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Title: 1 down 1 to go
Post by: majesticlarge on 03 November 2010, 14:00:52

Well got the car insured this morning for £430 after looking round every where i ended up staying with who i was with after a bit of haggling down from the £570 they wanted. Now in 9 days time she needs the dreaded MOT  :(

Title: Re: 1 down 1 to go
Post by: majesticlarge on 04 November 2010, 13:42:20

she's booked in for monday  :-/

Title: Re: 1 down 1 to go
Post by: Debs. on 04 November 2010, 13:53:40

Do what I do for the MOT:
Go through her for all the obvious MOT failure points and 'tart her up' with a good-clean (inside and out), click-together all the seatbelts (as if in use) and leave the old MOT displayed on the front passenger seat ready for the tester.......oh! I also leave a bone in the car for the MOT tester`s guide-dog! ;D

Good luck for the test....hopefully you`ll soon be back on the road. :y

Title: Re: 1 down 1 to go
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 04 November 2010, 13:54:15

Good luck... :y

Title: Re: 1 down 1 to go
Post by: Welung666 on 04 November 2010, 14:24:31

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Do what I do for the MOT:
Go through her for all the obvious MOT failure points and 'tart her up' with a good-clean (inside and out), click-together all the seatbelts (as if in use) and leave the old MOT displayed on the front passenger seat ready for the tester.......oh! I also leave a bone in the car for the MOT tester`s guide-dog! ;D

Good luck for the test....hopefully you`ll soon be back on the road. :y

;D ;D ;D ;D :y

Title: Re: 1 down 1 to go
Post by: Omega_Dan on 04 November 2010, 16:00:22

Decent deal on the insurance at least ;D going through the same motions as mines due in 5 weeks time.  ::) hope it goes ok :y

Title: Re: 1 down 1 to go
Post by: VR4Dave on 04 November 2010, 16:07:56

When I were a lad and had mini's that were held together with filler, the day before the MOT I would go ralliyng down muddy tracks, figured the tester wouldn't delve too deep  ;D

Title: Re: 1 down 1 to go
Post by: majesticlarge on 04 November 2010, 16:34:26

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When I were a lad and had mini's that were held together with filler, the day before the MOT I would go ralliyng down muddy tracks, figured the tester wouldn't delve too deep  ;D

Don't much fancy rallying the old miggy round muddy tracks  ;D but i know what you mean i have done 1 or 2 dirty tricks to pass an MOT this was years back thou wouldn't do it now, the only thing im going to do is pull the main fuse for a min to clear the engine management light round the corner from the MOT place  :y

Title: Re: 1 down 1 to go
Post by: Vamps on 04 November 2010, 21:26:21

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Do what I do for the MOT:
Go through her for all the obvious MOT failure points and 'tart her up' with a good-clean (inside and out), click-together all the seatbelts (as if in use) and leave the old MOT displayed on the front passenger seat ready for the tester.......oh! I also leave a bone in the car for the MOT tester`s guide-dog! ;D

Good luck for the test....hopefully you`ll soon be back on the road. :y

And a £fiver in the glove box, or has that gone up now.... ::) ::) ::)

Title: Re: 1 down 1 to go
Post by: Lazydocker on 05 November 2010, 11:28:21

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When I were a lad and had mini's that were held together with filler, the day before the MOT I would go ralliyng down muddy tracks, figured the tester wouldn't delve too deep  ;D

TBH, when I was testing I would be thorough whatever state the car was in. I was more surprised if I found problems on a cleaner car though.

As an aside, the tester does have the right to refuse to examine the vehicle if it is too dirty! I've done it once and, without a word of a lie, the mud on the underside of the 4x4 in question was over an inch thick :o :o