MOT'S go up to £50.35 on 7th November
31-10-2006, 10:52 AM
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Re: MOT'S go up to £50.35 on 7th November
Originally Posted by Stu @ M Developments
Originally Posted by jr
Too Much IMO oh come on jr
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31-10-2006, 10:56 AM
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The recommended average time to spend on an MOT is 45 minutes.
Garages set their own prices and retest terms to a certain degree.
£50 might be too much for some people. We may start seeing an increase of unmot'd cars on the road if it goes up too much.
Garages set their own prices and retest terms to a certain degree.
£50 might be too much for some people. We may start seeing an increase of unmot'd cars on the road if it goes up too much.
31-10-2006, 11:22 AM
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Re: MOT'S go up to £50.35 on 7th November
Originally Posted by GARETH T
Originally Posted by Stu @ M Developments
Originally Posted by jr
Too Much IMO oh come on jr
31-10-2006, 11:27 AM
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its the recomended price, and what alot of people will have to pay
IMO its too much, and i work in the motor industry, so it wont actully affect me
the recomended price has gone up because delaers have moaned they dont make enough money out of them because of the amount of time it takes to carry out the test
IMO thats wrong, and shouldnt passed on the the customer
IMO its too much, and i work in the motor industry, so it wont actully affect me
the recomended price has gone up because delaers have moaned they dont make enough money out of them because of the amount of time it takes to carry out the test
IMO thats wrong, and shouldnt passed on the the customer
31-10-2006, 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by jr
its the recomended price, and what alot of people will have to pay
IMO its too much, and i work in the motor industry, so it wont actully affect me
the recomended price has gone up because delaers have moaned they dont make enough money out of them because of the amount of time it takes to carry out the test
IMO thats wrong, and shouldnt passed on the the customer
IMO its too much, and i work in the motor industry, so it wont actully affect me
the recomended price has gone up because delaers have moaned they dont make enough money out of them because of the amount of time it takes to carry out the test
IMO thats wrong, and shouldnt passed on the the customer
31-10-2006, 11:41 AM
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it seems ok, for whats really 45 mins to an hours work
if the test is done thoroughly.
wont affect me
cos a: my car passed on tuesday
and b: my mot costs me £40 cos i'm friendly with the guy at the testing station
doesnt seem too bad. its only 50 quid to keep your car on the road for another year
if the test is done thoroughly.
wont affect me
cos a: my car passed on tuesday
and b: my mot costs me £40 cos i'm friendly with the guy at the testing station
doesnt seem too bad. its only 50 quid to keep your car on the road for another year
31-10-2006, 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by jr
gareth have to agree though, when looking at a dealers laubour charge (ours is £120 an hour) it doesnt seem to bad
i hope you work on Ferrari's or such like.
2 hours work on your average Escort and you might as well of scrapped it and bought another
31-10-2006, 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by SapphyMike
Originally Posted by jr
gareth have to agree though, when looking at a dealers laubour charge (ours is £120 an hour) it doesnt seem to bad
i hope you work on Ferrari's or such like.
2 hours work on your average Escort and you might as well of scrapped it and bought another
31-10-2006, 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by gingeRS
its only 50 quid to keep your car on the road for another year
)To be honest, MOTing cars is one of the most boring jobs going in the motor trade and I'd want a fortune to do it...
31-10-2006, 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by jr
Originally Posted by SapphyMike
Originally Posted by jr
gareth have to agree though, when looking at a dealers laubour charge (ours is £120 an hour) it doesnt seem to bad
i hope you work on Ferrari's or such like.
2 hours work on your average Escort and you might as well of scrapped it and bought another
31-10-2006, 01:33 PM
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whats all the big fuss about??i dont see people screaming about bmw's £100 per hour labour charge we charge £35 and all in all will take about an hour plus we have just forked out £5000 for new gas test equipment
we charge £35 and all in all will take about an hour plus we have just forked out £5000 for new gas test equipment
31-10-2006, 01:40 PM
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whats all the big fuss about??i dont see people screaming about bmw's £100 per hour labour charge
31-10-2006, 02:42 PM
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You boys are ripped off, £50 for an MOT by a garage that will sell you a service to rectify any faults they find..... Im sure loads of honest decent garages out there 
We have the same full computerised testing as you only its done with a dedicated MOT centre. They do not sell any other services at all, a restest costs £18 with the full MOT costing £30 which means they will not make any money out of your car on parts and labour.
We have the same full computerised testing as you only its done with a dedicated MOT centre. They do not sell any other services at all, a restest costs £18 with the full MOT costing £30 which means they will not make any money out of your car on parts and labour.
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Woohoo i get em for £1.50 still!!!
But cause of computerization the average MOT takes 45 minutes as long as the computers are woking properly!
But cause of computerization the average MOT takes 45 minutes as long as the computers are woking properly!
31-10-2006, 03:05 PM
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Doesn't seem too bad really.. GF's dad is an MOT tester and think with the time it takes and the system not allowing you to book an extra text within the same hour has made the price increases possible
31-10-2006, 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by AndyBlackFRST
Doesn't seem too bad really.. GF's dad is an MOT tester and think with the time it takes and the system not allowing you to book an extra text within the same hour has made the price increases possible
thats not true mate i test a car in around 30 mins then i can go straight onto another
31-10-2006, 07:11 PM
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The MOT price went up 14%, the cost to the garage went up 21%
that makes a load of sence.
now VOSA say they time an MOT at 58 minutes(must stop for tea break or something...)
you 'should' have two guys doing it, so that's two guys for 2 hours labour for £50....
there is no money in MOT's, there are garages thet fail cars on brakes etc =as they are easy to fix and offer a good return, but they get bad names for ripping customers off.
as I understand BMW now have stopped offering MOT's as they charge £108+vat / hour near here and they loose money on thier mechanics.
BMW now take the car round the corner, charge the customer £44.15 + £108(+vat) for going on thier behalf.
I allow 45 minutes, but I see relativly new/serviced cars, the longest I took was 1 hour 20 mins. I used to do 12 - 18 a day, now I'm at 11 wiith no room for lunch, a 50 hour week is common, and people still moan they can't get one same day.
I think they are cheap compared to having work done.
how much are plumbers/plasterers/service techs/dentists etc on per hour??
that makes a load of sence.
now VOSA say they time an MOT at 58 minutes(must stop for tea break or something...)
you 'should' have two guys doing it, so that's two guys for 2 hours labour for £50....
there is no money in MOT's, there are garages thet fail cars on brakes etc =as they are easy to fix and offer a good return, but they get bad names for ripping customers off.
as I understand BMW now have stopped offering MOT's as they charge £108+vat / hour near here and they loose money on thier mechanics.
BMW now take the car round the corner, charge the customer £44.15 + £108(+vat) for going on thier behalf.
I allow 45 minutes, but I see relativly new/serviced cars, the longest I took was 1 hour 20 mins. I used to do 12 - 18 a day, now I'm at 11 wiith no room for lunch, a 50 hour week is common, and people still moan they can't get one same day.
I think they are cheap compared to having work done.
how much are plumbers/plasterers/service techs/dentists etc on per hour??
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