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[Del Boy]

One of the 7's failed the MOT today from a tester who I know to be extremely picky. Even the owner of the garage (who I know) isn't as picky as him, get on well with him actually always a fair bloke, loves a balljoint but fair (the owner that is). Anyway failed on three tyres, a supposedly bent alloy, and on the same bent alloy an out of shape tyre, and the tyre rotation was on the wrong way round.

The bent alloy was the bit which got me the most though, mainly because I MOT'd the other 7 Series with the same wheel on and it passed no trouble, not even an advisory for the supposed out of shape tyre. More surprisingly the two front tyres which it failed on seemed fine to me, bit of extra wear on the edges, but all legal with a good 3mm of tread. So I'm somewhat confused, seems different testers pickup on different things, wouldn't complain about the garage as I always use them. 

So it'll be a morning of wheel swapping between cars tomorrow, so there is an advantage of two sometimes 

[gstylebaby]

Just take it back when he's not in and try again or ask for the owner to do it.

[Del Boy]

Something else the new MOT's say now is, if you take the car away for the repairs to be carried out, you have one working day to take it back. I'll sort the tyres out and take it down there in the morning. Never seen that on the old MOT's? I thought it was 10 days.

[Del Boy]

Just take it back when he's not in and try again or ask for the owner to do it.

I'll try and avoid him doing it as much as possible now, he seems to ruin and always has ruined a really good garage with his attitude. He tried telling me the Omega was supposed to have orange indicators on the back once, and not clear. It was a facelift which all come with clear lenses

[Dr_X]

Something else the new MOT's say now is, if you take the car away for the repairs to be carried out, you have one working day to take it back. I'll sort the tyres out and take it down there in the morning. Never seen that on the old MOT's? I thought it was 10 days.

Is that before you have to pay a retest fee???

[Del Boy]

Something else the new MOT's say now is, if you take the car away for the repairs to be carried out, you have one working day to take it back. I'll sort the tyres out and take it down there in the morning. Never seen that on the old MOT's? I thought it was 10 days.

Is that before you have to pay a retest fee???

Yeah that's for the free retest.

[gstylebaby]

Not seen that before....Thats not great.

[Dr_X]

I had an MOT today on the swmbo's 2.6 and I was worried to say the least....it passed just I think but some of the new regs are just ott I think....gives the tester more power to fail the car just cos they got out of bed the wrong side..

[omega3000]

Something else the new MOT's say now is, if you take the car away for the repairs to be carried out, you have one working day to take it back. I'll sort the tyres out and take it down there in the morning. Never seen that on the old MOT's? I thought it was 10 days.

  Mmm never heard of that new one  obv the new law 

[aaronjb]

IIRC correctly - at my local, at least - the new law gives you one working day for some faults and ten working days for others. I had ten working to fix the leaky shock on the Nissan (I went back on the 10th and viola, free retest)

[henryd]

IIRC correctly - at my local, at least - the new law gives you one working day for some faults and ten working days for others. I had ten working to fix the leaky shock on the Nissan (I went back on the 10th and viola, free retest)

I think the free retest is at the discretion of the garage involved unless its a minor items jobbie(which should be on show somewhere at the VTS)

[b4ndit]

 
MOT Test: Fees and Appeals
If the vehicle is brought back to the same test station and retested before the end of
the next working day on one or more of the following items only:
No Additional Fee (Partial Re-Examination)
In any other case full re-examination Ful Fee
Bonnet
Bootlid
Brake Pedal Antislip
Direction Indicators
Doors
Dropsides
Fuel Filler Cap
Hazard Warning
Horn
Lamps (excluding headlamp
aim)
Loading Door
Mirrors
Rear Reflectors
Registration Plates
Seatbelts (excluding
body around anchorage
points)
Seats
Sharp Edges or
Projections
Steering Wheel
Tailboard
Tailgate
Towbars (excluding
body around anchorage
points)
VIN
Windscreen and Glass
Windscreen Wipers
Windscreen Washers
Wheels and Tyres*
* not classes 1 and 2
If the vehicle is left at the testing station for repair and is retested before the end of 10
working days following the day of the initial failure, then only a partial retest is needed
for which no fee may be charged.
If the vehicle is removed from the testing station for repair and returned for retest within
10 working days following the day of the initial failure, then only a partial retest is
needed and a partial retest fee may be charged.
Only one Partial Re-Examination is permissible per full examination
Providing the testing station has not changed ownership:
also up to the garage concerned if they charge a re test fee lots don't

[tigers_gonads]

Something else the new MOT's say now is, if you take the car away for the repairs to be carried out, you have one working day to take it back. I'll sort the tyres out and take it down there in the morning. Never seen that on the old MOT's? I thought it was 10 days.

The bloke I take mine too always gives me 14 days 

Hull might be a little far to travel though 

[feeutfo]

Her old Polo. Always used the same garage for the last 3 mot's. Last mot, advisory states, Tow bar attachment NOT fitted. Wtf is that all about?

[aaronjb]

Her old Polo. Always used the same garage for the last 3 mot's. Last mot, advisory states, Tow bar attachment NOT fitted. Wtf is that all about?

  Maybe they were just letting you know .. in case it had fallen off..