Hi All,
My MOT is coming up next month - is there anywhere that I can get a list of
stuff I can check before hand? I've never taken a car in for an MOT before.
James
1977 Pimento Red Spit
"T. .R. Dafforn" wrote:
>
> Hi All,
> Took Sophie to get her MOT test last week.
> She failed (@#$#%).
> Real trouble was she didn't fail on any of the normal stuff (dud bulb,
> blocked wind screen washer, binding brakes, ineffective handbrake.)
> Oh no, I checked these, I'd checked everything.
> No, the young (looked less than 15 years old) tester failed it for
> insufficient weld on the floor pan. Claimed it wasn;t even attached at
> the back.
> I explained to him that if he looked inside the car under the seat he
> would see the welds (I should know, I did them, nice tidy seam) which
> would proove that the back edge of the floor pan was just what was left
> of the overlapping metal. But oh, no, too busy to spare the time!
> Git Git Git!
> Now have to book a retest and persuade him in my own time.
> Anyone have a monkey wrench?
> Tim
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