M.O.T. roulette - place your bets

[Profpointy]

My "new" (to me) Honda is in tomorrow. Needs an indicator bulb, which is a surprising balls-ache as it needs the wheel removed and panel removal from below ffs. Anyhow hopefully not too bad otherwise

Woop woop it's passed.

Always a bit of worry the first MOT on a new car as you are never entirely sure if the previous MOT is from Arthur Daily motors. The service book being full of stamps from a certain exhaust fitting chain didn't exactly fill me with confidence !

 

[gbb]

Anyway, the Picanto's going in for it's MOT next month. It's never had major issues (fails have been tyres, linkage, a belt, light bulbs, etc), and been relatively inexpensive repairs overall.
The trade-in value for the car is £86 (it's had a rough life).
So what do we think will be wrong with it?
Or should be just scrap it?
Answers on a post card

An old car, particually a small one with an MOT is fairly gold dust to some people, someone looking for a cheap first car or a cheap commuter for someone. I suspect even if you scrapped it, if it didn't have anything major wrong with it it could still end up back on the road, guys at scrapyards are fairly smart at recognising those cars.

 

[icowden]

Always a bit of worry the first MOT on a new car as you are never entirely sure if the previous MOT is from Arthur Daily motors. The service book being full of stamps from a certain exhaust fitting chain didn't exactly fill me with confidence !

If it's new, then it won't have a previous MOT?

 

[Profpointy]

If it's new, then it won't have a previous MOT?

New to me, but far from brand new.

It's 10+ years old with 120000 miles on it and a chequered history

 

[biggs682]

Our note goes in tomorrow for it's yearly service and MOT

 

[Alex321]

My Insignia goes in for MOT tomorrow. Not actually due until 27th October, so plenty of time to sort anything they find, though I'm off for a week' holiday on Thursday and need it to get to Bristol airport.

 

[CXRAndy]

Is it cdti model?

Our friend has one, forever having faults with glow plugs(expensive type) turbo boost, parking brake error codes.


Good luck for tomorrow, or is it today

 

[fossyant]

Van Diesel is booked in at the Main Stealer for end of October. Main service too (all prepaid). It's only had one oil change in 4 years (commercial) but that oil change was 2 years ago and it's only done 10k in those two years. 30k by the first service, now on 40k. Booked a courtesy car. Also in for a recall on two bolts that can corrode on the control arm (no sign on my model as much newer).

 

[fossyant]

Woop woop it's passed.

Always a bit of worry the first MOT on a new car as you are never entirely sure if the previous MOT is from Arthur Daily motors. The service book being full of stamps from a certain exhaust fitting chain didn't exactly fill me with confidence !

The Aygo was definitely an Arthur Daily MOT when we got it 4 years ago. Brake pads and discs were shot, should not have passed and the cat promptly snapped off at the manifold.

 

[biggs682]

Sounds like the note has passed its MOT and has been serviced so will be fetching it soon.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Sounds like the note has passed its MOT and has been serviced so will be fetching it soon.

Look online as the MOT History is now real-time updating.

 

[Drago]

Look online as the MOT History is now real-time updating.

Thats what I did. Id walked down to collect the van before they'd even called me.

 

[biggs682]

Look online as the MOT History is now real-time updating.

It's all clever stuff

 

[Alex321]

Is it cdti model?

Our friend has one, forever having faults with glow plugs(expensive type) turbo boost, parking brake error codes.


Good luck for tomorrow, or is it today

No, it is the "Eco" model. And it passed with two advisories (one of which has also been present on the last two tests ). Never experienced any of those faults with it.