My friend bought a R reg Puma on Wednesday. The (back street) garage he bought it from told him the previous day it had failed on some minor things and he would have it retested and passed for him by the next day.

Sure enough he bought it the next day complete with MOT pass. (The car had been off the road for a year)

I subsequently checked the MOT record on line and found that on 3rd November it failed for the following reasons;

Offside Rear sill Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.2) **DANGEROUS**Parking brake efficiency below requirements (3.7.A.9/10) **DANGEROUS**Nearside Rear hand Rear brake recording little or no effort (3.7.A.4a)No Advisory Notice issued

The following day it passed (at the same MOT testing garage). I am not the least technically minded, so would like to ask - is it quite feasible that these faults were corrected in the space of the day (the corrosion in particular)? The fact that they were marked dangerous particularly concerned me, lest we be driving round in a death trap!

Any comments appreciated.