DS15 LNW

[Cletus Van Damme]

As said, the model before, the K11 was fantastic. Had 2 of them and they were bombproof mechanically. Haven't a clue about the K12 though, which is when Renault got involved, and I switched to other Japanese car brands. Having said that, this looks like the kind of old used car to buy, hard to find, not many owners and serviced often.

 

[DRM]

Because theyre not allowed to, and if the customer is a ministry stooge the tester can get in the sheet for it. To my eye that means the tester is doing it by-the-book, which would be my preference.

I was under the impression that the car was serviced & MOT'd at the same time, surely it would be picked up on the service, before heading off to the MOT bay

 

[DRM]

There's a Ford KA now for sale from a dealer near me. I like KA's but he's a real dodgy dealer, so best not to bother looking at it! Last March while waiting for my car to be MOT'd in the garage next door to him I decided to look at cars for sale on his forecourt. After about 5 minutes he came out of his portakabin thingy saying 'What are you looking at my cars for'?! in an aggressive manner. Well why do you think I'm looking at cars for sale duh'! 😏 He definitely needs to brush up on his sales technique!😁

Ka=Rot box, run away as fast you can

 

[Drago]

I was under the impression that the car was serviced & MOT'd at the same time, surely it would be picked up on the service, before heading off to the MOT bay

The MOT is a fixed price, £57(?) for 1.25-1.4hrs work.

Service work is typically upwards of a hundred,plus VAT. So a full pre MOT check is chiming in at £140+ VAT.

So it's significantly less expensive to do the test first, and then rectify any points found during the service, rather than do a service and a pre MOT check and an MOT.

In any event, most services are little more than an oil and filter change and basic visual safety check of limited components and won't duplicate many of the checks from the MOT such as emissions, play in suspension and steering, yadda yadda - you'd have to to the expensive pre MOT check to to be assured of switching any MOT faults. Its simply easier and less expensive to do the MOT first.

But as regards the test itself a good tester won't so much as remove an air freshener from the rear view mirror.