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(Message started by: mindofitsown on May 12^th, 2009, 5:09pm)

Title: MOTs
Post by mindofitsown on May 12^th, 2009, 5:09pm

Question.....In these days of computerisation and shared databases, if a car fails MOT with one garage, is it possible to take it to another (in the hope that it then passes) without the second garage knowing of the first garage failure? i.e. Does each garage share the same data regarding previous passes/failures/advisories (or am I just paranoid about Big Brother watching me)?

Title: Re: MOTs
Post by wojtekor on May 12^th, 2009, 5:22pm

you're not paranoid :) as far as I know they all share information. But if the second garage finds that the reason for failure in the first one is not relevant or something it may as well pass an MOT in a sec. garage with some advisories...

Title: Re: MOTs
Post by Scorpio_Mike on May 12^th, 2009, 7:16pm

MOT's @ £54 a-go if might be cheaper to get the car fixed ;)

Title: Re: MOTs
Post by wojtekor on May 12^th, 2009, 7:19pm

fair point :) ;D ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: MOTs
Post by lesterlad on May 12^th, 2009, 7:34pm

on 05/12/09 at 19:16:57, Scorpio_Mike wrote:

MOT's @ £54 a-go if might be cheaper to get the car fixed ;)

45 quid in my neck of the woods, well it was last November.

Title: Re: MOTs
Post by 5stud on May 12^th, 2009, 7:48pm

had the ford spectron xlt moted last week he failed it on front seatbelts not ingaging.asked the mot man that motd it last year.agh ther aircraft stile you have to crash to make them work] so we take it back and he gives me a mot.ps does a member have or drive a spectron

Title: Re: MOTs
Post by gozz on May 12^th, 2009, 10:36pm

5stud.
Similar situation to you Spectron,a friend of mine came round here very worried,his Bentley Mk 6 had failed on brakes,the tester said his front brakes were "non existent".I had to go with him to explain to the fellow that the brakes are operated through a mechanical servo on the side of the gearbox,and that the rear wheels must be turning for its operation.He gave us a Tapley meter,we went along the road,applied the brakes and the car almost stood on it's nose ???
GOZZ.

Title: Re: MOTs
Post by Simmo on May 13^th, 2009, 6:41am

on 05/12/09 at 22:36:40, gozz wrote:

5stud.
.He gave us a Tapley meter,we went along the road,applied the brakes and the car almost stood on it's nose ???

GOZZ.

Now you are going back a few years Gozz..... ;D.

Title: Re: MOTs
Post by gozz on May 13^th, 2009, 9:15am

Simmo.
That's true,but they still have to be tested that way,as do Rolls Royce up to the Shadow,it's surprising how many of them are still in use,built to last eh !
GOZZ.

Title: Re: MOTs
Post by dave44 on May 13^th, 2009, 3:52pm

I remember several years ago, when i was running six Citroen Bx19 as cabs. The first one the council mechanic tested fail because he said "No handbrake working". Told him he was wrong, (he didn,t like that). Showed him in the yard that it did work. Back onto rollers, i, now keeping quiet as he puts rear wheels onto rollers. Sure enough no reading, brake not working. It was at this point i (very politly and humbley) that handbrake worked on FRONT wheels.

Title: Re: MOTs
Post by Scorpio_Mike on May 13^th, 2009, 4:41pm

Recall a guy at work had a Citroen BX estate - parked it outside his house after a long motorway journey and went inside.
A few minutes later a neighbour knocked on the door and told him his car had rolled down the road into another car !
Seems the front discs were hot after the journey, he put the handbrake on...and as the discs cooled (contracted) the pads were no longer gripping the discs as tightly as they had been.
He always parked with the wheels turned into the kerb after that...

Title: Re: MOTs
Post by rich1 on May 13^th, 2009, 6:57pm

on 05/13/09 at 16:41:03, Scorpio_Mike wrote:

Recall a guy at work had a Citroen BX estate - parked it outside his house after a long motorway journey and went inside.
A few minutes later a neighbour knocked on the door and told him his car had rolled down the road into another car !
Seems the front discs were hot after the journey, he put the handbrake on...and as the discs cooled (contracted) the pads were no longer gripping the discs as tightly as they had been.

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He always parked with the wheels turned into the kerb after that...

Title: Re: MOTs
Post by lesterlad on May 13^th, 2009, 9:50pm

When I had my Granny 4x4 Saloon the MOT man had to use a Tapley meter instead of the conventional brake tester because it was permanent 4 wheel drive.

Title: Re: MOTs
Post by LiverpaulH on May 14^th, 2009, 10:52am

The handbrake on our old works discovery worked on the propshaft so couldn't be tested in the conventional wasy on the rollers.

Title: Re: MOTs
Post by familyguy on May 14^th, 2009, 12:41pm

I have had nightmare with kit cars getting mot's found a good place now where the tester is a westie owner as well

the computer data base is shared by all the dvla computers so yes they will know if it has failed , if you have the number off the mot you can look on the dvla web site and see the last mots pass fail or advisorys.

also if the car is tax ed, scrapped ect the web site is not perfect but is prety good for free.

the link below tells you the tax status of a vehicle

http://www.taxdisc.direct.gov.uk/EvlPortalApp/application?origin=vehicleEnquiryInfo_en.jsp&event=bea.portal.framework.internal.portlet.event&pageid=Vehicle+Enquiry&portletid=VehicleEnquiry&portletns=VehicleEnquiry_en&wfevent=link.next

this link is to the mot check web site

http://www.motinfo.gov.uk/html/home.html

Title: Re: MOTs
Post by mindofitsown on May 15^th, 2009, 4:48pm

Thanks guys, I thought as much. Saved me £50+ quid then.

Title: Re: MOTs
Post by adam5172 on May 16^th, 2009, 12:13pm

for mots have a look at http://www.justmots.eu/ £19 if booked online and they only do mots branches nationwide got mine booked in monday

Title: Re: MOTs
Post by gemeg22171 on May 16^th, 2009, 5:55pm

224 miles to my nearest branch }{

Title: Re: MOTs
Post by adam5172 on May 16^th, 2009, 10:25pm

on 05/16/09 at 17:55:27, gemeg22171 wrote:

224 miles to my nearest branch }{

lol nationwide as in se england ;D

Title: Re: MOTs
Post by homer2themax on May 16^th, 2009, 10:49pm

on 05/16/09 at 22:25:58, adam5172 wrote:

lol nationwide as in se england ;D

d**n, and I used to live in Lancing, West Sussex lol.

If its any help, nationwide autocentres are offering half price MOT's through autotrader here http://www.autotrader.co.uk/CARS/mot/mot_centre.jsp

Got the missus' Passat Mot'd where I had mine done for £45 (I paid the full amount d'oh!) as there isn't a nationwide closer than about 25 miles.
Hopefully there might be one closer to anyone on here who needs one.

Title: Re: MOTs
Post by Gazza_UK on May 17^th, 2009, 1:15am

Back to original question. . . .
If it fails at one MOT centre its on record at DVLA other garages have no idea only DVLA will know and then think you fixed them and booked in some where else