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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: turtle on July 20, 2004, 16:06:47

Title: M.O.T Time
Post by: turtle on July 20, 2004, 16:06:47

Just booked turtle in for this year M.O.T. at 5pm tomorrow.

Keep all your fingers crossed for me so it passes  :D

Title: M.O.T Time
Post by: strapping young lad on July 20, 2004, 16:23:11

yeh good luck

mine passed with just handbrake needing adjustment  (THANK GOD!)

Title: M.O.T Time
Post by: Paul on July 20, 2004, 18:32:38

Good luck Phil.  [-o<

Title: M.O.T Time
Post by: turtle on July 21, 2004, 08:58:40

Will let you know the outcome  :roll:

Title: M.O.T Time
Post by: Mace on July 21, 2004, 10:15:18

I'm keeping schtum.  :wink:

Title: M.O.T Time
Post by: Pete5844 on July 21, 2004, 22:29:56

S**t no one told me you had to MOT these things. :shock:

Title: M.O.T Time
Post by: turtle on July 22, 2004, 09:21:47

Well guys the Turtle has...................................















PASSED  :D  :D  :D  :D

With a couple of advises.

O/S and N/S Front Brake Pipe Support Brackets Broken

Smoke Emissions Near to Upper Limit (Service needed I think)

Front and Rear Diff Oil Seals Passing Oil

Rear Main Passing Oil.


And when did the price go up, cost me £40.75  :cry: Last year I paid 31 squid. Robin B...........

Title: M.O.T Time
Post by: Paul on July 22, 2004, 10:41:48

Hehe..  Good News...   =D>

Title: M.O.T Time
Post by: strapping young lad on July 22, 2004, 10:49:15

nice one!

mine came back with advisory to adjust handbrake..

and before it went in the headlights needed adjusting

came back with 60 quid bill

then again i didnt take it in, a mechanic friend of mine did

i dont mind paying 60 quid pass

its when its 60 quid and fails i get annoyed!

Title: M.O.T Time
Post by: Mace on July 22, 2004, 13:11:05

Phew Phil. At least it got through.

Check your axle breathers are clear as a build up of pressure will blow oil past the seals.

Did anyone read in LRE (i think) about a bloke who tried to buy a disco but it had no MOT. The garage agreed to get it MOT'd and serviced within the asking price but when he went to pick it up he noticed that the mileage was exactly the same as when he looked 1 week before hand, and yet the MOT certificate came from a garage 15 miles away. He could also see the oil filter hadn't been changed so it clearly hadn't been serviced. Needless to say, he walked away.

Now that's a Robin' B........

I paid £30 for my MOT in May

Title: M.O.T Time
Post by: turtle on July 22, 2004, 14:40:35

Quote from: "Mace"

Phew Phil. At least it got through.

Check your axle breathers are clear as a build up of pressure will blow oil past the seals.

Thanks for the advice - will check.

Quote from: "Mace"

Did anyone read in LRE (i think) about a bloke who tried to buy a disco but it had no MOT. The garage agreed to get it MOT'd and serviced within the asking price but when he went to pick it up he noticed that the mileage was exactly the same as when he looked 1 week before hand, and yet the MOT certificate came from a garage 15 miles away. He could also see the oil filter hadn't been changed so it clearly hadn't been serviced. Needless to say, he walked away.

Now that's a Robin' B........

I paid £30 for my MOT in May

I think I would have walked away as well. 30 squid I'm not going to the right MOT station.  :cry:

Title: M.O.T Time
Post by: matthew on July 23, 2004, 00:44:48

£41 sounds like the official price set by the VI. Testing stations are able to charge whatever they want up to this as a maximum. I normally pay £25.

Title: M.O.T Time
Post by: Paul on July 23, 2004, 09:21:18

That's right,

£41.75 is the VI rate or at least it was last time I looked..

I pay £25 for my Tests. :wink: