It's that time of year again. Last year I took it to the dealer but it failed on tyres so I got that sorted then went to a Nationwide centre as time was running short. Was a bit nervous about how they'd treat it but this was ok, problem turned out to be they didn't know what they were looking at (Alpina has 2 VINs / Chassis numbers it seems and it totally foxed the tester who thought it was a cut 'n shut). So I had to go away again and make another trip back. Where do you all go to get your car MOT'd?
Where to MOT?
- Thread starter JamesF
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Local village MOT station. It's a formality for me on a well maintained car and have no interest in people seeking extra work
pablo said:
Viewing booth - you're kidding me. I'm usually under the car looking around takning advantage of the opportunity and watching exactly where they are proding and poking.
I've only had one MOT, back late last year. Passed with no problems. I took it to my local garage, as the least I contact I can have with the dealer here the better. They hate me in there because of the trouble I had in the first year. I nearly set up camp in there!
I still have the services done there though just to keep the stamps up in the book. There is a good local independent BMW specialist where I go for any other work however.
I still have the services done there though just to keep the stamps up in the book. There is a good local independent BMW specialist where I go for any other work however.
pvr said:
Hence I use the local village MOT station where let's just say they are more relaxed about how to treat customers.
It's a bit of a pain and while it removes wrecks off the road it is a bit tiresome and lengthy covering everything from emissions to tyres, bulbs, brakes, down to seatrbelt mountisngs, etc. etc.
If pedantic the car can be failed on pretty much anything at the whim of the tester, equally they can also pass anything if they wish, so a 2nd tier garage will get MOT's done on cars for sale without question, which does somewhat fool the buyer into believing it's a good car.
If pedantic the car can be failed on pretty much anything at the whim of the tester, equally they can also pass anything if they wish, so a 2nd tier garage will get MOT's done on cars for sale without question, which does somewhat fool the buyer into believing it's a good car.