MOT Advisories

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Kenny6868

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335 posts

144 months

Wednesday 7th December 2016
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Not sure if these have been posted before, but gave me a giggle...

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Hammerhead

2,698 posts

253 months

Wednesday 7th December 2016
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hehe

SuperchargedVR6

3,138 posts

219 months

Wednesday 7th December 2016
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Lol

Does that info go back to the DVLA?

anonymous-user

53 months

Wednesday 7th December 2016
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Yeah, but apparently it's a free text field and they don't care.

I had "Cruise control buttons on steering wheel look a bit st" on one of my old MoT's where I'd cable-tied the cruise buttons to a replacement wheel.

Which is fair, because they did.

Denis O

2,141 posts

242 months

Wednesday 7th December 2016
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All advisories are bks in my view. They are nothing more than a testers opinion regarding items on the vehicle and this sort of crap proves it.

The problem is that the great buying public believe they are almost law.

How many ads to you see, including traders, that say the last MOT was passed with no advisories. It's as if that was some kind of positive. It matters not 1 iota and should be stopped. It's either a pass or it isn't.

Iva Barchetta

44,044 posts

162 months

Wednesday 7th December 2016
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Liking those advisories...LOL

All my advisories on my MOT 2 weeks ago were on a separate sheet, so no noseys can check how

bad my car really is.

My advisory should have had...

1....too many stickers on bodywork
2....red Alfa Romeo wheels on rear....why ?
3....steering wheel on wrong side.

biggrin

Alex_225

6,234 posts

200 months

Wednesday 7th December 2016
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I recently had my standard CLS MOT'd and it came back with an advisory regarding having an under tray fitted. A standard under tray which was there on the previous MOT's and was never mentioned.

Yes, I'm aware that the argument for the comment is that it prevents them checking what's behind it but it seems to be a specifically pedantic MOT taste who highlights it when it's never been an issue previously.

paintman

7,669 posts

189 months

Wednesday 7th December 2016
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Unless the tester has had a recent run-in with DVSA.

lostkiwi

4,584 posts

123 months

Wednesday 7th December 2016
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I had this on one of my cars once...

"Oil leak, which is keeping the underside of the vehicle protected from corrosion!!!"

Jimmy Recard

17,540 posts

178 months

Wednesday 7th December 2016
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The best I've seen is 'driver is a scrotum'. I've got the plate written down somewhere... if I can find it, I'll screenshot the page

*Al*

3,830 posts

221 months

Wednesday 7th December 2016
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Jimmy Recard said:
The best I've seen is 'driver is a scrotum'. I've got the plate written down somewhere... if I can find it, I'll screenshot the page
Lol smile

wolf1

3,081 posts

249 months

Wednesday 7th December 2016
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The joke advisories you are seeing are from training tests which could be printed out on the old system. The new system you can't do that hence no joke advisories on the new format certificates.

As for those moaning about advisories. I own an MOT station and bar the cover your arse advise everything testers they are there for a reason. The test is a minimum standard which is below the accepted service standard for most components. For example:- The minimum brake pad friction material to pass an MOT is 1.5 mm on class 4 tests, however the service standard is closer to 3mm. Now the tester notices that Mrs Browns front pads are at approx 2mm so he passes the car but advises that the pads are at 2mm so will require attention soon. The receptionist hands over the pass certificate to Mrs Brown and brings her attention to the advisory for which Mrs Brown is now fully aware that her car although it has just passed the MOT requires further attention.

Now tell me what the problem with that is?

egor110

16,818 posts

202 months

Wednesday 7th December 2016
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Iva Barchetta said:
Liking those advisories...LOL

All my advisories on my MOT 2 weeks ago were on a separate sheet, so no noseys can check how

bad my car really is.

My advisory should have had...

1....too many stickers on bodywork
2....red Alfa Romeo wheels on rear....why ?
3....steering wheel on wrong side.

biggrin
They can check it all online

Iva Barchetta

44,044 posts

162 months

Wednesday 7th December 2016
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Like I said,separate sheet,no advisory listed on mot for P440 YGC 2 weeks ago.
Yay.

Little Pete

1,513 posts

93 months

Wednesday 7th December 2016
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wolf1 said:
The joke advisories you are seeing are from training tests which could be printed out on the old system. The new system you can't do that hence no joke advisories on the new format certificates.

