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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: 8vRicey on 06 December 2007, 20:58

Title: MOT tomorrow !
Post by: 8vRicey on 06 December 2007, 20:58
Got the dreaded MOT tomorrow, had a precautionary last year for rear axle bushes and brake flexi hoses. Fingers crossed it aint much more, expensive time of year for a man with two kids !!  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: MOT tomorrow !
Post by: Leon R on 06 December 2007, 21:06

Good luck! Rear axle bushes might have gone now but:

http://www.vwspares.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=912

Cheap but a bit hard to change!

Title: Re: MOT tomorrow !
Post by: 8vRicey on 06 December 2007, 21:10

Good luck! Rear axle bushes might have gone now but:

http://www.vwspares.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=912

Cheap but a bit hard to change!



Thats where i got them from, the garage can have the pleasure of that job !!!  :grin: :grin:
Title: Re: MOT tomorrow !
Post by: Jay on 07 December 2007, 18:47
How did it go? Any precautions?
Title: Re: MOT tomorrow !
Post by: jammac on 07 December 2007, 20:09
to busy under the bonnet to respond huh???  :lipsrsealed:
Title: Re: MOT tomorrow !
Post by: 8vRicey on 08 December 2007, 09:38
No other problems to report !!  :smiley:
Rear wheel bearings slightly loose, which he will tighten when doing the bushes.
I think i'm going to book it in for it's next MOT in July, that way no pre-xmas stressing !!  :grin:
Title: Re: MOT tomorrow !
Post by: monkeyalan on 08 December 2007, 09:58
thats what i did . mine was due on the 19th of december.
screw that! how much fun would that be , trying to fix things within 14 days over christmas.

I did it in October instead.  :cool:
Title: Re: MOT tomorrow !
Post by: OakeyDoak16v on 08 December 2007, 11:03
I thought the earliest you could do it was 6 weeks before the origonal mot expirey. :smiley:
Title: Re: MOT tomorrow !
Post by: monkeyalan on 08 December 2007, 11:18
4 weeks if you want to keep the date on your certificate.

I wanted to move mine away from xmas so just did it early and lost two months mot.
Title: Re: MOT tomorrow !
Post by: Dolly on 08 December 2007, 11:35
i declared mine sorn, mot was end of november, and i got a steering rack, rear callipers and an engine to fit ill do it in the spring lol maybe  :laugh:
Title: Re: MOT tomorrow !
Post by: 8vRicey on 08 December 2007, 11:41
I thought the earliest you could do it was 6 weeks before the origonal mot expirey. :smiley:

You can have an MOT anytime you want to, but obviously it still only last for 12 months from the test date.
Title: Re: MOT tomorrow !
Post by: 8vRicey on 08 December 2007, 13:26
Oooohhhh, it's like driving a different car !!!  :laugh: :laugh:
No more twitchy rear end, faster cornering. I like it !!  :shocked: :shocked: