Passed!

[Angie]

I had some fears about this year's MoT. I knew it would fail as windscreen washers not working, but there was always the fear of structural rust, and possibly excessive emissions. In fact after washer pump replaced I am the proud possessor of a new MoT certificate, just a couple of advisories, LH headlight reflector corroded, and RH front spring mount deteriorated but not urgent. Emissions surprised me, all well within the permitted limits. Not bad for a thirty-year old car which has covered nearly 235,000 miles!

Next thing is to try to muster up the funds to get some of the bodywork sorted.

[CosmicBike]

Great result! At least the advisories are easily sorted, another years motoring sorted.

[Clifford Pope]

Over the years I've noticed that MOT testers can be quite subjective in their assessment. Last year I had an advisory for rusted rear trailing arms. I brushed them down, chipped off the flaking rust , and then slopped on black protective paint. This year there was no comment.

In the past I've had a comment that a suspension bush was failing. It had a bit of excess rubber bulging out, which I trimmed off. There has been no comment since.

[Angie]

Originally Posted by Clifford Pope

Over the years I've noticed that MOT testers can be quite subjective in their assessment. Last year I had an advisory for rusted rear trailing arms. I brushed them down, chipped off the flaking rust , and then slopped on black protective paint. This year there was no comment.

In the past I've had a comment that a suspension bush was failing. It had a bit of excess rubber bulging out, which I trimmed off. There has been no comment since.

I don't doubt that, so many mechanics will just make a snap reaction to what appears obvious. I'm fortunate in that the testers have carried out all work on the car for the past twelve years, so have a good idea of what's going on. They're also honest, never do any jobs that clearly aren't necessary.

[Clan]

Originally Posted by Clifford Pope

Over the years I've noticed that MOT testers can be quite subjective in their assessment. Last year I had an advisory for rusted rear trailing arms. I brushed them down, chipped off the flaking rust , and then slopped on black protective paint. This year there was no comment.

In the past I've had a comment that a suspension bush was failing. It had a bit of excess rubber bulging out, which I trimmed off. There has been no comment since.

It is since the MOT testers rules have got so much more stringent and complex now. they are so " worried" that anything they miss or do not report will be a black mark sometime in the future, that they jot down anything out of the ordinary.

When I did my testers course it was a 2 day affair, and I knew every word in the testers manual , today the training course is a whole 5 day week , they can never remember everything in the Tester's manual now .