M.O.T. roulette - place your bets

[Drago]

No one has a financial incentive to fail one of my cars as I mend them myself if they fail.

 

[presta]

No one has a financial incentive to fail one of my cars as I mend them myself if they fail.

The tester's not likely to know that, as confirmed by hundreds of satisfied readers of my thread here.

 

[Jameshow]

My VW Shuttle passed its MOT on Wednesday with no issues. Its a 2017 and only 82K miles

Our carravelle has done pretty well considering the abuse we give it. One egr valve, battery is all it's needed apart from consumables etc.

 

[gbb]

MOT for me today...failed, broken rear spring.
Reading Mazda forums previously they seem prone to it so no surprise.
Talking to my SIL, garage mechanic, he disagreed, most cars break springs in a way they never uses to in his experience. Very regular work for them apparently.
2 springs ordered, £127, get booked in early next week at his garage for a mates rate repair.

I'm past DIYing anything barring simple stuff on cars nowadays, it's winter, jacking cars in the cold, struggling to manipulate suspension arms etc...nah, I will take this one on the chin and pay.
First fail in decades I think.

 

[Drago]

In a surprise turn of events, the 2008 might be going.

I randomly chucked the reg into Cazoo and they're offering me 1800 sheets more than I paid for it.

 

[tyred]

In a surprise turn of events, the 2008 might be going.

I randomly chucked the reg into Cazoo and they're offering me 1800 sheets more than I paid for it.

You could replace it with a nice Fiat 500 cabriolet.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

In a surprise turn of events, the 2008 might be going.

I randomly chucked the reg into Cazoo and they're offering me 1800 sheets more than I paid for it.

Time to buy the Corsa you’ve always lusted after.

 

[Drago]

I can't really justify a car at all now living in town. I still have the Volvo for emergency use, although that's really just a summer show toy.

 

[Jenkins]

MOT for me today...failed, broken rear spring.
Reading Mazda forums previously they seem prone to it so no surprise.
Talking to my SIL, garage mechanic, he disagreed, most cars break springs in a way they never uses to in his experience. Very regular work for them apparently.
2 springs ordered, £127, get booked in early next week at his garage for a mates rate repair.

I'm past DIYing anything barring simple stuff on cars nowadays, it's winter, jacking cars in the cold, struggling to manipulate suspension arms etc...nah, I will take this one on the chin and pay.
First fail in decades I think.

That's what mine failed on a couple of years ago (6 Estate).
One thing I know I need to do this year is replace all 4 tyres before the MOT in mid March as the rears are the originals (9 years, 67,000 miles) and had advisories for cracking last year, while the fronts (replaced about 5 years ago) are down to around 3-4mm tread depth.

 

[bikingdad90]

Mini cooper 01 in for MOT

Needs front discs and pads
2 brake pipes
Couple of link arms
Adjustment to hand brake.

Guess the price!!!

£1600 Inc labour

What was the final damage in the end?

My guess was going to be:

Brake pads x2 £75
Brake discs 2x £300
Brake pipes 2x£30
Link arms £100
Labour 3hours x £40
Total damage £1030.

 

[Gunk]

Although labour was cheap, they’ve charged you a lot for parts, discs and pads can be easily sourced for under £150. Link arms can be bought for £40.

 

[gbb]

Garage prices for parts can be a but all over the place.
Springs for mine £127 a pair from Eurocarparts, generic manufacture., nothing special.
SIL phoned their normal supplier, around the same price but plus VAT, that will have been generic manufacture as well.
If I went to Mazda, perhaps more.

Had a lookee this morning, looks a piece of wee.
Wheel off, trailing arm bolt to undo, a drop link, swing it down, loads of space to get the new spring in.

Wednesday looks fairly bright, I'm going to do it.

 

[Jameshow]

What was the final damage in the end?

My guess was going to be:

Brake pads x2 £75
Brake discs 2x £300
Brake pipes 2x£30
Link arms £100
Labour 3hours x £40
Total damage £1030.

£1600

But that's all water under the bridge now!

 

[Drago]

...and my old bus went about an hour ago. Cazoo paid me £1300 more than I'd paid for it, so happy days.

 

[gbb]

Garage prices for parts can be a but all over the place.
Springs for mine £127 a pair from Eurocarparts, generic manufacture., nothing special.
SIL phoned their normal supplier, around the same price but plus VAT, that will have been generic manufacture as well.
If I went to Mazda, perhaps more.

Had a lookee this morning, looks a piece of wee.
Wheel off, trailing arm bolt to undo, a drop link, swing it down, loads of space to get the new spring in.

Wednesday looks fairly bright, I'm going to do it.

Done this morning with some unexpected bonus work.
First side, 35 minutes from wheel off, spring fitted, wheel back on.
Second side, one extra component to remove, 30 minutes total.

2 Jack's, axle stand, a few hand tools, jobs a goodun,

Bonus work, MOTer missed a split in one of the tyres, maybe 1 inch long right where the tread meets the sidewall so I will assume it was right up in the wheelwell and he missed it.
Spare wheel fitted.