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[Mr Skrunts]

remember a mot tester carnt remove the wheels and if the brakeing effiecncy is within tolernce he carnt fail them james can only test what he sees !! :-/

I agree for the most mate, but you could see even with the wheels on that these disks were absolutely shot - I  must post up some pics!

Shouldn't you have noticed then?  

Maybe so, but the whole point of the thread is what actually gets through an MOT.  Most Miggys have alloy wheels that be be seen through so I would have thought the MOT station would have done so.

But, as mentioned, if they passed the brake test on all points, then it passed the MOT

[JamesV6CDX]

remember a mot tester carnt remove the wheels and if the brakeing effiecncy is within tolernce he carnt fail them james can only test what he sees !! :-/

I agree for the most mate, but you could see even with the wheels on that these disks were absolutely shot - I  must post up some pics!

Shouldn't you have noticed then?  

I did (TB did first!) but the damage is mostly on the inside...

[motmann]

guys!! as i have said before! the wording on the vt20 mot certificate is~ WARNING A TEST CERTIFICATE IS NOT EVIDENCE THAT THE VEHICLE IS IN A SATISFACTORY CONDITION.  it is a minimum safety standard test,not, a 12 month warranty stating that YOUR car is in fantastic condition! you are ALL responceable for the maintanance and upkeep of your own cars, not VOSA,not the MOT tester, YOU!!  as i have said many times before you would not belive what the great british public ride around in and try to get away with! maybe i will post some horror story pics up and let some of you decide for yourselfs?

[jereboam]

From what i remeber, Officially the MOT is only valid at the time of the test. ie you could theorectially drive out of an MOT station, and a brake pipe split or spring snap  after hitting a pothole in our wonderfully kept roads.

So although it's used as a roadworthy certificate for 12 months if a car fails the following year, WHEN did the suspect part fail. 1 week, 1 month, 6 months after.

I know general maintainence should pick up most faults. but some people do not take care of their cars.

I took my son's car to the local garage yesterday because it seemed to be a bit more bouncy than I would have expected.  In fact, it's been like that since I got it on 27 May.  I thought the shocks must be worn out or leaky or something, but I wasn't too worried as it passed its MOT on 8 May, and I was pretty sure that was one of the things they checked.  

It turned out that 3 of them were OK and the 4th was completely buggered - push car down, it stays down, pull it up, it stays up.  "And", said the mechanic, "that brake pipe is so rusty, it should never have got through".  He then reminded me that the MOT is only a statement of the condition of the car on the day the test was carried out.  

OK, I may not have inspected the car very thoroughly when I bought it, but at least I can take credit for recognising that something's not right, and at least I'm going to get it fixed before allowing the lad to zoom all over the country in it.

It's going in to be fixed on Wednesday - I wonder what else they'll find

[ada-v]

thats worrying, but glad its been picked up on by someone at least, especially before going out on a trek.

as said, if you feel somewhat put out, get in touch with VOSA and they will deal with it.

although, if its a garage you use often, maybe a quiet word in their shell likes maybe more on the cards.