Bobsticle said:
We have the opposite problem in Mancunia. The ever growing plethora of furrin owned back street test centers is putting pressure on the legit ones to pass anything just to get the business. Funny how if anything goes wrong at these little crap hole garages there is 500 staff and all have the same name, half of witch are on holiday in Bungabunga. :rolleyes:
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Appraisal of vehicle defects is always improved after a fortnight in Magaluf! ;)
 
Bobsticle said:
We have the opposite problem in Mancunia. The ever growing plethora of furrin owned back street test centers is putting pressure on the legit ones to pass anything just to get the business. Funny how if anything goes wrong at these little crap hole garages there is 500 staff and all have the same name, half of witch are on holiday in Bungabunga. :rolleyes:
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You will get slated for saying that but how true it is. One of these comics charged my grand daughter £180 for fitting a track control arm then passed the car having forgotten to fit the anti roll bar link. Which was totally missing.
 
wammers said:
You will get slated for saying that but how true it is. One of these comics charged my grand daughter £180 for fitting a track control arm then passed the car having forgotten to fit the anti roll bar link. Which was totally missing.
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I had a new gear box fitted to a Mitsubishi at a dealers under warranty and they forgot to fit an engine mount. Its not just the little guys.
 
wammers said:
On it's way home from failing the test on a incorrectly wired trailer socket.
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tinternet pic, but I have seen many like this in my old garage days! MOT is a must for me as it helps keep you in touch with any defects. What is common sense? it appears not to be so common!
 
Mulcaster1 said:
tinternet pic, but I have seen many like this in my old garage days! MOT is a must for me as it helps keep you in touch with any defects. What is common sense? it appears not to be so common!
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Steering lights and braking were good a lot of the crap involved now is ridiculous.
 
Mulcaster1 said:
tinternet pic, but I have seen many like this in my old garage days! MOT is a must for me as it helps keep you in touch with any defects. What is common sense? it appears not to be so common!
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MOT means nothing to me there never are any defects. When i take mine in it will pass. I know that before it is taken. ;)
 
I like to keep my vehicles up together so I take them to a Control Technic station ( French MOT) where I know they give them a good check over. I prefer preventative maintenance rather than fixing them on the side of the road type of thing. My view is if something is worn its going to effect something else. The guys know that if there are serious advisories they will be done with in the week. Which is why I could jump into any of my vehicles and drive off to the UK and back without even thinking of lifting the bonnet. And that includes my 1990. 110. 200 tdi Defender.
 
We get the same advisory every year

" plastic covers fitted"


FFS Volvo put them there when they made it, why keep advising unless one day they fall off?
 
pete1987RRC said:
We get the same advisory every year

" plastic covers fitted"


FFS Volvo put them there when they made it, why keep advising unless one day they fall off?
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My Mondeo has that one on its ticket. Plastic undertray fitted. All the cars have it from the factory, seems a bit needless.
 
My local CT inspectors (french MOT equivalent) have finally given up pointing out that my fog light and reversing light are on the wrong sides.
They have now however started pointing out that my traction control light doesn't go out during their inspection - bless.
 
Moron said:
its perfectly legal.......and always has been
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It maybe legal but it is not ethical, when i did MOTs we were told by VOSA or department of transport as i think it was then, that doing our own would be frowned upon, and to get another tester to do our own car. We did not do our own sales departments cars. Mind you it is a very long time ago.
 
anatomick said:
My local CT inspectors (french MOT equivalent) have finally given up pointing out that my fog light and reversing light are on the wrong sides.
They have now however started pointing out that my traction control light doesn't go out during their inspection - bless.
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As a matter of interest, did you have to have a sticker on the side of your Defender with all the weights etc on it. I've forgotten the technical name for it.
 
Not an issue they've hit me with yet. I'll prepare for it next time though. And ignore their recommendation, obviously:)
 
My tester is pretty good, sensible and understands older cars.

He told me that it's good to get a fail/advisory every now and again for something minor as an old vehicle that is clean as a whistle year after year raises alarm bells that that test station or tester might not be being thorough.

I have no way to corroborate this any able to comment?
 
Actually I think you will find todays mot is easier to pass than its ever been, lots of stuff is now advise and pass, or their favourite phrase various parts covered with plastic panels so unable to see some components.
Even the hgv test has gone the same way, suspension air bags used to be treated like brake pipes any splits or perishing fail, now the cords can show with no issues and so long as cords not damaged its a pass.

Ref the drop arm the britpart item with a G on the end of the part number is very good quality.
I tried cheap and expensive ball joint kits little fiddly arsed things:mad:
 
wammers said:
True but in my day common sense was used. If a bulb was blown you changed it. Changing bulbs on some modern cars is a bloody pain in the arse. So it's a fail and a retest fee. If a joint had slight vertical movement but had no lateral play it passed. To be a tester you had to have been time served with at least two years experience not somebody with an NVQ who had done six months sweeping the garage.
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He could have at least cleared the nozzle on the squirter!
 
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