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Must be a day for MOT passes - a pass on the Petrol Blue 3.2 Elite with clean bill of health and no advisories. In fact it created a lot of admiration from the other mechanics during its test..

Congratulations on the MOT pass 

It's quite often a stranger says ...
"not seen one of them in a while"  ""great car, I used to have one" etc

I hope they are not too disappointed when I don't praise their common as muck, shiny ,Euro Sh!tbox 

Great to get an advisory free pass on an Omega now with youngest ones being 20 years old 

Mine seems to get the most attention when filling it with fuel, loads of 'I used to have one of these, best car I ever had' and 'You don't see one of those very often' remarks. However, no one offers to pay for the fuel!

Finished a head gasket repair on a friends 1.4 Turbo Zaf C.

Wife has one of these (2016 SE 1.4 Auto) - I really should dump the coolant on this. Been giving it annual oil changes with Dex1 Gen2.

It does low miles, but lots of stop/start town stuff.

It's been very reliable so far, just changed the coolant hose that goes from the coolant tank and plumbs in what I assume is the main coolant engine feed. The one with the metal clip, it was starting to weep a bit.

It blew a windscreen washer pump around 2 years ago.

But apart from that since 2019 been a solid mummy wagon.

I guess that is the smaller vent hose from the top of coolant elbow at the gearbox end of the engine to the header tank?

The hose end goes brittle and fractures, the part with the metal clip is actually (and rather crazy!) an adaptor with an O ring on it (easy to swap the O-ring), the main hose has a plastic clip integrated into the end

Must be a day for MOT passes - a pass on the Petrol Blue 3.2 Elite with clean bill of health and no advisories. In fact it created a lot of admiration from the other mechanics during its test..

Congratulations on the MOT pass 

It's quite often a stranger says ...
"not seen one of them in a while"  ""great car, I used to have one" etc

I hope they are not too disappointed when I don't praise their common as muck, shiny ,Euro Sh!tbox   

Must be a day for MOT passes - a pass on the Petrol Blue 3.2 Elite with clean bill of health and no advisories. In fact it created a lot of admiration from the other mechanics during its test..

....
Brake pipes don't "self heal" with time   

unfortunately not 

One thing that is mandatory ,yet I doubt ever gets tested .....
"speedometer is working correctly and gives an accurate reading"
obviously speedos are NEVER tested on AUDIs, Golf GTIs (or golfs pretending to be GTI, with Ebay badges,) etc   

A few years back ... maybe 10/13 ..... I presented an Astra G for test with a none working speedo/odometer.
The car passed without comment! (eventually  )

Going back quite a number of years now, the tester at the little village garage i used
 always got me to stay in the car when he hoisted it up. He got me to press peddles and wriggle the steering wheel about a bit.    Doubt we allowed near the test bay now are we? 

Thats exactly what happens when I take cars for MOT at my local garage, although the car isnt hoisted up. The tester is in a pit under it.

MOT Pass, no advisories on the BMW 

Congratulations on the MOT pass 

MOT pass on the Smart Roadster .... but with the same advisories on brake pipes it's had on the last 4 MOTs 

Congratulations on the MOT pass 

Brake pipes don't "self heal" with time   

Did oil and filter on the V70. The D4 5 Cylinder engine isn't the greatest for getting the oil level correct on. Takes more than what half the online sources say, dipstick (a retrofit) shows just above half, electronic gauge says full. This is one of those engines that likes to fill the sump with diesel if it doesn't complete a regen, then the car starts to complain.

Also managed to give the Silver Omega a good wash, lots of green forming on the window seals etc. Didn't come up too bad after a bit of work though. My arms ache now!

Some stations have ATLs (automated test lanes) where the tester can do an MOT on his own
(vibrate plates/shakers to rock suspension, mirrors to check rear lights etc )
non ATLs require a second person / helper
Many yest stations have "test viewing areas" so you can watch 
I doubt many garages or test stations would allow general public in the work or test areas these days
it's an insurance liability due to "people" being STUPID ,getting hurt, then claiming compensation 
much like everywhere ,"where there's blame  ,make a claim"
Alternatively ... use common sense ,don't get injured in the first place   

Nice one. Very nice looking example. 

Thank you. It's a nice colour when it's clean!