f**kin mot centre!!

[Johnerz]

knew i was in for a long day when the mot man couldnt understand the engine capacity but anyway........
 
just failed my mot as the fog light was too close to the brake light (converted the inside brake light temp. for the test)  reason i did this was the mot centre said if i did the reverse conversion, it might not be bright enough after being sprayed etc.  they then said that leds were getting passed but to quote mot man "i havent seen any official paperwork stating that"  so id have been chancing that by going that route!  
 
my lovely white mazdaspeed gauges that came with the car failed as they werent dual read mph/kph) i did the usual and just stuck mph over it lol..............
 
................and to make matters worse my dump valve stopped working when i left the test centre.  under load the car revs to 2500 but sticks there and starts to splutter and there is no noise from the bov.  hopefully that is just a loose pipe.........hopefully
 
nightmare day.

[Johnerz]

oh yeah, cars were going thru the mot at a rate of 3 cars to my 1 as he went over everything with a flashlight (and ruler) just to make it all worse!!!

[Brett]

Had you upset him in some way?

[nick english]

oh yeah, cars were going thru the mot at a rate of 3 cars to my 1 as he went over everything with a flashlight (and ruler) just to make it all worse!!!

bloody jobsworths!!!!!!:flamed

[DC-TYPER]

urm! your car cant fail because of the speedo mate. the guy is a ****
 
nuff said

[RemarkLima]

Sounds a bit weird... Sure you didn\'t wind him up somehow?

[thetera]

If it only reads in km/h I\'m pretty sure its a fail

[Johnerz]

Had you upset him in some way?

 
 
nope, not in any way.  tried to be helpful and polite!

[12A]

Sounds a bit weird... Sure you didn\'t wind him up somehow?

it shouldnt make a difference, the law is the law.
 
if he\'s wrong on anything just report him - make him look stupid:)

[Johnerz]

If it only reads in km/h I\'m pretty sure its a fail

 
seems to be a fair bit on confusion tho mate cuz plenty on here seemed fine with putting a sticky over it.  as for the fog light i may have no come back but modern cars have light clusters that are very close, so ill get my detective cap on tonight!

[DC-TYPER]

its not a requirement according to vosa. you can even pass an mot without an odometer reading. and as for the fog light thing. cars come with fog lights in the same cluster as brake lights. he has had you over because you have a nice car and probably a fit bird too.

[12A]

oh yeah, cars were going thru the mot at a rate of 3 cars to my 1 as he went over everything with a flashlight (and ruler) just to make it all worse!!!

I would have complained to the mgmt about this!

[DC-TYPER]

it shouldnt make a difference, the law is the law.
 
if he\'s wrong on anything just report him - make him look stupid:)

it costs the full mot fee to report a dodgy mot tester and your car has to be in the same state as it went in because they send the boys out to do checks.
 
can you tell i have just taken an mot managers course?   lol

[fdlover]

1 of 2 things: -
 
1) You\'ve wound him up and he\'s being jobsworth and petty
 
2) He\'s just avin a bad day and taking it out on you.
 
If I were you i\'d cough up for the MOT check, but tell him you\'ll be going elsewhere for another opinion

[nick english]

perhaps he used to work for vosa as this was a requirement for the sva test-odo sticker in mph and fog couldnt be too close to brake lights either.perhaps he should retake his mot test!!!!