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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: noel on 05 January 2013, 10:18:45

Title: mot pass
Post by: noel on 05 January 2013, 10:18:45
well car passed mot again,2 years on the trot now its gone straight through.Happy days  :y
Title: Re: mot pass
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 05 January 2013, 10:22:31
Well done Noel!  A great New Year present! :y :y :y :y :y
Title: Re: mot pass
Post by: b4ndit on 05 January 2013, 10:24:36
Result :y :y
Title: Re: mot pass
Post by: noel on 05 January 2013, 10:45:23
Well done Noel!  A great New Year present! :y :y :y :y :y
least my hard work seems to paying a dividend at last  ;)
Title: Re: mot pass
Post by: noel on 05 January 2013, 10:46:53
Result :y :y
well happy :y now all i have to do is find the coolant leak around my rad somewhere :(
Title: Re: mot pass
Post by: omega3000 on 05 January 2013, 18:35:41
Well done , always a bonus with no work needed for retest  :y
Title: Re: mot pass
Post by: jonny2112 on 06 January 2013, 19:53:52
Well done , always a bonus with no work needed for retest  :y

Too true  :-X
Well done  :y
Title: Re: mot pass
Post by: STMO123 on 06 January 2013, 19:56:35
My car has passed every MOT since new (6years). But, then again, it's not an omega ;D
Title: Re: mot pass
Post by: Martian on 06 January 2013, 20:04:48
My car has passed every MOT since new (6years). But, then again, it's not an omega ;D
The OH's godfather is an AE, any car or bike we present passes first time  ;)
Title: Re: mot pass
Post by: STMO123 on 06 January 2013, 20:16:55
Mine used to pass every time when I was a tad younger and living in Liverpool. Then someone invented computers  :(
Title: Re: mot pass
Post by: Martian on 06 January 2013, 20:33:48
All the computer achieves is to force the tester to make the test last at least 35 minutes, it does bugger all else.
Title: Re: mot pass
Post by: STMO123 on 06 January 2013, 20:34:40
All the computer achieves is to force the tester to make the test last at least 35 minutes, it does bugger all else.
I had my own pad and stamp  ;D

Well, that'snot strictly true. WE had our pad and impression stampy thing, about five of us paid for it. Coppers weren't so eagle-eyed then either. Motorists were far more trustworthy. ::)
Title: Re: mot pass
Post by: Martian on 06 January 2013, 20:38:10
All the computer achieves is to force the tester to make the test last at least 35 minutes, it does bugger all else.
I had my own pad and stamp  ;D
Back in the early/mid nineties we knew a tester that used to take the book & stamp to the pub with him during his lunch break and write them "blind" for £50 at the bar while supping his pint (a straight MOT at the time was £25).
Title: Re: mot pass
Post by: STMO123 on 06 January 2013, 20:42:35
All the computer achieves is to force the tester to make the test last at least 35 minutes, it does bugger all else.
I had my own pad and stamp  ;D
Back in the early/mid nineties we knew a tester that used to take the book & stamp to the pub with him during his lunch break and write them "blind" for £50 at the bar while supping his pint (a straight MOT at the time was £25).
Life was far simpler in those days. Nowadays, you computer whizz kids have got it sussed, us boneheads have to pay for everything.
Title: Re: mot pass
Post by: Martian on 06 January 2013, 20:57:04
All the computer achieves is to force the tester to make the test last at least 35 minutes, it does bugger all else.
I had my own pad and stamp  ;D
Back in the early/mid nineties we knew a tester that used to take the book & stamp to the pub with him during his lunch break and write them "blind" for £50 at the bar while supping his pint (a straight MOT at the time was £25).
Life was far simpler in those days. Nowadays, you computer whizz kids have got it sussed, us boneheads have to pay for everything.
Oh I still have to pay for the MOT, but her godfather can be quite lenient when conducting the actual test ;)

The computer has made life slightly more difficult as you do have to present a car for it to test the emissions, but it has no way of knowing what car it is testing in the same way the ANPR computer doesn't know who is behind the wheel when they drive past.
A computer (like anything in life) is very easy to circumvent once you know how the system works.
Title: Re: mot pass
Post by: STMO123 on 06 January 2013, 20:59:16
All the computer achieves is to force the tester to make the test last at least 35 minutes, it does bugger all else.
I had my own pad and stamp  ;D
Back in the early/mid nineties we knew a tester that used to take the book & stamp to the pub with him during his lunch break and write them "blind" for £50 at the bar while supping his pint (a straight MOT at the time was £25).
Life was far simpler in those days. Nowadays, you computer whizz kids have got it sussed, us boneheads have to pay for everything.
Oh I still have to pay for the MOT, but her godfather can be quite lenient when conducting the actual test ;)

The computer has made life slightly more difficult as you do have to present a car for it to test the emissions, but it has no way of knowing what car it is testing in the same way the ANPR computer doesn't know who is behind the wheel when they drive past.
A computer (like anything in life) is very easy to circumvent once you know how the system works.
I rest my case.