MOT roulette.

[mjr]

Perhaps @Fnaar could ask Miss Goodbody to advise on this?

She may have useful advice on how to remedy dirty bottom ball joints, too.

 

[Drago]

Nowt major then.

Aye lad, £160 and a free retest. I'm taking it back on Monday for him. Its actually a pleasant little car once you get past the slug on quaaludes performance. I didn't appreciate being overtaken by a kid on a BMX during the drive home.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Aye lad, £160 and a free retest.

That seems hellishly expensive

 

[Bonefish Blues]

That seems hellishly expensive

Free retest is a misnomer too, IIRC - back to the same Test Centre within 10 working days to test the fails is always free, I think.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Free retest is a misnomer too, IIRC - back to the same Test Centre within 10 working days to test the fails is always free, I think.

Correct, you've already paid for your Free test.

 

[Drago]

That seems hellishly expensive

0.8 hours labour a side x 2 plus £16 x 2 for the parts, plus VAT. I checked the figures very carefully before phoning John. Having checked the labour times on ICME its absolutely spot on, and the labour harge of £64 an hour (x 1.6 hours plus VAT) is quite competitive for this part of Poshshire. Its a proper garage, not a Fred in a Shed, with a 2 year warranty on the job. My Dad was moaning at the weekend about his Volvo dealer charging £110 and hour plus VAT, so this is very reasonable.

They do the retest for free under any circumstances at this place. Its not one I ever use, I was just the courier. The coffee was nice.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

and the labour charge of £64 an hour

Missed it was both sides, thought only one side, but even so £64 +vodka is cringing.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Aye lad, £160 and a free retest. I'm taking it back on Monday for him. Its actually a pleasant little car once you get past the slug on quaaludes performance. I didn't appreciate being overtaken by a kid on a BMX during the drive home.

This is the one from the Hyundai Getz I scrapped at the beginning of the year, I'd already brought its replacement, a nice 2011 Suzuki Swift, and the original plan was to sell the Getz for what I could get, in the end I got a hundred quid of the local scrap yard.

 

[Drago]

Missed it was both sides, thought only one side, but even so £64 +vodka is cringing.

15 years ago that would have been considered average around these parts. Today that's blummen bargain basement.

 

[Tin Pot]

Mines in for MOT and service at the moment.

I’ve given up stressing out and just accepted that there will be something outrageous every time.

 

[biggs682]

The coffee was nice.

that will be charged under the sundries figure nowt for free in the motor trade trust me

 

[Deleted member 26715]

[QUOTE 5076523, member: 45"]I remember the days when the tester would wink at you while handing you the certificate and saying "you will get that sorted won't you?".[/QUOTE]I look on the back seat when he drops the car off to see what I have to fit, for both fail & advisories

 

[Jody]

[QUOTE 5076523, member: 45"]I remember the days when the tester would wink at you while handing you the certificate and saying "you will get that sorted won't you?".[/QUOTE]

They still do

 

[gavroche]

It is a Ford, not surprised it failed.

 

[Drago]

Pretty sure it was a Kia C apostrophe D. I'm no expert on these matters, but the word Kia on the grille leads me to suspect it wasnt a Ford.