Booked it into a local Garage that I knew well and know the owner well, said i'd wait as had stuff to do and needed the car, anyway....

got there and the boss and his wife aren't in 'til later, that's fine I'm familiar with the foreman and let the mechanic take the key and get on with the MOT.

I've spoke to the mechanic before...he's a story teller, likes to show off and his mate's always got something better than you etc..you know the kinda dick head I mean...

So he drives it in, I wait outside and mess about with my phone, call some people etc, and I hear the bonnet opening, Unusual I think as it's not needed to look under it for an MOT? no matter maybe he's just nosey...so then I hear him blip the throtle a couple of times, nothing mad just upto like 3.5K...weird I think again, it's not on the emission tester yet? Again, I just think "what a chump..." so he gets on with the MOT, fucking about in between (never tested the horn either)....Then I hear it revving another 2 times, once to say 3K and the next til prob just before the limiter then it goes onto the brake tester, and as he's reversing off it he blips the throtle making the wheels slip, i'm like WTF...then he puts it into D (auto) blips the throtle again making the wheels slip, so i'm raging by this point, he steps out the car to put it onto the emission tester and I think I drew him the dirtiest look i've ever given anyone and on my tongue were the words "Is that fucking needed?" but bit my lip incase he came the c*nt and failed it for something stupid.

So he fucks off, finishes the mot, comes out and lights up a fag and goes...that your's aye? (as if he didn't fucking know) aye it's failed, 4 cracked wheels....... Haha only kiddin it's minted

I said, Ah, funny...

So he then starts givin me the chat and i'm just not interested in speaking to the cock by this point as i'm ready to punch his lights out, foreman sorts my mot out, I pay he sais to the cock to move my car outside to which I replied "nah it's sound i'll move it seeing as he doesn't seem to have the ability to control his right foot"

/rant over, but really....what a complete KNOB. if the boss was in I'd have told him I wasn't impressed.

 

must be an ex kwik-fit fitter what a knobber

 

bit bad infront of a customer...

just imagine what happens when you leave the car with places like that, for a while

 

I once put my RS Trouble into a local Dunoon garage to have a wiring fault (i drove over a tree ) repaired. I was in my mum's house having a cup of tea listening to my Dad tell me what an arsehole I was for wasting all my money on a 'shitey old boy racer car' when a nice red RST went absolutely flying past at circa 90mph! I thought, wooo, another RST in Dunoon! And it's got the same wheels as mine.

More tea....


More complaints from my old man............



Then the penny dropped. It was MY rst. My fucking RST!!! I phoned the garage and asked them if my car was finished.

'No mate, it's still on the ramp'

'Oh really? How come I just saw it fly past my mothers window at 90mph?'

'um.............'

Needless to say, I didn't pay the bill....

 

Two words "NO NEED". You need to speak to the owner and tell him you will NOT be going there again and for what reason.He will soon understand.

 

that's the right way to do it, but i'm not sure you should be telling him to fire his tester, more along the lines of "if it was your car and he was driving like that, would you be impressed?"

 

chill, to get on and off the rollers is a challenge without spinning them up as i t can damage them, a little blip wont hurt the car, hes only admiring what you have and he clearly knows his bmws if he mentioned cracked alloys lol

 

Rab, Im surprised the penny didn't drop sooner mate, I thought you were sharp... I'd have went radio rental!

Yea, NO NEED are indeed the two words I had in mind at the time...obviously got over excited when he sat in it

Next time I see the owner, I will be telling him but tbh I doubt anything much will happen as he's as thick as the MOT tester when it comes down to it.

 

Sorry mate, the car was completely OFF the rollers when he done this, and what was the need to rev it 4 times on the ramp, and also look under the bonnet?

It's MY car, If I want it driven/revved like that I'LL do it, I didn't buy it for some wee prick to do it unnessesarily!


He only know's his BMW's as the foreman used to work at BMW and told him to check the wheels while it was on the ramp

 

you pop the bonnet to get to vin plate, check brake res etc for leaks, maybe adjust headlights

 

dont need to open the bonnet for an MOT?

surely thats not right. every MOT Ive ever had my bonnet has always been lifted

 

Why, what do they need to see under the bonnet? (genuine question as I can't think why they'd need to look under it)

 

as i said brake system etc for leaks, amongst other things

 

to check fluid levels, leaks and so on.

to check weather the bonnet catch works and secures the bonnet safely

 

its gonna get worse in january loads more to check, there will be fuck loads of people now failing with airbag issues litrely prob thousands and thousands

 

i have had tuneable ecu's on my performance cars and always put them in valet mode or drop rpm limit to 3500rpm if i leave the car at a garge even if i know them and funny enough i always get the coment is there something wrong with your car

 

Sorry mate, missed your reply!

