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MOT test becoming bienninal
« on: 02 January 2011, 22:50:06 »
the goverment are now talking about making the test bienninal...i can't see it myself apart from anything else how will they make up the shortfall from having the test revenue fall from every year too every two years......double the test fee i guess  :-?  :y
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Re: MOT test becoming bienninal
« Reply #1 on: 02 January 2011, 22:55:20 »
cant see that happening  but then again im beyond being shocked nowadays
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Re: MOT test becoming bienninal
« Reply #2 on: 02 January 2011, 23:00:47 »
who knows mate with this lot  :-?  :y
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Re: MOT test becoming bienninal
« Reply #3 on: 02 January 2011, 23:01:22 »
Government wants more revenue.  Just another stealth tax. Ken wanted to drive cars off the rd, can't see  much difference with this. ::) ::)
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Re: MOT test becoming bienninal
« Reply #4 on: 02 January 2011, 23:03:49 »
What I think should happen is the scrapping of as soon as you drive out of the MOT Stn you car is not deemed safe to drive,....... its either safe for the next 12 months or not
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Re: MOT test becoming bienninal
« Reply #5 on: 02 January 2011, 23:25:45 »
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......... its either safe for the next 12 months or not

How's that going to work then?

eg Your car passes it's MOT, and as you drive back home a spring breaks. Your car has 12/13months ticket but it's not road worthy as far as a MOT is concerned. There are far too many variables on a car to make a car not safe/MOT pass'able.
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Re: MOT test becoming bienninal
« Reply #6 on: 02 January 2011, 23:25:54 »
I'm afraid I'm against it!  :o :o I know we all hate and dread that time of year but it does remove a lot of very unsafe vehicles from the roads ;)

Oh... And for a lot of people it's the only time their vehicle gets any type of maintenance/check :-X >:(

Keep it Annual  ;)
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Re: MOT test becoming bienninal
« Reply #7 on: 03 January 2011, 00:46:22 »
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......... its either safe for the next 12 months or not

How's that going to work then?

eg Your car passes it's MOT, and as you drive back home a spring breaks. Your car has 12/13months ticket but it's not road worthy as far as a MOT is concerned. There are far too many variables on a car to make a car not safe/MOT pass'able.

Absolutely. Just like any kind of testing, it only proves anything at the time of test. Not all testers are infallible either, so it's not even a guarantee of that. ;)

To pronounce a car roadworthy for 12 months is nonsense.

Biennial MOTs would be a disaster, IMHO. The majority of car owners I know bar the more meticulous enthusiasts that gather at this place and similar only have their car maintained in response to MOT failures, particularly if they own older cars where "it's more than the car's worth" to change the tyres, fix the ABS, change the oil, replace the brake lamp bulbs, etc.

If you have that kind of attitude a life of public transport should be imposed on you, IMHO, but at least an annual MOT provides some assurance that a car is, if not road worthy for the rest of the year, not a total death trap.

Consider also that the bar would have to be raised for all of us. MOT testers will need to ask "will that last 2 years?" so we will not get away with presenting brake pads that have another year's wear on them, for example.

I wouldn't be surprised if the surge in dangerous vehicles then prompts a knee-jerk requirement to have vehicles serviced by a "registered" person (probably calling himself a "motor engineer" >:().

Owners of condensing boilers will already know where that leads.

No, it's a very bad idea.

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Re: MOT test becoming bienninal
« Reply #8 on: 03 January 2011, 09:52:18 »
am i right in saying most european countries have been biennial for years. & its a lot stricter
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Re: MOT test becoming bienninal
« Reply #9 on: 03 January 2011, 10:09:19 »
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am i right in saying most european countries have been biennial for years. & its a lot stricter

You still have the same problem in that a lot can deteriate in two years. Brake pads, light alignment, even fixing bulbs seem to be only done at the MOT by a lot of people I know. A car scraping through the MOT can turn into a death trap in two years.
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Re: MOT test becoming bienninal
« Reply #10 on: 03 January 2011, 10:45:27 »
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I'm afraid I'm against it!  :o :o I know we all hate and dread that time of year but it does remove a lot of very unsafe vehicles from the roads ;)

Oh... And for a lot of people it's the only time their vehicle gets any type of maintenance/check :-X >:(

Keep it Annual  ;)
Annual test keeps my windscreen clear of dingly danglies...    ...yet the moronic 25% of the population are allowed their rather great distracting gonk gayboy satnavs plastered all over the line of vision.  >:(
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Re: MOT test becoming bienninal
« Reply #11 on: 03 January 2011, 10:48:50 »
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Annual test keeps my windscreen clear of dingly danglies...    ...yet the moronic 25% of the population are allowed their rather great distracting gonk gayboy satnavs plastered all over the line of vision.  >:(

Don't get me started on the Satnav morons! I had one the other day that had mounted it directly infront of the steering wheel. To see she had to look over/around it. Thank god she turned off so I didn't get to see the inevitable.
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Re: MOT test becoming bienninal
« Reply #12 on: 03 January 2011, 12:45:32 »
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am i right in saying most european countries have been biennial for years. & its a lot stricter


Bi annual tests for cars is the norm in Spain. They become biannual when the vehicle is 10 years old. For vans and commercial vehicles it is every six months.

Most Spaniards don't drive as hard as Brits or as many miles in a year so maybe a biannual test is OK.

As to the test being harder? I don't know. It is different. Having just had a UK MOT I was surprised the car passed. Handbrake, headlight alignment, shocker condition, 2 broken door straps, corrosion.
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Re: MOT test becoming bienninal
« Reply #13 on: 03 January 2011, 14:52:52 »
I am certainly against such a move for all the reasons well explained in the posts above :)
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Re: MOT test becoming bienninal
« Reply #14 on: 03 January 2011, 15:25:31 »
Absolutely no way should it ever be bi-annual!

Some cars are "death traps" after 8 months of elapsed mot, think what they would be like in 24 months?????


No, keep it as it is, and regulate mot testers better.

Car drivers that love their cars always keep them roadworthy, its only the "I only ever put petrol in it" people that will suffer.


just my opinion, of course.
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