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General => General discussion => Topic started by: tobz. on 14 November 2005, 12:43
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Hmmmm just got the verdict on my cars mot...........I guess as it passed with flying colours last year I should have expected it.
Full exhaust required from manifold back :sad:
Complete brake lines both sides front to rear including rear flexi pipes :sad:
Just to make matters worse new mot laws mean if you take the car from the testing station you have to pay for a re-test, no more 7day free re-test (I didn't know about that).
So now my car is stuck at the garage until it's done and I'll be in for a hefty bill :angry:
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eek.
my rallye is going in saturday, i have a feeling my brake lines will need doing too :sad:
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thats harsh mate.  :sad:
gutted for you
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I would check em now chris, it's a real pain not being able to take the car from the garage. My mot doesn't actually run out until dec 10th but I'm not prepared to pay another £44 for the retest. It's all to do with this new computerised mot scheme, I guess other people have experienced the same???
Cheers Rhyso
Today was gonna be the last drive before laying it up for winter, turned out to be a pricey one!
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MOT's! my first vavler failed 3 times before i decided to sack it off!
failed on mainly the rear brakes being inoperative! but then just as i took it to its 3rd re-test it made a knocking noise that i thin was the drive shafts so the bloke said it was a "death trap"!
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Surely you can still put your car in a month early and drive it away if it fails? If it passes I assume you still get the 13 month ticket?
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Yep that's correct Rich, I could have driven it away today as it still has a valid ticket. However as soon as it leaves the station then it will require a full retest (unless the failure falls into a category of minor failures listed on a gov.co.uk site I was browsing earlier) unlike it used to be where they would just re-check the failure points.
Yes you do still get the forward dated ticket if presenting you old one with a month remaining.
Here's the list of free re-test items:
http://www.motester.co.uk/retest.html
The main site has some interesting info on the new computerised system.
It seems that the tester is logged on while carrying out your test and the system logs all details including how long the test takes. The benchmark figure is 50minutes and if a tester constantly conducts tests in under this they are likely to be investigated. Sounds like they are really clamping down on the mot industry.
Totalled up my bill and including the test it looks like I'm in for about £600, mind you I pity the poor sod that's got to change that downpipe.
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it was a bit "wooly" before hand tho to be fair! Just surprised it has taken them this long to make life difficult for everyone
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a friend of mine is an mot tester and he's had to do all sorts because of this new computerised system. lukily mine passed! when i took the engine out i made up new brake lines at they were a bit dodgy. soooo glad i did now.
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sh!t, hope this aint an omen, mines booked in thursday.
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I'm sure my station still does a free retest. I'll have to check. The Mk2 needs a ticket so I want to be able to take it back, having done the work myself,
if when it fails
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Gutted for ya tobz...when did they start all this new mot stuff then?!i had heard about it,but wasn sure when exactly they were puttin it into practice..cheers for the heads-up thou *starts saving now for next yrs mot* :smiley:
Dinx :kiss:
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mine's gone straight thru on the last 2, so did my mk3 8v b4 that, and barone von on one's vr did when i took that too, i guess it's not what ya know....... :wink: :laugh: :grin:
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Rich - If your local test station is still on the non-computerised system then the free re-test will be down to their discretion as usual. You can still take the car home and do the work yourself but the rules state it would then need a full re-test at full price.
Dinx - I think they started trials of it in April this year and now the scheme has been accepted and put into place. It's just a case of the time it takes them to install the computers at all 18500 testing stations until all garages are running the new system.
I was gonna chat to the guy at the garage doing my car later to see what they think about it.
Here's a thought I had:
Suppose a garage has 6 mots booked in one day and they all fail (it could happen) and all of the owners decide to leave them there as they don't want to pay the full retest fee. Now not only has the garage suddenly got 6 cars to store but they also have 6 unplanned cars to squeeze into their schedule for repairs. Most garages I use are normally fully booked up for at least a few days in advance so surely this will cause a total nightmare.
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My mate had his MOT done in our local station and not only had it definately moved over to the new system but it failed and he took it back for a free retest. I'll double check, but I'm sure that was the case. Maybe its still down to the garage whether they actually charge the full amount for the retest..............or maybe that was still the trial period and it has changed now. As I say I'll double check with my mate that does my MOT's.
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I don't know how true it is but I have read on web that some MOT stations are considering claiming compensation from VOSA because of the new computerized system going down and so they are having to use the emergency procedures to do the tests  therefore bu66ering up their daily work schedules . :undecided:
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I had to pay for a retest for some items that I considered to be very minor, all because I needed the car and couldn't leave it at the MOT place. They also didn't have time to sort the stuff out - conveinient. Really annoying.
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most places are aupposed to be on the computerised system now, altho as with some garages (e.g.t he one form my house) they have the equipment but the people who r coming to fit theres, are due any day (prob next week..., week after, next month... next year) so its luck of the draw! best thing is to get a pre m.o.t check done.. then they will tell u roughly what needs doin (if anything) and then have th test done, usually costs u 1/2 price of test at the most, although, this is also at the garages discretion!
