2023

So tomorrow the old girl is booked in for its MOT, we have a 'pet' garage that we could use who for a few extra quid will always pass the vehicle, but I wanted a proper yet subtle one this time, in other words sympathetic appraisal and verbal advisories as opposed to official.
We have in the last few months ...replaced the sills, completely replaced rear jacking points and front upper and lower suspension including ball joints. Hopefully they won't find too much wrong, but you never know do you?
I am sure there are some possible fails that are unique ro RR's but I will have to sit and wait in the 'surgery' while they carry out the operation. Will report back with the good or bad news.
My old man always used to say, wash the car ahead of its MOT and ALWAYS slip the guy a generous tip...

Anaconda · Sep 4, 2023

Good luck, if you need it.
I don't see a problem with having advisories when I check a MOT history, as long as they are not listed again the following year.

kermit_rr · Sep 4, 2023

I'm always up for a good MOT, sure it's not a comprehensive shakedown test but they can check more than me and have a critical eye for things i may have missed

Henry_b · Sep 4, 2023

I remember getting an old mitsubishi in that a garage would pass no matter what, was a deathtop in reality..

Family car too, the rear seatbelt mounts were attached to nothing, when I showed the owner he was suprised when I pulled the entire seatbelt mounting and most of the arch assembly out of the car with a firm tug.

Be wary eh

lynall · Sep 5, 2023

Always be sus when you check an old cars mot history and it is blemish free, especially if it is a daily.
Newer stuff always seems to be tyre advisories or tyre fails, which suggest to me that most these days do not look after their car or even care.

I used to go to town on them like I was at work, now I clean them, make sure all the obvious works and present them for test, modern stuff really is very good mot wise.

myfirstl322 · Sep 5, 2023

Cakes = no issues.

nevillen · Sep 5, 2023

Well, failed on cv gaiters virtually all round! Fortunately not too much of a problem, also an advisory re rear sub frame bushes on both sides. Bushes are inexpensive, but fitting them is a real P.I.T.A. will be giving them a real blasting with plus gas over the course of a few days ahead of fitting new bushes, apparently the long bolts that hold them in really are difficult to remove!
Could have been worse, but it was my choice to 'go forensic' and now I have to pay for that peace of mind!

rich28uk · Sep 5, 2023

Not bad then. Don’t know about subframe bushes but cv gaiters aren’t too bad as long as you get stretchy ones, no need to split the joints then.

Montyjohn · Sep 6, 2023

kermit_rr said:
I'm always up for a good MOT, sure it's not a comprehensive shakedown test but they can check more than me and have a critical eye for things i may have missed

I remember taking my old, but new to me Lexus to KwikFit for an MOT. Passed no problem, but they failed to notice that half of the exhaust rubbers were missing, so a few months on the exhaust snapped in half on me.
Would have rather had a fail for such a quick and easy fix.

kermit_rr · Sep 6, 2023

Montyjohn said:
I remember taking my old, but new to me Lexus to KwikFit for an MOT. Passed no problem, but they failed to notice that half of the exhaust rubbers were missing, so a few months on the exhaust snapped in half on me.
Would have rather had a fail for such a quick and easy fix.

My dad took his lightweight for mot years ago, passed no issues.
I gave it a once over when he came back as i was doing an RTV the next day one of the U bolts on the front axle was several turns off being tight

Dreaded MOT day!

nevillen

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Anaconda

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kermit_rr

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Henry_b

Think outside, no box required.

lynall

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kermit_rr

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