New MOT Rules? Is this true?

Level 6 User Joined: 17 Apr 2005 Posts: 130

Does anyone know about these new MOT rules? Just took my Punto to get his tyre fixed as it was punctured and asked the chap about getting an MOT. The guy told me that they are now Â£48 (used to be Â£30) and no more free retests Shocked

he said basically you can leave the car here to get fixed within 24hrs and not pay again but if you take the car away to jobs yourself you have to pay the Â£48 again to get retested! Is this bollocks or if it is true, do you reckon any places that will keep the old terms going?
He said it was to do with the new computerised ones and it now takes an hour Rolling Eyes

Plus - if my car is 'technically' MOT'ed til Feb and I haven't got the certificate (lost etc) do I have to have another one done just so I have the cert in my possession? If for talking sake I can't remember what garage it was done at so can't just get a replacement? Is it some sort of offence to not have a MOT cert even though it it technically MOT'd?

Cheers!

Nicola Razz

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short answer is yes its true

Level 6 User Joined: 17 Apr 2005 Posts: 130

Is there a long answer?

Level 10 User Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 620

ye there is a long ansa i just foned my m8 lee up whos a mot tester and he said if it fails on anything mechanically then the car has to stay on site get repaired in 24hrs and the free re-test stays, if its simple like wipers or bulbs simple things then you can take it away and bring it back on the day. as for getting another mot he said go one of the previous owners or get it mot'd for a year

jay

Level 6 User Joined: 17 Apr 2005 Posts: 130

I don't know who the previous owner was until I get the V5 though. The Punto came from a salvage yard as a Cat C Stolen Recovered - nowt wrong with it apart from 4 slashed tyres and a snapped ingnition thingie where you ut the key in. Got it for Â£150 Cool

So you reckon just get it tested in my own right? I can't get it done at the moment because the damn horn isn't working and they check that don't they?

Level 6 User Joined: 17 Apr 2005 Posts: 130

Thanks for ringing your mate up Cool

Level 10 User Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 620

aye yep they do, our better off getin it mot'd just incase u get pulled init, sok hun Very Happy

Level 6 User Joined: 17 Apr 2005 Posts: 130

Doesn't that mean I'm liable to be ripped off though? If it does fail on anything mechanical or needs welding or anything then they can charge me what they like Mad

if I take it away to be done then I'm liable for another Â£48 Twisted Evil

The garages talk to me like I'm some sort of muppet Rolling Eyes

Level 10 User Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 620

to bad your not near me otherwse u cudda taken it to my m8 who wudda just taken a brief luk at 4 u then take it 4 a test, best thing to do is sweet talk a tester in2 havin a quick luk and take it from there

Site Subscriber Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 731

Last MOT I got done I was told that the rear discs and pads needed changing....so I told the guy where to go and pointed out that what he was saying was a load of bull. He turned round and started to answer back until I told him that I had done the rear pads discs and bearings the week before. He signed of the MOT pretty quick after that and surprisingly I never went back to that garage.

Level 10 User Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 620

where did you take it jon? next time take it 2 my m8, works at brook street garage in balcome think he charges summik like 42 quid or so but if u tell me ur def goin ill make sure he aint all that hard on u, my dad tuk his in and the emmisions were over a bit and he rung me and sed the cat may need doin i said can u pas it at least na and he did

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Mines due on the 13 december so I will give you a shout when I'm going to get it done. Cheers Very Happy

It was the garage at the bottom of Janes lane in Burgess Hill. Took my mums Rover in and he tried to fob me off on the brakes thingy.

Level 10 User Joined: 05 Mar 2005 Posts: 570

Sounds a bit crap. Mines next May.

Damn tax runs out on the 30th of Nov Confused

Level 10 User Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 620

im sure ive herd other abd things bout him aswell, yer let me know and ill get a booking for u,

ben u mite wanna get it taxed dude 93.75 please

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SHITE tax is end of this month thanks for reminding me!

Nick the greek has a dodgy reputation and rightfully so, I was silly enuf to take the discs down to get the bearings out, same bloke I was on about in my rant a few days ago. Why I ever went back is beyond me! Rolling Eyes

Level 10 User Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 620

lol mine aint haha feb for me lol roll bludy on get the cash out jon

Level 6 User Joined: 17 Apr 2005 Posts: 130

I can't get my car MOT'd cos the horn aint working Rolling Eyes

When I got the car it was a 'stolen recovered' and the ignition barrel was snapped off, the robbers had also broke the window washer stalk so the back window wiper was on permanently , I got new stalks (all one unit) and now my horn doesn't work. Just been out to the scrap yard and he said I need an auto electrician - more Â£Â£Â£. Bollocks!
I need an MOT certificate so I can get a tax disc - I can only get a tax disc from the DVLA office itself because I have no V5 yet. Although the DVLA computer says my car is taxed and tested til Feb. I am at the moment "not displaying a valid tax disc" - whats the penalty for that then?

Twisted Evil

Level 10 User Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 620

3 mth imprisonment lol Razz

only jokin, im not sure acually they can check the dvla and find out if the car was tax'd or not prob be a fine tho, unless you sweet tlk the copper and use you womanly charms Smile

as for the horn check the wires on the horn side make sure they nt come off and check fuse

Level 6 User Joined: 17 Apr 2005 Posts: 130

ha they'd have to catch me first Laughing

Anyway, what's the chances of being stopped? The DVLA woman on the phone said the car is currently taxed til Feb, I just don't have the disc. So it's not as if it has *no* tax - is it? The salvage yard cashed the disc in in August, surley it don't take this long to update DVLA records?
I rang again today to see if it needed a VIC check and the guy said no, once I have my insurance cover note and MOT cert I can go and get a tax disc from their office straight away. 30 miles away too Rolling Eyes

Level 6 User Joined: 17 Apr 2005 Posts: 130

What times your interview Question

Level 10 User Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 620

15mins lol so im gunna b off now lol