Mot anxiety

[anonymous-user]

Mot booked for tomorrow, car runs well with no faults but still stting myself. Car is 12 years old 155k miles. I have spent a lot on it but still think it will fail. Anyone any tips to relieve the stress.

[JakeT]

Just sent a 2003 X5 with 198,540 miles for its MOT yesterday and it went straight through with 2 advisories. So that should help you. What car is it?

[Riley Blue]

I take a 52 year old, a 13 year old and a 10 year old car in for MOT. If they fail, they fail, worse things happen in life.

[tedman]

I find that if you keep on top of maintenance stuff like tyres, brakes (and other service items), you'll generally be okay.

[EagleMoto4-2]

Check for any blown light bulbs, indicators all working etc. Make sure your wipers dont smear when clearing water and that your tyres have legal tread depth. That is all you can really do without getting under the car.

[generationx]

EagleMoto4-2 said:

Check for any blown light bulbs, indicators all working etc. Make sure your wipers dont smear when clearing water and that your tyres have legal tread depth. That is all you can really do without getting under the car.

All this.

And why be terrified? It´s only an MOT test for goodness sake. The tester won´t come at you with an axe or anything.


Usually.

[Hoofy]

Similar feeling when I walk past a policeman, really. Worst I've done is over the limit on a motorway.

[anonymous-user]

Nothing special a 2004 skoda octavia tdi but dbe 12k in 10 months.

[uuf361]

I always feel like this when taking cars in for an MoT - I know they get serviced properly and drive fine but always think there could be something that makes them fail. Only happened to me once so far in 25 years.....

[Pieman68]

Yep. Had mine for 12 months and had it serviced in Feb - pair of new drop links and front tyres done with the service and I was still bricking it

57 plate Vectra C with 67k on the clock and a full history

I nearly cried with happiness when it went straight through

[Matt UK]

It's important you just look nonchalant as you confidently browse a 2012 copy of What Car whilst sipping your vending machine hot chocolate.

MOT testers can smell fear from 100 paces...

[J4CKO]

If you feel like you need to give an acceptance speech when handed a pass on the MOT, its time to get a new car

Try taking a badly restored 1971 Fiat 500 for an MOT, that focuses your mind, three pages it ran to !

[f1nn]

It's a road worthiness test, I'd prefer to know if there was a safety related issue that otherwise I may not have noticed so I don't really mind taking my cars for an MOT.

If you look after your car correctly, then how bad can it be? Unless you own a Peugeot, or Fiat or similar, then I can see why you would worry!

[andy-xr]

Matt UK said:

It's important you just look nonchalant as you confidently browse a 2012 copy of What Car whilst sipping your vending machine hot chocolate.

MOT testers can smell fear from 100 paces...

And when they fail it say while you knew it was bald/loose/rusty/full of dirt it' was on the jobs list to get around to, it was only an advisory last year anyway

[matchmaker]

The Spruce goose said:

Nothing special a 2004 skoda octavia tdi but dbe 12k in 10 months.

My 2004 125,000 mile Octavia VRS passed this morning with 2 minor advisories

[Janesy B]

I know it only had 80 odd thousand miles but my old Focus is 13 and has been advisory free for the last 5 years.