plans to change MOT to every 2 years

macafee2 · 11th May 2022, 17:43

The news has reported that the government are looking at changing the mot to every 2 years. Not a chain of thought I agree with.

I would have thought mot failure stats and reasons for failure would suggest every 2 years is not a good idea.

macafee2

mbev51 · 11th May 2022, 18:00

Just like france

Borg Warner · 11th May 2022, 18:44

Whatever they decide I'll still get my trio MOT'd every year.

planenut · 11th May 2022, 18:58

They can persuade people that the expense of the MOT is reduced therefore reducing expenditure.
No mention of the fact that this reduces the income to MOT stations, who will reduce their staff, which will reduce the income to families, who will require benefit assistance.
Ultimately more vehicles will be on the road with faults in the care of people convinced that an MOT ensures the vehicle's roadworthiness!
So there.

macafee2 · 11th May 2022, 19:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by planenut

They can persuade people that the expense of the MOT is reduced therefore reducing expenditure.
No mention of the fact that this reduces the income to MOT stations, who will reduce their staff, which will reduce the income to families, who will require benefit assistance.
Ultimately more vehicles will be on the road with faults in the care of people convinced that an MOT ensures the vehicle's roadworthiness!
So there.

Does it reduce expenditure? You save £50 this year and may be a small repair bill. The defect goes unattended for another 12 months and one may end up with a huge repair bill or even having to scrap the car.

We all want to save money but are the supporters of every two years the same ones that save on maintenance?

macafee2

planenut · 11th May 2022, 19:34

There would be a marked decrease in maintenance.

bikerdude666 · 11th May 2022, 19:47

It could take a fair few older cars off the road when after 2 years, owners find their car needs a massive repair bill so scrap it and buy a new car...

coolguy · 11th May 2022, 22:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by bikerdude666

It could take a fair few older cars off the road when after 2 years, owners find their car needs a massive repair bill so scrap it and buy a new car...

That's the plan!!!! It won't work with me.

Rick-sta · 12th May 2022, 15:32

not sure how I feel about it, in one way it'll be great for my Typhoon as I barely use it these days so annoying having to MOT it every year when it's done less than 1k miles a year recently. But at the same time there would be cars out there that could potentially do 30-40k miles without an MOT in 2 years.

Maybe a every 20k miles or 2 years approach would be better similarly to service intervals.

Martin Butler · 13th May 2022, 08:54

If your the sort of owner who keeps on top of your cars servicing requirements and looks after your car, then having to MOT every two years isn't going to be a problem, because your ensuring it is up together, but not every owner is like that, some will end up as spare parts because of neglect, not bothering to carry out repairs, until the tester hands you a long failure list .

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11th May 2022, 18:00	#2
mbev51 Banned Removed Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Removed Posts: 1,343 Thanks: 171 Thanked 315 Times in 223 Posts	Just like france

11th May 2022, 18:44	#3
Borg Warner I really should get out more....... None Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Suffolk Posts: 2,579 Thanks: 494 Thanked 657 Times in 402 Posts	Whatever they decide I'll still get my trio MOT'd every year.

11th May 2022, 18:58	#4
planenut Regional Secretary Rover 1.8T Tourer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Heathrow Posts: 6,948 Thanks: 1,551 Thanked 2,036 Times in 1,264 Posts	They can persuade people that the expense of the MOT is reduced therefore reducing expenditure. No mention of the fact that this reduces the income to MOT stations, who will reduce their staff, which will reduce the income to families, who will require benefit assistance. Ultimately more vehicles will be on the road with faults in the care of people convinced that an MOT ensures the vehicle's roadworthiness! So there.

11th May 2022, 19:34	#6
planenut Regional Secretary Rover 1.8T Tourer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Heathrow Posts: 6,948 Thanks: 1,551 Thanked 2,036 Times in 1,264 Posts	There would be a marked decrease in maintenance.

11th May 2022, 19:47	#7
bikerdude666 Posted a thing or two Jaguar Xe diseasal Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Little Stanion, Corby Posts: 1,922 Thanks: 363 Thanked 390 Times in 241 Posts	It could take a fair few older cars off the road when after 2 years, owners find their car needs a massive repair bill so scrap it and buy a new car...

13th May 2022, 08:54	#10
Martin Butler Loves to post Rover 75 saloon Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: St Leonards Posts: 352 Thanks: 46 Thanked 72 Times in 49 Posts	If your the sort of owner who keeps on top of your cars servicing requirements and looks after your car, then having to MOT every two years isn't going to be a problem, because your ensuring it is up together, but not every owner is like that, some will end up as spare parts because of neglect, not bothering to carry out repairs, until the tester hands you a long failure list .