MOT changes May 2018

[agrimog]

this is getting quite interesting, notice how everyone refers to the word "drive", how many of you actually know what that means and how it affects you, lets see......

 

[inthewoods]

On 24/02/2018 at 13:43, Vespasian said:

I make sure I have a slush fund ready every time my MOT is due...   

Ah, you drive a Ford then?! ? 

[Vespasian]

14 minutes ago, inthewoods said:

Ah, you drive a Ford then?! ? 

Wish it was, would of cost me less on keeping it on the road..

[inthewoods]

7 minutes ago, Vespasian said:

Wish it was, would of cost me less on keeping it on the road..

Ah, landrover! ? 

[Khriss]

Garages love Landrovers  mine always seems to pass even though the emissions or suspension or body would give a 21st century car designer a heart attack  K

[Vespasian]

Just found a vid explaining the new system on MOT's..

 

worth watching to get an idea of what to expect at the MOT station/garage..

 

 

 

[Wonky]

On 27/02/2018 at 22:36, JamesNYorkshire said:

Bizarrely if you’d just removed the rear seats I don’t think it would have been part of the test (seatbelts aren’t where there’s no corresponding seat, not 100%  sure on mounts) and therefore it would have passed if that was the only issue...

Not quite true, I was in the just mots place last month, I heard the guy say, if it’s there we gotta test it, even if no seat, cos you could put a seat back in,

 

mine fail on off side rear door, could not be open from the outside, even thou you could from the inside.

not that a fireman would always use the door handle. But also  don’t carry passengers, yes it’s a Berlingo with windows and seat but the seats are always up and used as a van.

Edited May 8, 2018 by Wonky
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[Baldbloke]

As someone stated earlier, the craziest thing is allowing old classic/vintage/ veteran vehicles on the road without a safety check. Or road tax. These vehicles generally had poor brakes from new let alone 40 years they later. They also often smell as oil burners. So what makes a hobbyist an expert maintainer of some old boner?
I’m lucky in that my local garage knows that any vehicle I prepare for mot has been well checked over prior to being brought in. I also appreciate a second pair of expert eyes checking over anything I might have missed such as a brake imbalance.

[woody paul]

Mot ed landy 130 the other week and spoke to examiner about new regs he said about time they were up date but still not classified classes enough, explained a campvan he had there which grossed at 7 Ton only had to have a class 4 test and an ambulance to which weighs 5 ton and my truck is 3.5 ton and class 7.

[Billhook]

On 08/05/2018 at 08:56, Baldbloke said:

As someone stated earlier, the craziest thing is allowing old classic/vintage/ veteran vehicles on the road without a safety check. Or road tax. These vehicles generally had poor brakes from new let alone 40 years they later. They also often smell as oil burners. So what makes a hobbyist an expert maintainer of some old boner?
I’m lucky in that my local garage knows that any vehicle I prepare for mot has been well checked over prior to being brought in. I also appreciate a second pair of expert eyes checking over anything I might have missed such as a brake imbalance.

The new rules coming in on May 20th will mean than any vehicle over 40 years old will be MOT exempt.

So a 1978 Landie would be quite tempting for a hard up arb worker.

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/mot-exemption-cars-over-40-years-old-starts-20-may