It passed !!!

frugg · Post by **frugg** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 5:40 pm

As above - the GTi passed it's MOT $\:D/$

Only needed a horn and rear box - both of which i knew.

retrodriver · Post by **retrodriver** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 5:42 pm

Nice one! wish me luck for mine on tuesday lol

Post by **Tim Leech** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 5:50 pm

Bugger thats a point whens the TRS due

Well done Patrick anyway, are you taking it to the "National"?

frugg · Post by **frugg** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 7:18 pm

Roverman wrote:are you taking it to the "National"?

I would love to but due to space restriction i think it might have to go

it's either the GTi or the TZD...

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 7:31 pm

Well done, mine is tomorrow, fingers crossed

mnde · Post by **mnde** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 8:38 pm

Well done! Mine went in on Thursday morning - straight through, no advisories!

Me'thinks that the quick shampoo and wash of the rear height corrector area paid off

Mark.

CitroXim · Post by **CitroXim** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:20 pm

Good passes

mnde wrote: Me'thinks that the quick shampoo and wash of the rear height corrector area paid off

Absolutely. I had one of my Xants fail on a rear height corrector a few years back. Only it wasn't, I'd been a bit over-xealous with the grease and the MOT man mistook it for a leak. I always clean them nowadays pre-test.

It may be just wishful thinking but it always seems to help if the car goes in with some obvious new bits on it, like track rod ends or new discs or the like. Something that's obvious to the MOT man and plants the thought the car is well cared for.

Post by **docchevron** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:46 pm

Very very true that.
I've been using the same tester for years.
Last time I took the valver in, he looked underneath and said "no point checking any of that then, it's all brand new!", had a cursory look around and gave me a ticket.

That said, I put a brand new pair of TCA's on K's 205 pre mot (I knew the old ones had tired ARB bushes), they did exactley 40 miles from the farm to the tester, and he failed the N/S arm on a fooked ball joint, after 40 miles.
Needless to say the dude on the counter at GSF got an ear full, and I got another new arm, a free retest and a ticket.

DavidRutherford · Post by **DavidRutherford** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:26 pm

docchevron1472 wrote:Last time I took the valver in, he looked underneath and said "no point checking any of that then, it's all brand new!", had a cursory look around and gave me a ticket.

Had a similar experience with the van just recently. MOT man says "you've been busy haven't you". Yes, I had, and I proceeded to show him all the areas I've just let new metal in, and where had been repaired.

He did all his normal checks, but just looked at the floor/sills and said "looks like you've got it all there!"

Maybe he just didn't want to get bitumen paint on his little hammer.

Lester · Post by **Lester** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 12:04 pm

Well Done

Sounds a nice car at 33,000 miles...

Post by **mat_fenwick** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 4:30 pm

Reminds me of a time when I took the van for an MOT, I had the week off work to carry out a load of welding. I had managed to weld up the structural holes, and patially completed the bodywork when my welding was 'rained off' So I took it to the already booked MOT knowing it would fail, as I had cut out a panel just in front of the wheelarch, leaving a sharp edge. I was armed with a roll of duct tape so I could dry off the metalwork once in the MOT station and protect the edges.
After I had showed the tester the repair panel I had ready to weld in, and the repair work I had already done, he said not to worry about the hole, as it was obvious that I would sort it. Very trusting.

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 7:08 pm

Hurrah, mine passed today, no advisories, fingers crossed for another 12mths happy motoring

kiwi · Post by **kiwi** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 8:03 pm

frugg wrote:As above - the GTi passed it's MOT $\:D/$

Only needed a horn and rear box - both of which i knew.

Technically thats not a pass thats a fail

You mean to of said its going to pass on a retest

Mine failed on a silly "fluid Leak" silly in so far as it was probably a bit of residual from some earlier work that just required a cloth and a small tweak to a pipe. Not that bad since there has been no sign of dripage on the concreate Garage floor. Yet it Failed on that!

DavidRutherford · Post by **DavidRutherford** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 8:45 pm

kiwi wrote:Technically thats not a pass thats a fail

You mean to of said its going to pass on a retest

I suspect, from the way it was worded, that the work had been done and the pass achieved before the post was made..

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