(hope it passes - took me 3 times to get golf to pass when i was puttin it back on the road!! )
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im pissed off now. A fcking VW garage cant MOT my car cus its to low. told em to take the splitter off an they wudnt. wayne kerrs, f**king tossing thingys. now i actully hve to take it to basingstoke on thursday. an d another thing, the thingy tried to charge me too..... for labour time. arse bandit tit
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not the dealers in basingstoke???
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nah just a garage down their, unles anyone knows of a MOT station with a flat ramp in reading
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ah well, was just going to point out my number plate.....
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d120/jmallows/52b40d1f.jpg)
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im pissed off now. A fcking VW garage cant MOT my car cus its to low. told em to take the splitter off an they wudnt. wayne kerrs, f**king tossing thingys. now i actully hve to take it to basingstoke on thursday. an d another thing, the thingy tried to charge me too..... for labour time. arse bandit tit
i took my 1.6 driver to national to get my tracking and camber sorted and they couldnt do it coz it was too low, they can just reverse it on surely that will work, thats what i had to do with my valver at national (again) when i got my back box fitted
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i had to get the missus's mk2 mot'd on monday morning... i tried ringing round a few local garages to see if i could find one that hadn't gone over to the computerised system. i had my *cough* rover tested 2 weeks ago at a garage local to me, and they hadn't gone over, but the new computer had just been installed when i took it back for the retest. the tester told me they were damned unhappy about the new system and were just expecting lots of hassle from it. also, they reckoned they 'had' to charge the full £44 for a test, instead of a few quid less so they were undercutting the big dealers and tyre centres.
luckily, my missus's golf passed it's test on the first attempt, but i got an advisary notice on the state of the front discs (new grooved and drilled discs, £21 on egay!! :grin: ). the tester told me that if it had failed on the discs, and i'd left the car with them, they could have done a free retest if they'd got the discs done that day. all very well and good, but what if they couldn't get the discs that day, or didn't have the time to fit them.
this new system is just another pain in the ass, but like all systems, ways round the rules will emerge. support your local small garage, and they'll look after you!
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Well went into the garage last night...........drove out with a new mot but £629 lighter in the old wallet department for the pleasure!!! AND the heatshield on my old downpipe disintegrated when they removed it so I had to order one today. Europarts don't seem to have them so I had to phone the local stealership, that lightened my wallet a further £41.15!!!
I also enquired about new aluminium heatshields under the floor as mine are looking a bit shabby.........£46 for the one in the tunnel, £116 for the one under the rear seat!!!! Sod that, they can wait for a while.
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my mot has been moved forward to 4pm tomorrow, i reckon the brakes might just scrape through, only a bit spongy if you really slam the pedal down, but who needs to do that with 280mm discs ? :grin: looks like a piece of front brake pad has broken off in the corner, should get away with that. i have no side repeaters.. the horn has packed up.. passenger window doesnt work (is that a requirement anyway ?) ahhh this should be fun ! :grin:
goodridge braided hoses and a full disc/pad set will be ordered at the weekend regardless.
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You might get away with the missing chip off your brake pad as they only really have a quick check to see how thick they are.
You'll definately need to get the bottom of the horn problem.
Almost certain that windows aren't checked in an mot so that should be fine.
I thought side repeaters would be a failure if the car was made after 1985 as it must have them after then??? Anybody sure on that one???
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normally the thing with extra lights is that if they're there they must work.. if they're just not there then i _think_ it'll be ok..
for eaxmple.. i know that if there are fogs on the front they must work.. if theres just blanking plate it doesnt matter..
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This has been discussed many a time... My garage told me they didnt check them, so it would pass if they werent working/missing. But, other people have told me that their garage has failed them on it. I think its just the garage trying to make a bit more money out of you.... i use a good garage so they dont try and do that :wink: They always tell me, and normally i can say, oh, i'll fix that myself dont worry!
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Yet another refusal to test, plus iv found a VW dealer who didnt recognise a G60. tits. an im well upset cus me mot runs out on the 22nd. needs to be done before RR! time is running out! help! i need a garage with a flat ramp or pit within 50 miles of Reading, any ideas?
Peace! Jords
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I always thought that if you had holes in the wing for side repeaters then you need to have them working, unless you know the MOT man. :wink:
As for the retest bit, I spoke to the lads that I take my car to and they said that if your car fails on whatever, the reason they have to charge a full re-test is because under the new system they are not allowed to just test the failed items, they have to give the car a full test and yes, garages have already been caught out with the timing side of it, as in, I'll set the clock off, go and have a cup of tea, a sh1t and then finish the test etc. :sad:
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i guess ill find out at 4pm :grin:
the horn started working on its own after a bit of a drive last night, the sidelight bulb that i thought had blown started working again too ? the brakes improved a bit (it has been standing for quite some time), stopped fine when the car was on the move,but with the car stopped, engine still running, i could push the brake pedal all the way to the floor.. cant remember if thats normal or not. we do know the mot guy quite well but there isnt so much of a "buffer" these days with the new barcode/computerised system in place :undecided:
i did notice though, that my rear numberplate was half hanging off.. looks like one of the retaining clips in the tailgate has broken.. ill just have to drive slow till thats fixed.... nahhh! :grin:
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passed first time :grin:
tester asked where the side repeaters were, so we poked him in the eye and legged it.