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MOT Failed... [Mar. 25th, 2006|11:52 am]
The Love Bug
[Current Mood |pissed offpissed off]

*insert string of heavy and excessive expletives here*

She failed on two counts:
  1. Rear Fog Lamp
    Yeah, well I knew the bulb was gone, and I asked them to replace it.  However, when they did, it still didn't work.  Immediate failure, without investigative reasoning.

  2. Rear N/S Brakes
    Quoted as "little or no effort" - meaning that it basically doesn't work.  Immediate failure, without investigative reasoning.
The upshot of this is that I have a car without a new MOT, and as my previous MOT certificate has already expired, the only legal journeys I can make in my car are to and from an MOT test centre.

I cannot get the items in question fixed until Monday morning, as my service centre closes at 12:30 today.

Spot the problem?

I have a wife and child in Yorkshire that I cannot go and see.  I have a wife whom I wanted to spend Mothering Sunday with, and I have my Mum in Worcestershire who we were going to visit tomorrow.  I now cannot do this.

I looked into the possibility of getting a hire car, but our plans revolved around the fact that I was going to work in Nottingham on Tuesday and come back on Wednesday.  That's 5 days car hire.  In addition, I'd need to allocate time to put Charlie back in for fixing/MOT and it's financial year end next week... I'm also working next weekend, so that idea doesn't really work.

You have no idea how pissed off I am about this... not to mention how disappointed Caroline, Amy, my Mum and Caroline's Mum are feeling.

Gaah!

Bollocks!
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[User Picture]From: stainsteelrat
2006-03-25 11:54 am (UTC)
I guess you can't say you're taking it to an MoT in... Yorkshire?
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[User Picture]From: moosical
2006-03-25 11:59 am (UTC)
That'd be handy but not sure he could get away with that :-(
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[User Picture]From: stainsteelrat
2006-03-25 12:00 pm (UTC)
Yep, it would be risky, a little too risky I guess :-(

A shame hire cars are so damn expensive!
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[User Picture]From: yumseta
2006-03-25 12:09 pm (UTC)
You fiddling with your LJ layout there Mr Bug?
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[User Picture]From: grumpydave
2006-03-25 12:19 pm (UTC)
That's a nightmare.

Can't you take it elsewhere?
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[User Picture]From: thelovebug
2006-03-25 12:21 pm (UTC)
Not without paying the MOT fee again, no.
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[User Picture]From: grumpydave
2006-03-25 01:05 pm (UTC)
ah yeah, still cheaper than car hire though.

I can't believe a garage closes at midday on a saturday!
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[User Picture]From: moo
2006-03-25 12:19 pm (UTC)
Could you take a train? Can't someone come and get you? Or maybe I'm not aware of exactly how far apart you are.
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[User Picture]From: thelovebug
2006-03-25 12:22 pm (UTC)
We're 190 miles apart... but it's not just that... I'll need to get to work on Tuesday, and then bring Caroline and Amy home on Tuesday night.
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[User Picture]From: moo
2006-03-28 06:14 am (UTC)
How did the girls get to where they are? Do they have another car with them? Did you get to spend Mothering Sunday with them in the end? I'm full of questions, aren't I? :-)
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[User Picture]From: emsee
2006-03-25 03:53 pm (UTC)
Doh!

MOT's are a real pain in the arse.
You have to have one by law but they don't prove anything other than your car was roadworthy at the day the MOT was carried out. It is effectivly worthless after that other than enabling you to get a tax disk (though you can get tax disks online now which is quite handy).

Not that this is any use to you now (& you probably already know this anyway) but you can have the MOT carried out up to a month before the old one expires and the expiry date of the new certificate will be dated 1 year from the expiary date of the old certificate.
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[User Picture]From: moosical
2006-03-25 05:56 pm (UTC)
we normally get it done 2 weeks in advance but i had the car for going to interviews
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[User Picture]From: stephaniewalker
2006-03-25 05:52 pm (UTC)
I hope you got something sorted out and you get to spend Mothers day with Caroline and Amy.
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[User Picture]From: brainlag
2006-03-26 08:40 am (UTC)
MOT testers aren't required or even allowed to investigate why something doesn't work.

I'm pretty sure you're legally allowed to drive to a pre-booked appointment at a garage to fix it...

I was a few days late getting my MOT a few weeks ago and drove Stoke-> Milton Keynes-> Surrey-> Stoke. I even used the toll road which is littered with ANPR cameras, all without getting a letter in the post.
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From: (Anonymous)
2006-06-01 04:37 am (UTC)

n/s rear break failed m.o.t,, load of bollocks,,

same problem mate, ad mot spent 300 quid. took it back failed again. on rear brakes. why didnt they notice it 1st time.spent 80 on mot,s still aint got 1,, load of bollocks just in 2 making money.............
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