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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: Dirty Gertie on April 06, 2005, 14:18:09
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:(biglaugh): I took HL for MOT this morning, and I must admit I was expecting a reasonably expensive list of failed items; so I was very relieved to receive a notice with just one item on it!!! :(biglaugh): She only needs the N/S/F track rod end replacing!!! Am I a happy bunny or what?? :(biglaugh):
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well done!! (phew!)
I always hate that time of year!!
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Congratulations. =D>
I hate mot's! :evil:
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That happened to me once :shock: :shock: .
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Guy
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Congratulations!!!
I've got mine at the end of the month, and Im dreading it - though last year I just needed a rear damper replaceing.
I dread to think what needs doing this year! :shock:
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Well Done!!
I am absolutely dreading mine...... I have ony had it a few weeks and dont know what real state its in anywhere...... but I am sure those good honest MOT testing men will let me know :roll:
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I gave up worrying about mot's, always put the vehicle in a month before its due, give me time to cry with joy or sadness, and has the time to get the work done. If it passes first time or with minimum of hassle the noew certificate can be back dated the amount left on the old one
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I don't know why but I thought mine was not due until the end of the month. Checked the date yesterday and found out that it finished tomorrow.
Got the motor booked in for this morning 9.00 am. Had no time to check for anything obvious , only enough before it got dark to run it to the nearest jetwash and gave it a good clean (£7 :shock: ) .
Passed with nothing to report.
8)
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There ya go isn't ignorance bliss, you didn't have time to worry about the mot until it was too late :lol:
Mind you if you hadn't spotted it, you would probably been pulled on friday to produce your documents, thats when it really cheeses you off :?
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Mots see them all day long working in a garage unfortunately only ever see two landies in the workshop Stanton Boy's and Neil Thorne - both mot testers they test each others and enjoy looking for failable items so they can get nice and dirty helping each other repair the failed items.
Its is true legally mot can be done up to a month before date of expiry on certificate which gives you a months le way to cry about repairs and vehicle still legal on the road. And as long as you provide the previous mot certificate at the time of test/retest it can be forward dated to the expiry date.
hey i know full of useless information but not everybody knows about above and leaves it to day before or several days weeks after, recently i had one customer who was 6 months over due for mot - and they had got away with it :roll:
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recently i had one customer who was 6 months over due for mot - and they had got away with it :roll:
That will be a thing of the past when they go electronic
and DVLA have your MOT information to hand. :wink:
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Mine just failed :cry: but only on the indicator light on the dash not flashing and the emissions to high so not to bad :wink: I will now have to set the pump back to standard and give it a flush with some injector cleaner. :twisted: It could have been worse I have only just rebuilt the passenger side sill he would have had a right laugh if I hadn’t done this it did a very good impression of a tea bag don’t you just love land rovers :?
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Its is true legally mot can be done up to a month before date of expiry on certificate which gives you a months le way to cry about repairs and vehicle still legal on the road. And as long as you provide the previous mot certificate at the time of test/retest it can be forward dated to the expiry date.
Thanks for that! mines due on the 26th, asnd I need her for a fair on the 2nd, so was getting a wee bit worried - will book her in next week! :)
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Only thing you have to watch if you test it early, dont run up too many miles before the re-test they could insist on a full mot again, not just re-testing the failed components of the first one
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Good point
thanks Kev :lol:
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I thought I heard - and I could easily be wrong - that when they go electronic, a failed MOT will be immediate regardless of how much time is left on the current MOT!?
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when it does go electronic; does that mean we'll get a reminder thro the post?? Brain like a seive!! :roll:
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when it does go electronic; does that mean we'll get a reminder thro the post?? Brain like a seive!! :roll:
Didn't they give you one of those little blue stickers to go inside your windscreen, with the due date on it? :)
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when it does go electronic; does that mean we'll get a reminder thro the post?? Brain like a seive!! :roll:
Didn't they give you one of those little blue stickers to go inside your windscreen, with the due date on it? :)
:(bigcry): I've never had a little blue sticker!! :(bigcry):
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I thought I heard - and I could easily be wrong - that when they go electronic, a failed MOT will be immediate regardless of how much time is left on the current MOT!?
No it will be the same as it is now.
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when it does go electronic; does that mean we'll get a reminder thro the post?? Brain like a seive!! :roll:
No, The main reason for this is so that if your vehicle is seen by
a number plate recognition camera it will notify the police that the
MOT has expired.
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when it does go electronic; does that mean we'll get a reminder thro the post?? Brain like a seive!! :roll:
No, The main reason for this is so that if your vehicle is seen by
a number plate recognition camera it will notify the police that the
MOT has expired.
thats great, theyll notify the police but not the owner - how helpful!
....another revenue opportunity for the soft target that is the motorist. grrrr
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\:D/ \:D/ \:D/ She PASSED!!!!!! \:D/ \:D/ \:D/
I am one happy Camper! :(contented):
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Same here, Took the bobtail for an MOT today and it's now got a full ticket. :D
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WooHoo!! Yep, HL passed last friday too!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
....and I STILL haven't got a little blue sticker!!! [sticky-out bottom lip!!]
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I STILL haven't got a little blue sticker!!! [sticky-out bottom lip!!]
Don't worry - even if you do get one the date fades after a couple of months - long before you need to actually be reminded of the next test date anyway :roll:
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I've never had a little blue sticker!!
Put a but of white masking tape on the inside of the sun visor, or somewhere else you can see it, write the mot date on that :wink:
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Just had a nice surprise, the Disco MOT isnt til July, I thought it was June, and the Suzuki is not until August and I thought it was May...... what a great day, for now at least :)
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Passed first try---Great. Did an end to end service over the last 3 months & finished off with the brakes last week. Only one siezed piston on the back & got that freed off + a set of pads in the back as well. 12 months hassle free motoring (I hope)--Hurray--Cogs
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yaahoooo :D :D
its passed now i can spend time getting ready for the alps :wink: :lol:
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By sheer miracle mine passed first time last year with no problems at all, very happy with that as its fairly rare for a series vehicle and I had done a fair bit of engine work on it in the months prior to the test.
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:(biglaugh): I took HL for MOT this morning, and I must admit I was expecting a reasonably expensive list of failed items; so I was very relieved to receive a notice with just one item on it!!! :(biglaugh): She only needs the N/S/F track rod end replacing!!! Am I a happy bunny or what?? :(biglaugh):
Just been the same today for me.
Took the money pit in for service/MOT and was expecting list longer that me wheelbase was delighted to say the least when only failed on
*windscreen washer pump not working(fail's under visabilty)
*faulty indicator
*no visable chasis number
(plate was there when I bought her but has rusted off)
had some other work done inc new diesel tank and various bits and pieces I just couldnt be bothered with doing
total
£400 parts labour VAT etc
so was quite happy with that
:D
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I've never had a little blue sticker!!
Put a but of white masking tape on the inside of the sun visor, or somewhere else you can see it, write the mot date on that :wink:
:(stoopid): Now why didn't I think of that?? (don't answer that chaps!! :wink: }
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Its the way I used to find the easiest. Nowadays I try to get the mot to run out a monther after the tax, as you get a reminder for that anyway, it gives you time to get it ready for the mot, and after taxing, the only down side is that you have a lot of bills at one time, the other one is the insurance, thats normally 6 months after the tax :wink: