MOT

[Mr C]

Sat waiting while the Zed has his 1st MOT since I bought her , feeling like a nervous parent ! Fingers crossed

 

[Tracy Dee]

Good luck.
Mine recently past so know how you feel.
Tracy

 

[DavidM]

I know the feeling! Good luck!

 

[Low Rider]

All the best

 

[andyglym]

Hope all goes well

 

[Davyhoogy]

Good luck!
I sent you a pm regarding stone guards btw

 

[Shelly]

Good luck with your mot

 

[t-tony]

I don't understand why you all worry so much . . . . . . . .

Tony.

 

[Mr C]

Thank you everyone, it passed

 

[andyglym]

I don't understand why you all worry so much . . . . . . . .

Tony.

Question Tony, you ever owned a car that failed it's MOT since you've been a tester?

 

[t-tony]

Fraid so mate, there have been times, usually when I'd forgotten all about it and it had run out!

Tony.

 

[andyglym]

Fraid so mate, there have been times, usually when I'd forgotten all about it and it had run out!

Tony.

If I didn't have the Oracle (Yvonne) I'd miss mine every year

 

[Redline]

Fraid so mate, there have been times, usually when I'd forgotten all about it and it had run out!

Tony.

The biter bit

 

[Redline]

If I didn't have the Oracle (Yvonne) I'd miss mine every year

Set up a calendar item in your phone with a reminder two weeks before. Saves you life on birthdays and anniversaries to

 

[Redline]

Thank you everyone, it passed

Great news. Mine is due in four weeks but having done two weeks before after a full service to give plenty of time if it needs it.

 

[Low Rider]

Excellent news

 

[Grumps]

Excellent news @Mr C. Must be all that European driving!

 

[Faheem]

I think it really does depend on the MOT tester /station. Some of them are just there to rob you and all your money. I recently had a Toyota yaris taken to a city council testing station and it passed despite having a lot of things wrong with it (like a hole in the cat that was bodged up with sealant). It passed with just one advisory.

I took my zed to an independent garage and they failed it for things like "rear valve stem seriously damaged" - I never lost a noticeable amount of air on either of the rear tyres (of which supposedly the valve stems were damaged). They charged £18 a tyre to replace the valve stem... Some of the stuff on the fail sheet is just ridiculous...

Edit: I had the rear tyres later checked at another mot testing station and they're absolutely fine with about 3mm tread left at the time.

 

[t-tony]

Not sure which items you would consider ridiculous Fahemm, such things as tread depth and headlight alignment are things which are measured by "machine" so it's not down to the tester's discretion. Valve stems which are or have been left "seriously misaligned" can, and do, fail and deflate a tyre in an instant, not something that you would want to happen even at low speed.
I agree some some testers do abuse the system in their favour but please don't tar us all with the same brush.

Tony.

 

[Rha]

Forgot to tell you all mine passed last week with no advisories. Never nervous as it's worth knowing if there's something amiss.
Rha, Roy.