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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: TheBoy on 19 July 2006, 12:13:43

Title: MOT
Post by: TheBoy on 19 July 2006, 12:13:43: Just off to get an MOT. Not the MV6, but the ZX10. Wish me luck....
Title: Re: MOT
Post by: nixoro on 19 July 2006, 12:15:17: Quote
Just off to get an MOT. Not the MV6, but the ZX10. Wish me luck....

Good luck [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
Title: Re: MOT
Post by: bob.dent on 19 July 2006, 12:22:24: Quote
Just off to get an MOT. Not the MV6, but the ZX10. Wish me luck....

Good luck - hope it sails through[smiley=thumbsup.gif]

and I do believe this good luck message earns me an extra star for 50th post ;)
Title: Re: MOT
Post by: Markie on 19 July 2006, 12:30:30: fingers crossed Jamie!! ;)
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Post by: Martin_1962 on 19 July 2006, 12:39:52: Good luck Jaime
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Post by: TheBoy on 19 July 2006, 15:07:18: It passed :D - only needed a new rear tyre which I knew I had ripped to shreds...
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Post by: Bernie400 on 19 July 2006, 15:12:52: nice one :)
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Post by: Markie on 19 July 2006, 16:23:18: All the more money to buy beer and celebrate then !!!
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Post by: TheBoy on 19 July 2006, 16:33:16: I have a fridge full of Stella ready and waiting :D
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Post by: nixoro on 19 July 2006, 16:37:18: Quote
I have a fridge full of Stella ready and waiting :D

Have one on me [smiley=beer.gif], glad you had a good result
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Post by: Markie on 19 July 2006, 16:46:24: ....and i shall be [smiley=beer.gif] joining you shortly, off home in an hour and off for 4 days [smiley=beer.gif]
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Post by: RonaldMcBurger on 19 July 2006, 16:47:49: Yep, good luck mate.

I am surprised however that you can fit an MoT in yourschedule. 415 posts in a week? You need help mate...... ;D
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Post by: tunnie on 19 July 2006, 16:50:05: nice one! get that done in Brackley?
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Post by: stuart30 on 19 July 2006, 18:53:25: Well done on the Bike MOT....Just had my GSXR600 done a week or so ago and the ELITE flew through its MOT today. 8-)

Fancied a ZX10 for years now or possibly an older CBR1000...dont like the small modern mickey mouse bikes they make now days.
Title: Re: MOT
Post by: TheBoy on 19 July 2006, 19:33:09: Quote
nice one! get that done in Brackley?
Yup, done at Sliders/Macsport or whatever they're called this week...
Title: Re: MOT
Post by: TheBoy on 19 July 2006, 19:36:26: Quote
Yep, good luck mate.

I am surprised however that you can fit an MoT in yourschedule. 415 posts in a week? You need help mate...... ;D
Hey, I just checked, I'm top poster :D

Sad, isn't it :(
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Post by: Martin_1962 on 19 July 2006, 19:50:25: ANd I am second and he has double my posts :-?
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Post by: Big Rod on 19 July 2006, 23:06:52: Well I had a bit of a shocker this morning!!

I knew that my MOT was imminent, so I consulted my folder of documents only to find that the MOT had in fact officially run out a month ago!!! ( It was actuallytwo days ago, but the muppets got the month wrong on the copy doc' they supplied me and put June and not July on the computerised copy!!!)

Anyway, a mad rush ensued trying to find someone to MOT the MV6 in a hurry and wouldn't you know it, everyone and their aunty is on holiday!! Possibly the UK's busiest time historically for MOT's and they're all off in Marbella!!

Anyway, I eventually found one who saw me straight away and passed the beast only telling me that I could really use a new near side window wiper. PHEW!!!
Title: Re: MOT
Post by: rob114 on 19 July 2006, 23:14:59: Well, No MoT would have got u a form to get one from the police unless there were other offences in conjunction - an important doc yes but thankfully treated with common sense.Glad u got sorted!
Title: Re: MOT
Post by: TheBoy on 20 July 2006, 09:17:27: Insurance companies have a get out clause if car doesn't have valid MOT :(
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Post by: Bernie400 on 20 July 2006, 09:42:34: not strictly true although I do not spend my life reading policy wordings.

I think they say if not in a roadworthy condition which of course tends to mean have you got a MOT.

If not what tends to happen is that they reduce the settlement figure on a theft or the value of vehicle when assessing whether to repair.

Bottom line is they will use every trick in the book to reduce the payment made. Knocking back a claim unless they are pretty sure tends to attract bad publicity so they are a bit crafty.

I am sure eveyone one of us have had a bad experience
Title: Re: MOT
Post by: TheBoy on 20 July 2006, 09:45:40: One of my old policies definatly said it was only valid with MOT, can't remember which company, probably Directline.
Title: Re: MOT
Post by: Bernie400 on 20 July 2006, 11:08:31: Direct Line - says it all really.

anyone is perfectly entitled to insure a car that is not used on the road, laid up vehicle for example - therefore a mot does not have to be a requirement,
hence I would suspect that any insurer would find it very difficult to uphold that part of their policy wording in a court of law as being reasonable if the cars use was not being used on the road.

hang on I am getting carried away here on something not worth it, sorry 'the boy' - stop it bernie, just cut to the chase - Dont you just hate insurance anyway?

one of the neccessary evils