If only he was thorough enough to test everything else, i.e. rear seatbelts, horn...it's its first MOT and has only covered 11209 miles, so "unlikely" but not impossible that it would have any brake leaks.


I thought the fact I was standing there would have been enough

 

true but you can never account for human stupidity and cuntish attitudes ! like i said even if i know the people i will still limit it as i find if someone can put one foot in front of each other whilst breathing then they generally cant be trusted with or without you there

 

worst i have witness was a local tyre place, the lads rag customers cars about, the best being an old boys mint rover 214, actually wheel span it across the car park into the bay!!

Needless to say I didint let them drive my car into the bay.

 

Jay, very true...sadly!

Matts1, I think the problem is the mentality of these idiot's...usually brainless mong's unfortunately

 

Strut tops, inner wings, bulkhead, steering column, brake master cyl and pipework, bonnet catch, power steering componants, oil fuel leaks, vin plate, and all non componant items that may req to be advised on.

 

That explains the bonnet being up then!

vin number is on the windscreen too

 

If you think that's bad, just wait 'til they get their hands on the Corsa.




Cheers,
Grant

 

it dont matter how old your car is or wot miles it has covered it should in theory be receiving the same test at every test. as an mot tester myself i can assure you it is necessary to open the bonnet and it does also take a small blip of the throttle to pop the car out of the brake rollers and if i thought a car had an exhaust blowing i would also rev it for that. sounds like a tit though

 

Same guy done the corsa 2 months ago, thought he was a knob then too, so at least that hasn't changed !


Like I said waynev, if he tested it properly fair enough, but I never heard the horn and he didnt click the rear seatbelts in like he did the front...
and again, the car WAS OUT OF THE ROLLERS when he slipped the wheels TWICE. It wouldnt take a rev to almost the limiter to check if the exhaust was blowing... 4 times on 2 seperate occasions.

 

he sounds like a hand pump to me....was it the bimmer in your sig pic

 

Yea mate it sure was!

 

This is one of the reasons why i get my friend to test my cars.
You also need the bonnet up when.doing an mot.

 

Was it a diesel ? If so rev to the limiter can be part of the test

 

For the smoke test this is true. Sounds a bit silly, wheelspin on and off rollers happens especially if the floor is a bit wet too.

 

i never leave my cos alone when it goes for a mot,saw my mates escos come howling past me other day aswell when it had been left at a garage.

 

Starting to really loose my faith with people now, can't fucking trust anyone

 

Sounds like the only ever time the tester sits in a decent motor is when he is mot'ing it what a tit

 

No it's a petrol and for the 3rd time it was OFF the roller when slipping the wheels, nowhere near the rollers infact !


DS81, I think you're right he rides a shonky old honda motorbike

 

Kick his cunt

 

he probably thought he was the man sitting in a new bm.........wot a penis

 

I always give people the option of sitting in their cars during the test most don't want to thou a few want to watch which is fine, so as you all know you as the presenter of the vehicle can act as the assistant to the tester, all you have to do is advise the tester that you will carry out all the procedures that req someone to sit in the car this is perfectly acceptable with vosa, you will have to get out of the car for the tester to get in and inspect all the relavant items when he is done you get back in and follow his instructions, unless its an atl he will use another member of staff to help with suspension checks.
The mot tester is not req to actually drive the car at all unless he/she feels a short road test may be req to verify a fault or to carry out a decelerometer brake test and even then you can go with them as a passenger.
HGV mot's the tester never drives the vehicle its down to the presenter to drive and assist with a few instructions.
So if you are comfortable enough getting your car in and out of the bay and on the brake rollers do it yourself if the garage says you are not insured of its company policy they are talking shit every mot bay in the country is licenced by vosa and every single one has the same set of rules on how the bay works no matter if its a ferrari dealership the presenter has the right to assist with the test period.
I know alot of fellow testers and most are very good and respectfull of other peoples cars however there are a few retards that manage to some how become testers normally found in big fast fit chains.