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Site Subscriber Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 1575

well booked the 5 in for its mot today can't get one done untill the 24th which is not bad as this means the car will be mot'd for the 1st of may just hope she passes ok Very Happy

FCS Event Manager Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 3680

hehe thats two of us hoping our cars will pass thier mots then
mine is in this thursday (mot is out at the end of the month)

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

Test is out on the lancia in august so that won't be long coming around

THe Seat passed last week, failed first time on a parking light Rolling Eyes

Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 12:11 am

MOT?

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

NCT in Ireland Mals.

every 3 years and stricter than our mot.

Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 12:35 am

Stricter than, Here mate have a pint mate, cheers, here have a ticket!

(disclaimer, joke!)

Site Subscriber Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3547

lol a garage i know of its a case of "this is a picture of the car, here is the vin no. and Â£30"
"cheers heres your ticket"

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

Every 2 years Chris

Its all computerised Mals and there is dedicated testing centres owned and run by the government so no slipping a fiver to a mate!

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

all uk ones are computerised now as well

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

Oh has that come in already?

How computerised is it? Do they just keep a record on the central database or is it like ours when all the testing equipment is hooked up too?

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

all stations have been active since february. it was introduced last year around april, now all stations are hooked up.

Any non computerised mot is not real.

they log in, enter details, or the old test number the details come up, or as is the case still they need to enter in the fields.

The brake tester and emmisiosn are direct link.

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

Cool, about time too. It was hard to believe an MOT before cos you hear so much about dodgy ones

Site Subscriber Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3547

also means if your late for an MOT then it cant be done later on.

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

With NCT cars are booked in every 15mins, if you're 10 mins late they can't take you in and you pay 27 quid for the priviledge Laughing

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

here we just log on when its in, 40 mins for the test min time

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

bikes are the same as well 45 mins for the test last year it was Â£14 now its Â£23 and like you can even spend 45minutes mot'in a bike its all a big joke most cars wont take 45minute as it stands

mot stations dont like it as they loose a bit of trade but as the price is higher i guess thas how they work it out getting it back, and now the even want to do a super mot for moddified cars, like most moddified cars are more safer than prody cars ie; bigger brakes, four point seatbelts, uprated suspension, roll cages should all ad to the safty factor but no

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

4 point harnesses kill more than they save in 90% of road cars cos they are not fitted right.

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

i understand all that but why a super mot? f they had been fitted by a pro a certified that should do but nope you still need the orignals fitted by mot time

belgum is worse you have to put the hole car back to standard no matter how modified it is

Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 8:09 am

There are still ways around the new system that I am sure will become apparent, if your car fails an MOT now, you have to pay for a retest! but the test is still mostly human and there are ways and means

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

Quote:

The car test fee is â‚¬49.00 and a re-test costs â‚¬27.50 (both fees are inclusive of VAT and maybe subject to change). Re-tests, which do not require the use of test equipment, will be free. Free re-tests cover minor items, for example, a visual inspection to check that faulty windscreen wipers have been replaced.

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

i get free 2 weeks retest still, but I get trade test