Lucky buggers, it's a while since I've run into a bush.So many cars on the roads here that one mistake and there's a fatality. We stuffed in like sardines in a tin. Out there you just run off the road into bush.
I blame the drink.Always someone to lower the tone
I blame the drink.
It made me post like you and lower the tone.Why? What did it do?
An old one's closing is as good as a young one's opening I always say.The drink caused all the bush to look beautiful.......
I think that we'd all agree that cars with dangerous faults should fail. There does seem to be some sense in getting tested at a place that doesn't sell parts or do the labour.
Also, despite the mixed reputation of P38s, they are basically strong vehicles built on a proper chassis (yes @Hippo, it makes a difference). In general road use they seem pretty rot proof and, given the age of them now, the things that they are likely to fail on are worn consumables.
I'm going to be a bit sad when mine has to go due to the poisonous midget's directive.
Having a mate pass your car at his Mot garage is very risky for his licence to be a nominated tester and the stations licence too. VOSA or DVSA as they now call themselves can and do walk into any testing station, show their warrant card and demand the keys to the vehicle just tested and any parked there that have seen to be tested, or even worse a vehicle that was logged on to the mot computer system but has not moved from its parking space. Then the two of them will carry out an mot inspection to the letter, taking a good hour or more and WILL find something wrong. Both the tester and the garage are then on a warning or even shut down if they find serious fault. They use a traffic light system. Red. Amber. Green. for assessing garage standards and penalty points that can lead to loss of testing licence. When anyone asks a mate to pass their car regardless of condition they are putting their mate and the garages livelihood at risk.
years ago my dads van failed due to play in the steering rack.. put a new one on, that failed too, talked to the supplier.. 'they're supposed to have that much play in them'In my experience VOSA officers don't know their arse from their elbow sadly. Experience tells you if something is acceptable. Steering joints for instance are allowed to have a certain amount of play. Any play is a fail is not correct.
years ago my dads van failed due to play in the steering rack.. put a new one on, that failed too, talked to the supplier.. 'they're supposed to have that much play in them'