Originally Posted by
James @ M Developments.
If it was a scam none would ever fail, and they do. I've had two fail and be taken away by the police for investigation, one was destroyed I believe as it was a ringer,
If the test only takes 5 mins, then it means it was a legit car and the Id matched and didn't need any time investigating there is still a process to be completed,
There is also a fair bit of paperwork to do behind the scenes as well as removing the vic marker etc etc.
They are not all like that some take quite a while, especially cat a and bs
It's a little narrow minded saying its a scam as yours was easy, it's just like saying the mot is a scam because your passed in 25minuites. That doesn't mean the next test through the door won't take an hour and be a shitter though
i can see your point. in my case the car was just over 4 years old and not a scratch on it anywhere. as for flood damage the carpets were not even damp and only had engine damage. still a cat c. i also accept the fee i payed was a small percentage of what the car was worth. i presume if it had been an old banger more time would have been spent which is what you are saying as i read it.