MOT Oh the joy
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The MOT gods are obviously smiling on old Mazdas at the minute!
Mine ('91 UK car on 127K) passed today - don't know yet if I've got any advisories, but I'm still recovering from the pleasant surprise of getting a first time pass, was expecting to need to do at least a little fettling to get her through! Very good considering that my wife's clio 182 has only managed to pass with no repairs once since new!
Time to pick the old girl up and give her a wash and a good long drive to celebrate I think (the mazda, not the missus!)
Mine ('91 UK car on 127K) passed today - don't know yet if I've got any advisories, but I'm still recovering from the pleasant surprise of getting a first time pass, was expecting to need to do at least a little fettling to get her through! Very good considering that my wife's clio 182 has only managed to pass with no repairs once since new!
Time to pick the old girl up and give her a wash and a good long drive to celebrate I think (the mazda, not the missus!)
Mine has just scraped a pass after a somewhat epic fail back in May -
- Rear O/S Wishbone corroded
- Rear N/S Anti roll bar droplink bush perished
- Rear N/S Shock absorber "negligible damping effect"
- Both front lower ball joints wobbly as a box of wobbly things
- Chassis rails corroded
It would have failed on the sills too, but I'd already had them fixed.
I knew the rust was coming, I just needed the other failures as the perfect excuse for some new coilovers all round and a 2-day "learning experience" under my wheel arches. A trip to the welders later and a nice green VT20 is the result
. Just need the alignment done now, and perhaps some "adjustments" to allow me to clear speed bumps and get into multi-storey car parks again 
- Rear O/S Wishbone corroded
- Rear N/S Anti roll bar droplink bush perished
- Rear N/S Shock absorber "negligible damping effect"
- Both front lower ball joints wobbly as a box of wobbly things
- Chassis rails corroded
It would have failed on the sills too, but I'd already had them fixed.
I knew the rust was coming, I just needed the other failures as the perfect excuse for some new coilovers all round and a 2-day "learning experience" under my wheel arches. A trip to the welders later and a nice green VT20 is the result
. Just need the alignment done now, and perhaps some "adjustments" to allow me to clear speed bumps and get into multi-storey car parks again Edited by BonzoG on Friday 25th June 17:24
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