Learn something new every day.

[goon]

And yes I do, took the car for mot earlier and the tester asked if the car had limited slip diff, I answered yes and then he informed me that it would not be going on the brake test rollers in case the diff gets damaged. He then accelerates behind the garage and slams the brakes on a few times and gets out holding a little electronic box with a digital display on it. Apparently he placed it on the floor of the car and its internal sensors calculated how quickly the car had come to a halt. How cool is that.

 

[buzyg]

Interesting indeed, thanks for sharing that wee nugget of knowledge.

 

[srhutch]

Not all MOT stations do it though. There was a discussion a few years back about it. Seem to recall one members car had a 20 minute test drive for the tester to check the brakes. As you can imagine he wasn't amused.

 

[goon]

Not all MOT stations do it though. There was a discussion a few years back about it. Seem to recall one members car had a 20 minute test drive for the tester to check the brakes. As you can imagine he wasn't amused.

The actual tester I was with told me that was the case in "the old days" and that he preferred to road test the cars at the end of each test to get a general feel of the car that running 2 wheels on a roller or poking a sill can never do.

 

[mmm-five]

Has anyone watched their cars on one of the new suspension/chassis testing rigs that some of the MOT garages have installed.

It's worse than watching your car being run up & down on a dyno

 

[srhutch]

Not all MOT stations do it though. There was a discussion a few years back about it. Seem to recall one members car had a 20 minute test drive for the tester to check the brakes. As you can imagine he wasn't amused.

The actual tester I was with told me that was the case in "the old days" and that he preferred to road test the cars at the end of each test to get a general feel of the car that running 2 wheels on a roller or poking a sill can never do.

In that case the "old days" must be 2-3 years ago :lol:

 

[Ewazix]

One of the previous discussions,

http://www.z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=50876&p=738569&hilit

 

[Anonymous]

Has anyone watched their cars on one of the new suspension/chassis testing rigs that some of the MOT garages have installed.

It's worse than watching your car being run up & down on a dyno

Had this done to my old scholl.mazzer
I told the guy that it's far to aggressive for the type and age of my car and from fine to damaged my steering rack !