How much are MOT's in your area ?
22-07-2008, 09:53 PM
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How much are MOT's in your area ?
As an MOT tester (NOT at my own station I test for a garage in Walsall - W.Mids) I am interested how much you can get a car MOT for near where you live
Note:- The MOT "official" current test fee for class IV is £53.10
Note:- The MOT "official" current test fee for class IV is £53.10
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22-07-2008, 10:02 PM
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30.50 for a test over here and 18.50 for a retest mind you thats in goverment buildings in their test centres. mind you failed me last week for a unbroken spring in a 15000 mile fiesta lol
22-07-2008, 10:03 PM
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The reason I ask is (unable to state who I test for as I am not a Gold Member and am unable to advertise on PF) that the garage where I test has just started an offer of Class IV MOT - £25 to trade or public !
Yet I still have empty MOT slots everyday ????????? (only so much coffee can be drunk in a day)
And NO I am not paid to fail em all and generate revenue by finding work either - lol
If a car is worthy of a pass it gets one fair and square
Yet I still have empty MOT slots everyday ????????? (only so much coffee can be drunk in a day)
And NO I am not paid to fail em all and generate revenue by finding work either - lol
If a car is worthy of a pass it gets one fair and square
22-07-2008, 10:06 PM
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22-07-2008, 10:09 PM
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22-07-2008, 10:10 PM
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Didnt know you were a tester mate (presuming ive not got you confused with some one else...you were with us at last years leman trip, we were in the 2.8i?)! Im getting the usual one freebie plus all others i bring in personaly I get at half price (im a tester also, for 9yr now...we need some perks to this wank position we're put in 80% of the time). All retail is done at full price...we're in a area full of other main dealership that all charge full price as well. There's some where near where I live thats been doing them at £25 for retail and trade for years....one of my old garages does them at £35. I know a fast fit style garage that does a 'half price' mot with every full service 
The whole trade is dead at present tho...my tool box is nice and clean as a result at least
The whole trade is dead at present tho...my tool box is nice and clean as a result at least
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22-07-2008, 10:10 PM
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22-07-2008, 10:14 PM
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Personaly I get some one else to test my car...I know its gonna pass either way but with some one else's name on the pass its less likely to get a curious look over by pc plod
22-07-2008, 10:15 PM
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22-07-2008, 10:34 PM
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All the same price (£30.50) in northern ireland as you have to go to an MOT centre and deal with mostly useless fuckers
We even have to display MOT tax discs
We even have to display MOT tax discs
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22-07-2008, 10:42 PM
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Ive been told that if a car fails the MOT you got to pay for the retest even if its within the 7 days,is this true?I always thought you get a free retest within a certain time.
22-07-2008, 10:46 PM
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depends on the garage mate, some charge half test fee depending on work involved ie if needing another brake test etc i used to do it for nothing
22-07-2008, 10:52 PM
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If the vehicle is brought back to the same Testing Station by the end of the next working day for one or more of the following items only, a partial re-examination is again required and this re-examination is also free: Bonnet, boot lid, brake pedal anti-slip, direction indicators, doors, dropsides, fuel filler cap, hazard warning, horn, lamps, loading door, mirrors, rear reflectors, registration plates, seatbelts (but not anchorages), seats, sharp edges or projections, steering wheel, tailboard, tailgate, vehicle identification number (VIN), windscreen and glass, windscreen wipers/washers, wheels* and tyres*. (* Not applicable to motor bicycles and side cars.)
If the vehicle does not qualify for a re-test as listed above, and is brought back to the same Testing Station by the end of the tenth working day following the day of the initial test for retest, only a partial re-examination is required, for which a maximum of half the full
fee may be charged.
A full fee is deemed as the "normal" charge made by the garage at the time of the original test
ie, test = £25
re-test = £12.50
If the vehicle does not qualify for a re-test as listed above, and is brought back to the same Testing Station by the end of the tenth working day following the day of the initial test for retest, only a partial re-examination is required, for which a maximum of half the full
fee may be charged.
A full fee is deemed as the "normal" charge made by the garage at the time of the original test
ie, test = £25
re-test = £12.50
22-07-2008, 10:54 PM
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22-07-2008, 11:14 PM
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i personally think that the test fee should not be allowed to be discounted, everyone has to have it, so enforce the fee so that everyone pays the same, full fee.
you take a truck for test (called plating) and try and get a discount
the same goes for the post office, do you shop around to get your road tax cheaper at a differant office ? no becuase that goes direct to the government, where as the pittance of a fee for the MOT goes to the garage, the max fee does not even cover the time time taken to carry one out.
you take a truck for test (called plating) and try and get a discount
the same goes for the post office, do you shop around to get your road tax cheaper at a differant office ? no becuase that goes direct to the government, where as the pittance of a fee for the MOT goes to the garage, the max fee does not even cover the time time taken to carry one out.
22-07-2008, 11:18 PM
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The actual MOT test (excluding labour and equipment) doesnt cost anything until a PASS cert is issued then it costs the pricely sum of £1.80 !