MOT £27.42 from halfords

[WadGTI]

Falkirk - they do mot's for £30. The seat is getting done tomorrow morning and the golf is getting done in the afternoon which will fail. But I am going to say to him to let him so he thinks twice about failing something that shouldn't be....keep him on his toes!

[barrym381]

Falkirk - they do mot's for £30. The seat is getting done tomorrow morning and the golf is getting done in the afternoon which will fail. But I am going to say to him to let him so he thinks twice about failing something that shouldn't be....keep him on his toes!

had an argument with the tester in the farmers at glasgow airport for the exact same thing he told me 2 of ma tyres had failed yet they still had over 2mm on both 

[Seanl]

I wouldn't take it there tbh, 9 out of 10 people won't know what the f**k they're talking about when the tester tells them they're flux capacitor has failed a resistance check on the forward bulkhead! They'll just say, "ok, change it". Thats the difference, and thats where these guys make up their overheads. That coupled with some of the parts they'd use for servicing which are imo, substandard. 
If you go to "a backstreet garage", its much easier to build a rapport with the tester. I've taken all my cars to the same guy for years. MOT is £40, but he knows I'd change everything myself, so advises what will need doing soon, or the before the next MOT to save all that. He gives me leeway too when there are things that are "borderline", and suggests I get them done pretty sharpish. Never had a failure yet either. 

[AudiA8Quattro]

As above.
It makes a massive difference where you take your car for an MOT.
Some are a complete pain in the arse, and will try and fail it on anything they can.
The smaller garages i have used are not 'looking' for work, and will pass the car unless it is really really bad.
The smaller garage are more likely to let little things through, for example a cracked windscreen, which is just a fail.