the straight through crew.

[chapel gate]

MoT time today.

straight through, again. One little advisory.

i used to dread the MOT. (Apart from when my father used to have his ticket in the early days). Having never owned a car under ten years old it was a case of saying ten hail marys inbetween flicking the indicators from left to right and pressing the foot brake..

not so with the 80, i almost look forward to it, a brew and the usual greeting from the tester of "bloody good motors these.."...

 

[StarCruiser]

not so with the 80, i almost look forward to it, a brew and the usual greeting from the tester of "bloody good motors these.."...

Exactly my experience. I've never owned a car that's attracted so much praise.

 

[madmanmart]

Straight threw no advisories

 

[clivehorridge]

 

[chapel gate]

Exactly my experience. I've never owned a car that's attracted so much praise.

As you said rich. We're driving a legend..

 

[chapel gate]

New tester!

hes under 40!

no problem!



i was asking about these new regs everyone seems to be worried about.
nothing much has changed and theres a lot of scaremongering was his reply.

 

[AndycruiserguyLomas]

As you said rich. We're driving a legend..

Yep, straight through no advisories, like you said, they always attract praise.

V6 Collie and 120 due next couple of weeks, shouldn't be a problem.

 

[StarCruiser]

Same here last month. Straight through, no advisories.

 

[guruvetim]

No MOT's here in Zimbabwe

I'm sure mine would pass with no problem though

 

[frank rabbets]

It was "always fail" back in the 60's when we were all driving BMC products. I remember my first MOT in 1960. I had been driving round with the front of the rear cart spring loose because that part of the floor had rotted out. I jacked the car up, slid a steel plate over the top of the spring hanger, and bolted it all together. Looked terrible. Mot tester tried to lever it off with a crow bar but couldn't so it passed.

One fail on the 80 for broken down pipe so IIRC so about 19 passes in 20 years.

 

[madmanmart]

Mine failed on the handbrake this year......

Still no advisories though lol

 

[nick_the_fish]

on the other hand, i've yet to get my MOT first time as far as I can recall. Always something small - last week they got me on windscreen wipers, and the indicator on the bull bar. Last year it was a single bush. The year before it was the brake light bulb....

 

[chapel gate]

on the other hand, i've yet to get my MOT first time as far as I can recall. Always something small - last week they got me on windscreen wipers, and the indicator on the bull bar. Last year it was a single bush. The year before it was the brake light bulb....

For something as small as that nick my tester would just let me bob a new bulb in or change the wiper blade while he got on with the rest of the test. For the most part though, i run through things like that before i take it down.

 

[StarCruiser]

For something as small as that nick my tester would just let me bob a new bulb in or change the wiper blade while he got on with the rest of the test. For the most part though, i run through things like that before i take it down.

Same here. Seems you’ve got a rather pedantic tester.

 

[chapel gate]

Mine failed on the handbrake this year......

Still no advisories though lol

Thats the only thing im ever wary of tbh..

 

[chapel gate]

Same here. Seems you’ve got a rather pedantic tester.

I would agree with that rich. Not exactly rewarding nicks loyalty.

 

[StarCruiser]

I would agree with that rich. Not exactly rewarding nicks loyalty.

Mine sells bulbs and wiper blades so it sounds like he’s missing a trick.

 

[chapel gate]

Mine sells bulbs and wiper blades so it sounds like he’s missing a trick.

Next youll be telling me they have a coffee machine..

 

[StarCruiser]

Next youll be telling me they have a coffee machine..

I’m not sure TBH, mines never failed on lack of coffee.

 

[AndycruiserguyLomas]

Looking back over the year not doing bad so far:-

Black Collie, 60 and 80 straight through. 120 on friday and V6 next week.