Will it pass MOT?

iaind · 29 Oct 2010 at 23:35

Surely the examination to tell you if there's anything the car will fail an mot on is......the mot?

[TW]Fox · 29 Oct 2010 at 23:38

jon.bda said:
Anything that comes into our place gets a look over, no matter what its in for...its the reason why your customers come back and trust you...

I think we've established before that your garage is a lone rose in a paddock of thorns, though.

jon.bda · 29 Oct 2010 at 23:38

iaind said:
Surely the examination to tell you if there's anything the car will fail an mot on is......the mot?

So leave until the mot is up, and you need to get it fixed, but it can't be done there and then and your stuck without a car?. Or have it checked over, keep on top of bits and bobs and have it sail through an mot when it does need it...

iaind · 29 Oct 2010 at 23:39

jon.bda said:
So leave until the mot is up, and you need to get it fixed, but it can't be done there and then and your stuck without a car?. Or have it checked over, keep on top of bits and bobs and have it sail through an mot when it does need it...

Sure, but that still doesn't explain the "service it before the mot" remark that I was bemused by

jon.bda · 29 Oct 2010 at 23:40

[TW]Fox;17678807 said:
I think we've established before that your garage is a lone rose in a paddock of thorns, though.

Tell that to the owner of a VW T2 Syncro i felt like setting fire to after being told it was a 2 month wait for a front damper by our supplier...

[TW]Fox · 29 Oct 2010 at 23:40

jon.bda said:
So leave until the mot is up, and you need to get it fixed, but it can't be done there and then and your stuck without a car?

Presumably not if you get the car MOT'd 30 days before its due, giving you 30 days to rectify any faults and get it retested

jon.bda · 29 Oct 2010 at 23:41

iaind said:
Sure, but that still doesn't explain the "service it before the mot" remark that I was bemused by

Why?, did he say service it the day before or six months before?

jon.bda · 29 Oct 2010 at 23:45

[TW]Fox;17678827 said:
Presumably not if you get the car MOT'd 30 days before its due, giving you 30 days to rectify any faults and get it retested

But you can still get pulled depending on what its failed on iirc, no matter you still have a 'valid' mot?

Dogbreath · 29 Oct 2010 at 23:48

iaind said:
No you service a car in accordance with the manufacturers guidance, not arbitrarily when it is going for an MOT

The implication was that an oil change would somehow help pass the mot

I service a car at the interval I feel comfortable with, typically more often then the manufacturers guidance.

vti_786 said he always services any car he buys which is a very good idea if you don't know much about the history, I was agreeing with this.

iaind · 29 Oct 2010 at 23:50

I wouldn't buy a car if I didn't know it's history personally. As I said, I read it as an oil change somehow helping it get through the mot which seemed very strange, maybe I misread.

[TW]Fox · 29 Oct 2010 at 23:51

jon.bda said:
But you can still get pulled depending on what its failed on iirc, no matter you still have a 'valid' mot?

Only if it fails on something like illegal tyres or whatever, in which case you deserve it, as presenting a car for an MOT with illegal tyres is stupid anyway

jon.bda · 29 Oct 2010 at 23:52

iaind said:
I wouldn't buy a car if I didn't know it's history personally

That must narrow your options somewhat???

[TW]Fox · 29 Oct 2010 at 23:53

jon.bda said:
That must narrow your options somewhat???

I think he means he'd only buy a car with FSH.

jon.bda · 29 Oct 2010 at 23:57

[TW]Fox;17678883 said:
Only if it fails on something like illegal tyres or whatever, in which case you deserve it, as presenting a car for an MOT with illegal tyres is stupid anyway

Thing is though, lots of people don't check basics like this. I always try and tell people (who don't have a clue) to maybe have their motor looked at/serviced/whatever 6 months after/before the mot...these are usually the ones who think they know best and are miffed when it fails the mot on a shedload of things...