MOT Issue

[smarts]

The Northern Irish MOT is a much more stringent than ours - my Girlfriend is from NI and her dad can\'t believe that we can just turn up and get an MOT done in 30 mins - apparently it is a real big deal taking most of a day. As i understand it there is quite a trade in people taking their cars across to Liverpool / Scotland to get a \'mainland\' MOT.
Si.

[Jovic82]

You do not need to have the speedo in Mph to pass an MOT.
I think they are being way too picky as people have said.

[chris_m006]

MOT over here is a joke!!! They charge 30 quid just to look at the car, go over them with a fine tooth comb, 4 month waiting list to get one, then another 18 quid for the inevitable re-test!!!

At least they didnt fail me for the clocks, but just want my cert to get the damn think registered and ready for driving!!!!

One is not amused

[alban1973]

As mentioned many times in this thread.   if it is a VOSA mot, the speedo is not a part of the test, There is no way of testing it anyway.and it could say potatoes per mile and it would not matter!!!!!  not that it would?? Again, if it is a VOSA then I would go through the appeal proceedure which means someone else from VOSA will come and test your car. The VOSA mot test is not that stringant when done by the book, it is usually down to power crazed testers, find a good one and stick with them..