plynchy

Just taken the saff for it's MOT,passed,thank fu*k!
New system is a bloody nightmare,all computerised,put in your chassis no. etc,mine came up as a 3-door Tester has to take a set amount of time to do the test before the computer will let him back on to say passed or failed. If he puts any wrong details in,VOSA are on the phone in 10 mins. asking whats going on!
Apparently they've started this scheme in the NE,but it's slowly going nationwide,get yer dodgy one's while you can
Big brother is watching...

SteveT

is engine number in the MOT test?
i.e. does it have to match up with V5 info?

steve

plynchy

On me saff the last 5 no's of the VIN are the engine no. He didn't check the actual no. on the block tho. There are ways around it,and the system is still new at the moment and also not entirely accurate,hence my saff being a 3-door. Proper pain in the arse for the guys using it tho.

rabmc

CraigN

foooook


emissions emissions emissions

plynchy

Unless you've got a very late saff it won't apply,he checked mine cos i asked.
1.2% CO at idle. Nice one MSD!
Was 6% at idle last year.

Oranoco

The new Test Certificate looks a bit odd as well. States on it whether an advisory note was issued or not

focusv8

I saw a post on another site where the rear brakes on a Fiesta just passed on the brake tester, when the Mot tester inputted the data into the online system it produced a fail on rear brake efficiency...

Does the online system print the certificate as well?

plynchy

Told me the paper isn't actually a certificate as such,as it's now all stored electronically,so when you go to tax your car,they'll tell you if it's tested or not.
BIG changes going on,more and more bollox for motorists to deal with.

focusv8

So it wont be possible to have an mot issued at 10 oclock at night then!!

plynchy

I dunno mate,Tesco's is 24 hrs so you never know.

Clare

I LOVE the new MOT system, its much easier to find out if one of our vehicles has been MOT'd rather than ringing round Dealerships and Garages waiting for someone to own up to it so we can get a duplicate, now its one phone call, and bobs your uncle

S1 JOHN

the new mot tickets are more like a printed form they are horrible and only so many a day now not even allowed to print them at lunch time i had to go back after lunch to pick mine up

Alvyn

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round here VOSA have these Ford Galaxys(with blacked out rear windows) proper gangster styleeeeeeee 2 man'd and have the power to pull n e one they like and give you an mot test on the road side

as I've said b4 the motorist IS an easy target and WE WILL always suffer as we always pay up and powers of KNOWS it

R4N SS

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luckily i got mine done just before this came out

toff

iTrader: (1)

am mate of mine said they got sent a pic off 3dr wheels saying there no up to mot standards something about handling the speed. anyone no if this is true ??

Jim Galbally

why are you lot complaining? surely the only reason you'd have to be unhappy about the system is if you car isnt legal / roadworthy?

surely you can see the benefits of less deathtraps on the road?

bit like tax cameras... you dont wanna get nicked for not having tax? BUY A TAX DISC

GOT2BZETEC

Yeah myu local garage hate it. Keeps going wrong and saying cars dont exist when they are sat outside

Stu @ M Developments

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Charlie Chalk

iTrader: (1)

Dont forget next year ran, it'll still be in LOL

alan rainbow

stu knows about tax disks

Niall.b

u boys have been spoilt for years over there, try gettin a cert in N.I.

Shings

Gotta agree with Jim... I can quie hapilly get a dodgy or not exactly straight MOT off any number of people BUT whats the point.. If you have to do it your car isn't straight or is dodgy.. theres no other reason.. They're just as expensive.

Rs Baz

nothing wrong with it

toff

iTrader: (1)

you dont have to get a mot every year over there do you ?

Clare

Yes you do, but its called a PSV, IIRC they are even stricter there than here.

Ginge !

this is a comment from a person whos car just 2 years ago had a photocopy tax disc in his xr4x4 and wanted to take the orion i loaned him with no insurance

im amazed at some people who commit crimes then when they follow the law they judge others

AlexD

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I have just had mine done, they also said it was a 3 door ! had a bit of an
argument with the MOT bloke !!

Its also a pain in the ass you cannot change the Co level aswell as mine always runs
over the limit, so needs turning down.

You also have to wait the full hour as VOSA say thats how long a proper MOT will Take.

It failed on the poxy hand brake calliper/worm gear thing !!, so thought fook this
bought two new re-con ones !!

Still had to pay the Ł42.00 quid tho, then take it back for a re-test, so another MOT fee !!

Can wait till next year

Al..........

starturbo

If they touched my car that way Id break their fingers.Luckily my mate has known my motor from new and he is my mot tester.

CasperR

You people have had some ancient MOT test compared to us for quite some time and you haven't even got it bad yet!

Here you can't tune the car more than 20%, you can't change the engine to anything other if it means more than 20% power. Bigger brakes is not allowed as they have to be proven by ford if they will work with the car. Alloys can't stick out of the arch. Ohhh the pain.. but thank god for those small loopholes

Anonymous

Been here ages - mine sailed through

Anonymous

Your foooked then

MadMac

Big brother.... again.... lets record everything everyone does but do it so they HAVE to let us know.

Big Andy W

Yep and they stil ain't fitted cctv in testing stations to see which car is actually having its emissions checked on the machine!

Anonymous

Mine don't have emissions test

Jim Galbally

never said i didn't

however i realised i was a twat and now do everything by the book (any pay thru the nose for it) theres no so much as a sticky caliper or spot of welding needed on mine now