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Old 2nd November 2018, 16:52   #1
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Why do they always make you nervous ? Passed and No advisories My MOT man does make me laugh.....
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Old 2nd November 2018, 17:52   #2
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It's a bit like driving past a police car, even when you know fully well you are not doing anything wrong.


Well done on the MOT pass.
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Old 2nd November 2018, 18:50   #3
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I don't worry about police cars but fully understand about the MOT.
I guess it is the importance and inconvenience if it fails

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Old 2nd November 2018, 19:16   #4
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Congratulations on the pass Gaz.
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Old 2nd November 2018, 19:34   #5
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Well done matey I get the same feeling too except in my case it needed £700 worth!! 😩.
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Felt really NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD- off with my MOT on Wednesday, had already said that I did not want any advisories when I took it in for a service last week, told them that anything that was needed, just do it. Mechanic advised that new pads were needed on the front, ended up with pads and disks, and it still got a fail on headlight aim, why on earth did they just not adjust the lights!
Ok passed it straight afterwards, but did not need a fail.
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They are just keeping up their statistics They attract attention if they pass too many My local garage has done it twice now .
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Old 3rd November 2018, 08:48   #8
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The testing standards are quite simple to understand, many seem to have forgotten the concept of the word "Test"

A test is to ascertain minimum standards, in no way is it a service and repair scheduled do your own thing.
I test plenty of cars every week, customers expect the screenwash topped up, failed bulbs to be replaced ETC.
If the testable items meet requirements, all good, if not the action is taken as either an outright fail, or the term "PRS" can be effected whereby the tester can perform headlight beam adjustments ETC, but the "PRS" will issue an immediate fail, and then issue the pass afterwards.(pass with rectification at station)

Vehicle servicing will not include headlamp adjustments unless it is painfully obvious that they are wrong, also the service agent will need the beam setting equipment to set alignments accurately (Effectively an MOT bay).

On subject of headlamps, the amount of vehicles I test where the driver has the internal height adjustment in the wrong position is amazing, even with tiny cars without tow bars or any ability to carry heavy loads.

Tyres are the one that are the most regular failure, these are partly due to the "Pub Talk" concept of how and where you dip the tyre with the depth gauge, or guess the testable area, wear blocks give some of the idea, but not the whole truth, as the sipes of the tyre are included in most cases.

So there is a level of annoyance to the owner of a vehicle in for test, but for the tester, he has to comply for his own future as a tester, he can be awarded points against his tester profile, fined for abusing the system and worst cases be imprisoned. It is for this reason, compliance is rule no 1 before even reading any of the tester manual, or listening to the "Pub Talk" sessions frequently heard up and down the land.
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Old 3rd November 2018, 10:03   #9
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Felt really NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD- off with my MOT on Wednesday, had already said that I did not want any advisories when I took it in for a service last week, told them that anything that was needed, just do it. Mechanic advised that new pads were needed on the front, ended up with pads and disks, and it still got a fail on headlight aim, why on earth did they just not adjust the lights!
Ok passed it straight afterwards, but did not need a fail.

I think the tester was right to fail the car, unless you had specifically asked that headlights be adjusted prior to the MOT.

It is not reasonable to expect the tester to fix items during an MOT test. The only way around this would be to pay for a non-certificated MOT equivalent set of tests to be done first, followed by all the work and then a proper MOT.

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Old 3rd November 2018, 22:32   #10
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How does a headlight move out of correct alignment, unless through damage or removal for some other purpose? In which case, would you not have the alignment checked?
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