Soldato
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2014 Kia Sportage. I look after the car myself, quite anal about it.
MOT done at same garage every time, always passed no advisories.
This morning at 08:30 car goes in, due to COVID-19 I’m asked to wait outside, I do so as they have benches, I have my coffee cup flask and start watching YouTube.
1 hour later, a woman with a 17 year old Citroen drops her car off, her car is being tested after mine. We start chatting. Chap comes out.. I ask what the verdict is, it’s failed.
Genuinely quite shocked but ok, I ask what on. He says both rear indicators aren’t orange enough. They are a clear lens with an orange bulb. He explains that sunlight can wear the coating. Ok fair enough.
I go to car and put hazards on, hmm ....look orange to me, I turn around and the woman I was speaking to, who overheard my result said “They look orange to me” and I agree.
Garage chap stands there, then walks off after telling me I can buy 2 bulbs but I will need me to fit them myself because he’s guys are all busy, and he will re-pass it.
The design on the Kia is ridiculous. You have to remove the rear wheels and pull the arch trim off and have hands and arms of a child. I only have basic tools on me. 35 mins later, I’ve had enough, I’ve cut all my arms apart, covered in road dirt etc.
I go back into office, he asks me if I’ve changed them (I got 2 from him) and I lied....I said yep, he comes out, I put hazards on and he replies “that’s better, I’ll pass it now”
I get the failure cert and the pass cert, pay, then told him I hadn’t changed them...he’s on the back foot, telling me about lighting conditions in the workshop etc. I point out he also looked at them with the car parked outside and leave.
What’s most annoying is now the MOT history records a fail (Then pass) but I was hoping to maintain a flawless history. I guess I can’t have it removed?
MOT done at same garage every time, always passed no advisories.
This morning at 08:30 car goes in, due to COVID-19 I’m asked to wait outside, I do so as they have benches, I have my coffee cup flask and start watching YouTube.
1 hour later, a woman with a 17 year old Citroen drops her car off, her car is being tested after mine. We start chatting. Chap comes out.. I ask what the verdict is, it’s failed.
Genuinely quite shocked but ok, I ask what on. He says both rear indicators aren’t orange enough. They are a clear lens with an orange bulb. He explains that sunlight can wear the coating. Ok fair enough.
I go to car and put hazards on, hmm ....look orange to me, I turn around and the woman I was speaking to, who overheard my result said “They look orange to me” and I agree.
Garage chap stands there, then walks off after telling me I can buy 2 bulbs but I will need me to fit them myself because he’s guys are all busy, and he will re-pass it.
The design on the Kia is ridiculous. You have to remove the rear wheels and pull the arch trim off and have hands and arms of a child. I only have basic tools on me. 35 mins later, I’ve had enough, I’ve cut all my arms apart, covered in road dirt etc.
I go back into office, he asks me if I’ve changed them (I got 2 from him) and I lied....I said yep, he comes out, I put hazards on and he replies “that’s better, I’ll pass it now”
I get the failure cert and the pass cert, pay, then told him I hadn’t changed them...he’s on the back foot, telling me about lighting conditions in the workshop etc. I point out he also looked at them with the car parked outside and leave.
What’s most annoying is now the MOT history records a fail (Then pass) but I was hoping to maintain a flawless history. I guess I can’t have it removed?
