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dave 411
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Joined: August 19th, 2010, 10:44 pm
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Location: Cardiff
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 Re: MOT incompetent tester.  Nice one 
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| April 27th, 2013, 9:19 pm |
 
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Smiffy
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Joined: October 23rd, 2009, 10:41 pm
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Location: Worcestershire
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Re: MOT incompetent tester. Not sure about incompetence but I'm sure that there are plenty of dodgy/bent MOT testers. My Escort van has turned out to be more rotten than a pear and has a clean MOT with no advisories. If it got through its last test without the help of a bribe then I'm a monkey's uncle.
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| April 27th, 2013, 10:26 pm |
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J-dub
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Joined: April 24th, 2010, 10:01 am
Posts: 5733
Location: Location Location
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Re: MOT incompetent tester. going to go with Russ.s approach in a weeks time when i mot the 106 with no peroration i'm not to confident.... going to present it the earliest i can, so that gives me just under a month to fix it or drive it through the sea lots of times before i weigh it in at the local breakers...
then ill buy another!
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lpgo
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Joined: November 8th, 2009, 5:42 pm
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Location: NL
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Re: MOT incompetent tester. Jameswallace wrote: or drive it through the sea lots of times before i weigh it in at the local breakers...
then ill buy another! Cruel
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chevrons2
Firing on two.
Joined: April 9th, 2010, 12:21 am
Posts: 464
Location: West Sussex
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Re: MOT incompetent tester. Jameswallace wrote: going to go with Russ.s approach in a weeks time when i mot the 106 with no peroration i'm not to confident.... going to present it the earliest i can, so that gives me just under a month to fix it or drive it ..... Except that (apart from a few exceptions) it's illegal to drive a car on the road that is not fit to pass an mot and your insurance company probably won't cover you.  Jameswallace wrote: .... or drive it through the sea lots of times before i weigh it in at the local breakers... Don't do that. I'll give you a few quid for it
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J-dub
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Joined: April 24th, 2010, 10:01 am
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Re: MOT incompetent tester. chevrons2 wrote: Jameswallace wrote: going to go with Russ.s approach in a weeks time when i mot the 106 with no peroration i'm not to confident.... going to present it the earliest i can, so that gives me just under a month to fix it or drive it ..... Except that (apart from a few exceptions) it's illegal to drive a car on the road that is not fit to pass an mot and your insurance company probably won't cover you. Jameswallace wrote: .... or drive it through the sea lots of times before i weigh it in at the local breakers... Don't do that. I'll give you a few quid for it Well if it fails v badly ill buy another and rob the engine, gearbox, exhaust etc for spares..!!
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1993 Toyota Hilux Surf 3000cc runs on Bio Diesel
2004 Toyota Landcruiser Amazon 4200cc runs on Bio Diesel
1998 Daihatsu Hijet 1300cc
2005 Susuki Bandit 650cc
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richardmorris
Firing on two.
Joined: July 9th, 2009, 10:27 am
Posts: 493
Location: Bagshot Park
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Re: MOT incompetent tester. I've never had any car fail an MOT in 20years*. Not miraculous, just planning and preparation - I take it in to my specialist for a service and MOT. They sort out anything needed for the test first, after letting me know any issues, then take it to be MOTd.
(*though to be fair I did sell the last CX a week before it needed one).
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Rhythm Thief
Firing on two.
Joined: March 10th, 2010, 12:37 am
Posts: 1927
Location: Alone in my polytunnel with my pitiful competition onions
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Re: MOT incompetent tester. My Dyane failed yesterday on corrosion in the front floorpan. I appreciate that this needs fixing and fixing properly, but the reason he's given on the ticket is that it's corrosion within a specified distance of a suspension mount. Surely that's irrelevant, since the suspension is mounted on the chassis? Not that I'll be appealing it or anything ... as I say, it needs fixing anyway and the chances of me ever doing it without an MOT fail to push me into it are small. 
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richardmorris
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Joined: July 9th, 2009, 10:27 am
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Location: Bagshot Park
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Re: MOT incompetent tester. Rhythm Thief wrote: My Dyane failed yesterday on corrosion in the front floorpan. I appreciate that this needs fixing and fixing properly, but the reason he's given on the ticket is that it's corrosion within a specified distance of a suspension mount. Surely that's irrelevant, since the suspension is mounted on the chassis? Not that I'll be appealing it or anything ... as I say, it needs fixing anyway and the chances of me ever doing it without an MOT fail to push me into it are small. I was reading a similar topic on autoshite, basically it's distance that seems to count not location. http://autoshite.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=16493&sid=d62ea47975f43d61a8144fe84419ecc5
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toomany2cvs
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Joined: December 26th, 2008, 9:40 pm
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Location: Surrounded by 2cvs...
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Re: MOT incompetent tester. Rhythm Thief wrote: My Dyane failed yesterday on corrosion in the front floorpan. I appreciate that this needs fixing and fixing properly, but the reason he's given on the ticket is that it's corrosion within a specified distance of a suspension mount. Surely that's irrelevant, since the suspension is mounted on the chassis? Probably just picked the wrong fail point from the list, since it'd be a fail within 30cm of a body-chassis mount or a seatbelt mount - and that don't leave much...
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