View Full Version : popped my MOT cherry today
took the pug of love for an MOT and it.......................................failed :roll:
front wiper blade deteriorated
offside front window washer inopperative
nearside fog lamp insecure
front brake disc excessively pitted
nearside front brake hose leaking
service brake effiency below requirements
parking brake effiency below requirements
exhaust emissions carbon mono content after 2nd fast idle excessive
parking brake lever has no reserve travel
all easily sorted, so i can MOT it sell it and buy a vauxhall lol
lmao.
It never fails to amaze me how many people take a car for an MOT with blatant things wrong with it.
Especailly when you cant get a cheap retest anymore!
i get a free re-test within 10working days tho, and he only checks the stuff that it failed on
Fair play then! Youve got a belter of a tester by the look of it!
dave.gsi
07-06-07, 05:19 PM
a belter of a tester?
someone who fails you on a wiperblade. or one of the suirty things not working!
sounds like a jobsworth to me.dont even think they test that sort of stuff were i go!
im sure if they were the only things he wouldnt of failed it and just told me, but if they dont work they need replacing, its the whole point of the test
vallanc3
07-06-07, 05:25 PM
a belter of a tester?
someone who fails you on a wiperblade. or one of the suirty things not working!
sounds like a jobsworth to me.dont even think they test that sort of stuff were i go!
id say that was a belter of a tester.
so your mot tester doesnt check that your brake hose's are leaking?:eek:
dave.gsi
07-06-07, 05:27 PM
id know if my brake hoses were leaking:thumb:
Id rather it failed on a wiperblade and I got a free retest TBH. Thats quite rare nowadays as retests have to be put through the system as a whole new test, and most MOTers will charge you for a full test again.
An Agreed, if a tester was letting stuff like that go, what else couldn't he be bothered to test?
dave.gsi
07-06-07, 05:46 PM
get free re test at my place too but only if its back in 3 days.
tbh too many people use the mot test as the only sort of car maintenence/check they do all year. that is just plain stupid. if youve been driving around with leaking brake hoses that should surely stand as a wake up call to you to get off your **** and give your car a once over every couple of weeks. that sort of stuff is likely to kill you and whoever else you have in the car (girlfriend,kids?) or anyone unlucky enough to be in your way when things go tits up.
the advisory bit on the bottom of the form, if theres anything written in there, why didnt you notice that yourself?
and if theres anything in the red bit (dangerous faults).. bloody shame on you:eek:
i havent been driving the car tho, i picked it up cheap to sell on and make a few quid, i would of noticed the hose under normal conditions
tom reid
07-06-07, 08:33 PM
yes, shame on you:p
dave.gsi
07-06-07, 08:36 PM
hmmm, strange, im sure a.rse was allowed before but now its been 'swear filtered'
why is a.rse not allowed but tits is lol
It always has been on the swear filter afaik
Damper, its French, you didn't expect it to pass did you? lol
lol mine passed and thats french... well it kinda passed it would of failed anywhere else lol :D
Some advisories are just that, maybe you didn't notice that slight oil leak or that you'll need to look at your rear braking assembly soon. So long as something is done about it then I don't see it as being that major, if it were that major then it would fail.
can tell its not a nova, didn't need welding lol
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