As for those moaning about advisories. I own an MOT station and bar the cover your arse advise everything testers they are there for a reason. The test is a minimum standard which is below the accepted service standard for most components. For example:- The minimum brake pad friction material to pass an MOT is 1.5 mm on class 4 tests, however the service standard is closer to 3mm. Now the tester notices that Mrs Browns front pads are at approx 2mm so he passes the car but advises that the pads are at 2mm so will require attention soon. The receptionist hands over the pass certificate to Mrs Brown and brings her attention to the advisory for which Mrs Brown is now fully aware that her car although it has just passed the MOT requires further attention.

Now tell me what the problem with that is?
Excellent post wolf1

anonymous-user

53 months

Wednesday 7th December 2016
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wolf1 said:
The joke advisories you are seeing are from training tests which could be printed out on the old system. The new system you can't do that hence no joke advisories on the new format certificates.
If it's a training test does that not get recorded on the MoT database then? Hoping my MoT tester didn't drop himself in it because the one he stuck on mine is on there smile

Athlon

4,998 posts

205 months

Wednesday 7th December 2016
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Little Pete said:
wolf1 said:
The joke advisories you are seeing are from training tests which could be printed out on the old system. The new system you can't do that hence no joke advisories on the new format certificates.

As for those moaning about advisories. I own an MOT station and bar the cover your arse advise everything testers they are there for a reason. The test is a minimum standard which is below the accepted service standard for most components. For example:- The minimum brake pad friction material to pass an MOT is 1.5 mm on class 4 tests, however the service standard is closer to 3mm. Now the tester notices that Mrs Browns front pads are at approx 2mm so he passes the car but advises that the pads are at 2mm so will require attention soon. The receptionist hands over the pass certificate to Mrs Brown and brings her attention to the advisory for which Mrs Brown is now fully aware that her car although it has just passed the MOT requires further attention.

Now tell me what the problem with that is?
Excellent post wolf1
Except it is wrong! you can advise anything you feel needed as a manual advisory, when you click this there is a text box that allows you to add what you want.

As for things like undertrays fitted, it used to be a 'clickable' advise but most of them wen when the scheme was updated, it was actually added as an advise when the Lotus Elise came about because you can see bugger all underneath them!

The rest of the post by Wolf is absolutely correct and very well put.

Who me ?

7,455 posts

211 months

Wednesday 7th December 2016
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I wonder about how many trees MOT testers would like to fell, or is it all about protecting their rectum?
Regular ones are
Child seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt
Under-trays fitted obscuring some underside components
Perhaps tester might like to pay for the removal and replacement of under-tray , or removal of child seat/
ONE prize woopsie was on my exhaust- shown on advisory as "heat shield corroded". Exhaust specialist examined said "heat shield" and declared it as a DOUBLE SKINNED EXHAUST BOX, where the outer was corroded.
BUT- this is a choice one, and has shown up since first MOT , AT CAR WITH 14K on clock

Nearside Front brake disc slightly pitted (3.5.1h)
Offside Front brake disc slightly pitted (3.5.1h)

RAC bloke told me it's a standard get out for testers when the pads DO NO sweep the whole disc and the outer area protrudes.
(Or in my book- another ploy to do unnecessary work )

carlove

7,539 posts

166 months

Wednesday 7th December 2016
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Athlon said:
Except it is wrong! you can advise anything you feel needed as a manual advisory, when you click this there is a text box that allows you to add what you want.

As for things like undertrays fitted, it used to be a 'clickable' advise but most of them wen when the scheme was updated, it was actually added as an advise when the Lotus Elise came about because you can see bugger all underneath them!

The rest of the post by Wolf is absolutely correct and very well put.
On our old heap the MOT advisory made me aware it was low on coolant and had a leak, this information was manually added. If the system wasn't there I wouldn't have realised and the car would have eventually died.

TooMany2cvs

29,008 posts

125 months

Wednesday 7th December 2016
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[quote=Who me ?]I wonder about how many trees MOT testers would like to fell, or is it all about protecting their rectum?
Regular ones are
Child seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt
Under-trays fitted obscuring some underside components
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You wonder why undertrays are mentioned in advisories?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSeh0QUf6L4
https://mattersoftesting.blog.gov.uk/horror-story-...
THAT's why...