MOT Failures.

[t-tony]

Borrowed from MSN.

MSN

www.msn.com

Tony.

 

[Pond]

No surprises there. It takes 2 minutes to check all bulbs are working before trotting off to the MOT station. People are sooo lazy!

 

[the Nefyn cat]

"TopGear.com suspects most Audi and BMW drivers will only discover their indicators are faulty once a year, for obvious reasons."

What are they suggesting?
I'm in a BMW, it's nobody elses business where I'm going.

 

[Pond]

"TopGear.com suspects most Audi and BMW drivers will only discover their indicators are faulty once a year, for obvious reasons."

What are they suggesting?
I'm in a BMW, it's nobody elses business where I'm going.

I thought indicators were a cost option on BMWs. Everything else is!

 

[Stevo7682]

Tony without even reading the article i have,a fair idea how it reads as there is still a large number of people who use the mot as a once a year find out what is wrong with the car and don't even check the basics like oil and screenwash.

This is part of the reason that the 2 yr mot was never going to become a reality.

 

[t-tony]

I agree Steve, yet vehicles still fail because people are too lazy to check simple things which they could repair.
It astounds me that many US states have no annual vehicle inspection because they view it as some kind as "taxation".

Tony.

 

[TJS]

Fifteen years of perfect MOT history compromised by last weeks annual test. A new MOT tester decided the front indicators were not orange and failed the car. However he did offer to fit new orange LED bulbs which culminated in a short and rather terse conversation giving him 3 options.

1. Go to specsavers for an eyesight test.

2. He could fit new bulbs but if he broke the not longer available indicator lens and the plastic fitting screws, (80% certainty), the garage would source and fund secondhand replacements.

3. He could pass the car which the garage had MOTed for the last 10 years without a problem.

He chose the latter with indicator colour as an advisory item Wise choice !

 

[Pingu]

Fifteen years of perfect MOT history compromised by last weeks annual test. A new MOT tester decided the front indicators were not orange and failed the car. However he did offer to fit new orange LED bulbs which culminated in a short and rather terse conversation giving him 3 options.

1. Go to specsavers for an eyesight test.

2. He could fit new bulbs but if he broke the not longer available indicator lens and the plastic fitting screws, (80% certainty), the garage would source and fund secondhand replacements.

3. He could pass the car which the garage had MOTed for the last 10 years without a problem.

He chose the latter with indicator colour as an advisory item Wise choice !

I had a similar FAIL. I had half painted the orange bulb and everything looked silver. I asked him what was the colour when it flashed - he replied "I don't know". I suggested that he should go and check. He returned with a PASS, but there was still a FAIL against the car. Annoying

 

[the Nefyn cat]

Tony without even reading the article i have,a fair idea how it reads as there is still a large number of people who use the mot as a once a year find out what is wrong with the car and don't even check the basics like oil and screenwash.

This is part of the reason that the 2 yr mot was never going to become a reality.

I've met people in the past who thought an MOT test was the same thing as a service. Bless 'em. I won't mention that most of them were women.