MoT for another year!

Oscar · Post by **Oscar** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:01 am

And no advisories! Bloody brilliant.

Particularly proud of this one as it's the first time I've gone over the car getting it ready for MoT, as opposed to just booking it in and hoping.

Swampy has had a wash and polish as a reward.

Happy.

Philip Chidlow · Post by **Philip Chidlow** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:05 am

Great. Another on the road for another year. Well done.

Post by **docchevron** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:09 am

Congrats Oscar! It's always good when you get a tick without advises.

Cheers
Chris G

BX Bandit · Post by **BX Bandit** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 7:21 pm

Excellent news...how proud are you?!

Terry Brooks · Post by **Terry Brooks** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:04 pm

Well done ......now wish me luck ........'cos mines due on the tzd in about 3 weeks time.
T.

kiwi · Post by **kiwi** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:58 am

Nothing more satisfying than walking away with that cert first time

So lucky that you get the test just once a year rather than the 6 month drama I live with.

Incidentally would you believe a leaking CV boot does not fail out here

ellevie · Post by **ellevie** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 7:29 am

How much does the MOT cost in NZ ?

kiwi · Post by **kiwi** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 6:25 am

Last one I had was nz$40 roughly 14 quid thats probably gone up now with the new testing of emisions. Might sound cheap to you but our wages are lower. Its that stress atached to it being done twice a year. Comes around to quick.

Funny thing I noticed that both my Cars are due in March

ellevie · Post by **ellevie** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:00 pm

It's more than £50 here now, and if it fails and you take it away for more than a day to have it fixed then you have to pay £50 again for the retest.

Post by **docchevron** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:03 pm

????

You have 10 working days to fix a non serious failure, and a free re-test, as set out by VOSA...

Cheers
Chris G

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:40 pm

We charge £50 here but i (and Ian fearn) get it for £25.

ellevie · Post by **ellevie** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 8:22 pm

Chris, you need to take your eyesight along for an MOT

According to this VOSA statement,
http://www.vosa.gov.uk/vosacorp/newsand ... edures.htm
You get a free retest if you fix a non serious failure within 1 working day.
You get a half price (maximum) retest if you bring it back within 10 working days.

Post by **docchevron** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:04 am

WIERD! Sod's law dictates I cant find a failure sheet now, but I was sure it said free re-retest for non-serious failure within 10 working days. I'm getting old

SORRY!
Not enough Carrots and too much looking at Fiona Fitsnicely I guess......

Cheers
Chris G

ellevie · Post by **ellevie** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:34 am

What I said about the £50 retest was wrong as well. It was true when I had my MOT last April. Back then the "new" rules required them to do a full retest if you took it away to fix a serious fault, hence the full charge. The rules have now changed for the better from the DIY perspective, because they now only have to do a partial retest if you bring it back within 10 days. This probably means that in practice many of them will actually offer a free retest.

I didn't know the rules had changed again recently, so thanks for flagging it

Way2go · Post by **Way2go** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 4:16 pm

ellevie wrote:when I had my MOT last April. Back then the "new" rules required them to do a full retest if you took it away to fix a serious fault, hence the full charge. The rules have now changed for the better from the DIY perspective, because they now only have to do a partial retest if you bring it back within 10 days. This probably means that in practice many of them will actually offer a free retest.

I didn't know the rules had changed again recently, so thanks for flagging it

This is very useful info as my MOT is due in a couple of months and I remember from last year that the free retest had all but dissappeared.

Viva le BXClub!