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Offline Cory

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expensive M.O.T ??
« on: 21 July 2010, 20:11 »
the cars goin for an mot tomorrow. and i know its going to fail on

front left strut bearing - bought a g60 setup
rear axle bushes - bought powerflex ones
rear tyres - ordered last thursday but not delivered.

so im guessing the labour for fitting my new parts isnt going to be cheap. plus they might
find other faults. 

anyone got a rouph idea on how much it may cost me to get an mot certificate?
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Offline Diamond Hell

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Re: expensive M.O.T ??
« Reply #1 on: 21 July 2010, 20:21 »
About this much.
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Re: expensive M.O.T ??
« Reply #2 on: 21 July 2010, 21:52 »
If you know its going to fail on something, why not fix it before you get it mot'd? Just a waste of money otherwise  :rolleyes:
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Offline Martz

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Re: expensive M.O.T ??
« Reply #3 on: 21 July 2010, 23:07 »
Not being funny mate - buy it, take it, fail it, fix it.

I bought a Driver (blind sort of) and took it for a mot and now have a fix list, my time and effort to put it right, I will add my hourly rate is most likely a lot more than VW labour rate, so answer to yours is about £1000 Inc parts and labour, won't do vat. Sorry to be vague mate but what needs doing?
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Offline Wayne

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Re: expensive M.O.T ??
« Reply #4 on: 21 July 2010, 23:58 »
Quote from: jezza16v on 21 July 2010, 21:52
If you know its going to fail on something, why not fix it before you get it mot'd? Just a waste of money otherwise  :rolleyes:

+1 makes more sense.
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Re: expensive M.O.T ??
« Reply #5 on: 22 July 2010, 01:12 »
Quote from: Wayne on 21 July 2010, 23:58
Quote from: jezza16v on 21 July 2010, 21:52
If you know its going to fail on something, why not fix it before you get it mot'd? Just a waste of money otherwise  :rolleyes:

+1 makes more sense.

not really.

you could fix everything you know about and it would still fail on something else unseen such as emissions, brake pipe clips not present or the end snapped off a coil spring, for example. No point going to all that effort only to be kicked in the balls at the last minute.

plus re-tests are (usually) free within 10 working days, so get it MOTd regardless, sort the list of failures out one-by-one and retest for free :afro:
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Re: expensive M.O.T ??
« Reply #6 on: 22 July 2010, 01:29 »
Quote from: Wayne on 21 July 2010, 23:58
Quote from: jezza16v on 21 July 2010, 21:52
If you know its going to fail on something, why not fix it before you get it mot'd? Just a waste of money otherwise  :rolleyes:

+1 makes more sense.

+2

Sort it first than you still have 7 days for a free re-test... If it fails
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« Reply #7 on: 22 July 2010, 08:18 »
I'm with cняis on this.

Get told what's f*cked and then fix it.

Things you might think are shot might be fine.

Gimme a list to work to.
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« Reply #8 on: 22 July 2010, 13:49 »
Quote from: Diamond Hell on 22 July 2010, 08:18
I'm with cняis on this.

Get told what's f*cked and then fix it.

Things you might think are shot might be fine.

Gimme a list to work to.

and i work at an MOT test station  :smug:

still didnt stop me from getting 17 failures and 18 advisories ...
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Re: expensive M.O.T ??
« Reply #9 on: 22 July 2010, 13:57 »
Remind me not to go to your garage then Chris ;)
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