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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: redleif on 03 September 2008, 12:03
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Heavily pitted nearside front disc with worn pads was why it failed.
Offside front disc was advisory as were the pads…
Do I get em to replace both discs and pads for £150 inclusive of labour/VAT, free re-test and have it done this afternoon or do I take it off them, order the parts, do it myself and then get it MOT’d again which’ll take about 3 days?
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guess it depends how quickly you want the car back on the road :undecided:
look for Mintex discs and pads on Ebay - there was a link in an earlier thread by Bobbarley - cheap as chips :smiley:
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Yeah good point, Todays MOT will be £40 - then I've gotta buy discs and pads, then get a re-test - another £40..
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I thought you were allowed a few days to get any problems sorted and stil be re-tested for free?
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I thought you were allowed a few days to get any problems sorted and stil be re-tested for free?
It's at the descretion of the garage, don't think many of them would like you to go away, fix the problem and bring it back to get a free MOT. The free re test is usually on the basis that you get any work carried out by them.
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I thought you were allowed a few days to get any problems sorted and stil be re-tested for free?
It's at the descretion of the garage, don't think many of them would like you to go away, fix the problem and bring it back to get a free MOT. The free re test is usually on the basis that you get any work carried out by them.
With my old mk2 I had a week to have a free retest. It failed on a few things but changed it all myself and got my free re-test. I always look for this option when I book an MOT
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most garages dont normally charge for retest as long as it back to them within ten days
but it is up to the garage robbin gits :grin:
this is the trouble with garages that advertise cheap mots they sting u for the retest
mots r roughly 53 quid round here but no retest charge
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If it was me I would just get it done there least you will back on the road and will save you being without the car for 3 days.
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I'd ask if you can have a free retest within x amount of days, first of all & take it from there.
I don't know much Bob payed on ebay, but i'd be expecting to pay about £70 for a set of front pads & discs.
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I'd ask if you can have a free retest within x amount of days, first of all & take it from there.
I don't know much Bob payed on ebay, but i'd be expecting to pay about £70 for a set of front pads & discs.
He paid £70 for Mintex discs and mintex pads - though they were 312mm.
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Heavily pitted nearside front disc with worn pads was why it failed.
Offside front disc was advisory as were the pads…
Do I get em to replace both discs and pads for £150 inclusive of labour/VAT, free re-test and have it done this afternoon or do I take it off them, order the parts, do it myself and then get it MOT’d again which’ll take about 3 days?
it's also a possibility they can charge a partial retest if within 10 days, again at there discretion, i would be wary of a garage that wont give 10 days either free or partial retest. did you check that they were corroded? prime pickings for garage to fail on easily replaced item
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I'd ask if you can have a free retest within x amount of days, first of all & take it from there.
I don't know much Bob payed on ebay, but i'd be expecting to pay about £70 for a set of front pads & discs.
He paid £70 for Mintex discs and mintex pads - though they were 312mm.
Pretty good going. :cool:
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Heavily pitted nearside front disc with worn pads was why it failed.
Offside front disc was advisory as were the pads…
Do I get em to replace both discs and pads for £150 inclusive of labour/VAT, free re-test and have it done this afternoon or do I take it off them, order the parts, do it myself and then get it MOT’d again which’ll take about 3 days?
it's also a possibility they can charge a partial retest if within 10 days, again at there discretion, i would be wary of a garage that wont give 10 days either free or partial retest. did you check that they were corroded? prime pickings for garage to fail on easily replaced item
Yeah I checked, they offer a discounted retest within 10 days of the inital MOT subject to some conditions but the main problem was that I need the car for work, which is over 15 miles away with nobody in the near vicinity to share with. An online order would have taken 2 days minimum, plus the reduced price of a re-test, doesn't really save me that much in the long run, I'd loose any saving taking unpaid leave at work if I was without a car ahyhow.
Just wish I'd done a disk upgrate last month when I was considering it...
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I've never been so popular :cool:
I say do it yourself. The front discs and pads I bought were Mintex, 312mm vented. You will only want 288mm vented with pads for the front, which is gonna cost you a fair bit less. And remember, fitting mintex i basically upgrading your stock VW discs and pads.
I believe by law they can''t charge for a re-test, that's the reason the law was brought in in the first place.
http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/quality.car.parts/
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I've never been so popular :cool:
I say do it yourself. The front discs and pads I bought were Mintex, 312mm vented. You will only want 288mm vented with pads for the front, which is gonna cost you a fair bit less. And remember, fitting mintex i basically upgrading your stock VW discs and pads.
I believe by law they can''t charge for a re-test, that's the reason the law was brought in in the first place.
http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/quality.car.parts/
not law mate
After failure, fees for re-examination vary according to the following circumstances:
If your vehicle is left with the Testing Station for repair and re-examination – NO FEE
If the vehicle is taken away from the Testing Station and returns for re-examination on other than one or more of the items listed below, then only the failed item (including any other items affected by the execution of the repair) needs to be examined by the MOT Tester, for which the Testing Station may charge (up to), half the full Test fee. Whilst this fee cannot be exceeded, the Tester may, at his or her discretion conduct a full re-inspection if at the Tester’s discretion it is deemed necessary.
NOTE: It should also be noted that should a vehicle be submitted for an MOT Test whilst still having an unexpired and valid MOT pass certificate, and fail the inspection, the original pass certificate remains legally valid until it expires. However, should any vehicle have developed faults which renders it un-roadworthy in legal terms, it would be unlawful to use it on the road irrespective of whether or not it has a current and valid MOT pass certificate.
“NO FEE†RE-TEST ITEMS
Free re-test* items which do not require the full Test to be conducted if the vehicle is brought back to the station and re-Tested before the end of the next working day:
*Only one free re-test is permissible per MOT
ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM (ABS) WARNING
BODY CONDITION
(WHERE THE EXAMINATION OF THE BODY IS CARRIED OUT SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASCERTAINING WHETHER THERE ARE ANY SHARP EDGES OR PROJECTIONS LIKELY TO CAUSE INJURY)
BOOT LID
BRAKE PEDAL ANTI-SLIP DEVICES
DIRECTION INDICATORS/ HAZARD WARNING
DOORS
DROPSIDES
EXHAUST EMISSIONS
FUEL FILLER CAP
HEADLAMP AIM
HORN
LAMPS
LOADING DOOR
MIRRORS
REAR REFLECTORS
REGISTRATION PLATES
SEAT BELTS (BUT NOT ANCHORAGES)
SEATS
STEERING WHEEL
TAILBOARD
TAILGATE
V. I. N.
WINDSCREEN
WINDSCREEN WIPERS/ WASHERS
WHEELS AND TYRES (Class III, IV and VII only)
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Where'd you steal that from? :)
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Where'd you steal that from? :)
wrote it out meself honest took me ages :smiley: :grin:
http://www.motester.co.uk/mot-retest.html