Cars Booked in for the MOT

[grinder]

once or twice yeah ( GIT !!!!! )

[hawker182]

buy cheap -> sell cheap" - so at least i pass on my good fortunes

I\'ll vouch for that!

[grinder]

i hate it when people buy cheap and then sell it for a fortune

[TiddlesRX7]

Thanks for the help grinder. I sorted the wheel bearing today. Real easy job in the end.

[grinder]

good man

well today has been **** to say the least

took car down at 9:30 AM and they had a tranny van stuck on the ramp with half a gearbox

left my number and they said they would phone when it was off

12:30 i phoned up and some lad said it was still there - and someone would phone back

4:10 i phoned up and low and behold - no one there

so now im not happy

the mot expires today , tax at the end of the month and the insurance on the 28/29 of this month

and a car with no mot sat on the driveway

so not happy at all

i dont think it helped with getting my exhaust back soo late - i wanted it at the end of march so that i could get the MOT done early - but it just didnt happen - so when i got it back and fitted it was last sunday and this was the first MOT slot available

so now i have no idea what to do - the next slot for the mot will have to be next sat and if it fails then .. well .... there will be a vid on here of me kicking the crap out of my FC and setting fire to it

not impressed !!

Stu

[Brett]

Can you avoid kicking it and setting fire to for the time being

 I\'d call them first thing Monday and arange to have the car left their until the MOT is completed :yes

[grinder]

thats the plan to be honest - it just timnig it right

i only get home from work at gone 18:00 so it depends if someone is still there

[kev-yorks]

You can drive the car without tax and mot Stu if you are travelling to the testing station or back after the test so just get it rebooked when you\'ve the chance.
Kevin

[shaunwil]

I can take it down friday afternoon if that helps.

Shaun

[shaunwil]

Richard will sort you out, he\'s always busy and was probably having one of those days too !

Shaun

[grinder]

thanks chaps

yeah i know i can drive it without tax or mot to the station

its the insurance that runs out next week thats a worry

and i cant tax it without a MOT , so i might end up delclaring it off road and if im doing that , then there is no point insuring it either

nowt is simple with these cars - although i have stopped worrying to be honest - this is life and its never a simple journey !!

[kev-yorks]

Thats a better attitude Stu $hit happens and so long as you can get to the surface every now and again for a breath you\'ll be OK
Kevin

[Ricco_04]

yeah i know i can drive it without tax or mot to the station

Hope you dont mind me asking on your thread:o

Can you drive the car to a garage to have work done for mot? (say drive to garage, have work done, drive home and then drive to MOT next day?)

[travellinbob]

Hang in there stu. Dont let the buggers get to you. You should try living on an island where they get freaked out when ever the mot man sees me in case I have finally finished my project! half the island is talking about the crazy aussie and what he does to his morris minor.
  cheers,michael.

[grinder]

ricco - yeah i think so

say it fails on welding on the monday - and you take it to get fixed on a wednesday and get pulled

if you can prove that its going for a repair then you are OK

you would have to prove that its booked in for work doing ref the MOT

i will keep you updated on the progress though - what more annoying is that i have buyers lined up for the car with a 12 month MOT

the good bit to all this - the cab started up fine after being stood for about 7 weeks and ran like a dream

i really think it needs a good run - the auto box seems to take a while to engage drive - but im not sure if thats normal or not ??

Stu