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Old 21st August 2021, 10:07   #8
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Originally Posted by SCP440 View Post
This is why I keep going on about finding an MOT testing station that you can use every year and does not do repairs.

The testing station I use will do his utmost to get a car through a test for his regulars, I was down there a few weeks ago getting a friends car tested, the car before me he was struggling getting the emissions low enough to get a pass, he had a cloth stuffed up the tail pipe, he was revving it to get the cat as hot as possible and after several mins he managed to get a pass on the machine. A lot of places will just put the test probe up the exhaust and if it fails it will be down to you.

Council depot's all do MOT's and they don't do repairs, our local bus garage also does MOT's without repairs.
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