360 MoT...take it anywhere?

[Mario149]

A friend needs to get his 360 MoT-ed asap, is it possible to just take it to a Kwik Fit and watch them like a hawk? Are there any things to watch out for? I know with my old 996 C4S there was an issue with doing brake tests as it was 4wd, they had to be done off the ramp or something so as not to damage the system. Anything like that for a 360?

[MDahmen]

Paul Coster had some guys he took my car to for MOT, you could ask him.
they were also somewhere in East London

[Trev450]

It possibly has a limited slip diff so should not be put on the rolling brake tester. Someone with more knowledge of the model will probably be along soon though.

[Mario149]

MDahmen said:

Paul Coster had some guys he took my car to for MOT, you could ask him.
they were also somewhere in East London

If I could ever get hold of him on the phone

[bromers2]

Always taken mine to a local MOT garage - no problem at all. I always think Halfords & Kwik Fit will always try and fail a car to earn some extra cash. Back street garages always happy to work on a Ferrari.

[Soovy]

bromers2 said:

Always taken mine to a local MOT garage - no problem at all. I always think Halfords & Kwik Fit will always try and fail a car to earn some extra cash. Back street garages always happy to work on a Ferrari.

This. Find a locally owned family place.

[johnnyreggae]

More here http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=110...

[TISPKJ]

Mario, as in the link above Neil at Ural Moto is a good guy ...... tell him I sent you.

[tony993]

I book my 360 in to the local Halfords place - £27.50. I sit in the car & do the controls for them. To protect the LSD, we do the brake test on the road rather than the rollers, using a machine with a swinging arm that sits in the passenger footwell. I drive & the tester sits in the passenger seat with his machine.

[911944]

It's not a jet fighter plane from the year 3000, it's a car with 4 wheels and an engine. Any MOT station would be able to put a ticket on it. Just express your concerns about damage and all will be well.

[renmure]

When I took mine to the local wee garage in the nearest village the guy looked at it like it had dropped out of space and said, "fk me, I sure as hell ain't failing that!!" So far he has been as good as his word

[jackal]

Take it to the local council run test station (where all the council run vehicles get tested). They HAVE to do it by the book and dont/cant make additonal money out of you in any case. Once you start using them you will find them a bit less stringent than most other test stations ! What a surprise.

[shep1001]

Trev450 said:

It possibly has a limited slip diff so should not be put on the rolling brake tester. Someone with more knowledge of the model will probably be along soon though.

They can use a Tapley (?) meter for the brake test, use it for the TVR each year so it does not damage the LSD. All MOT stations should have one as a back up. Don't let them kid you they need to 'take it for a drive' to do the test, the car park is just fine.

Your other problem might be finding a place where you can get it on the ramps (don't know how low a donkey sits), otherwise the station will need a pit to work in.

Edited by shep1001 on Saturday 25th February 18:27

[Mario149]

Thanks for all the info everyone My friend got his car MoT-ed yesterday at a little friendly place in Rochester. The reason why he needed it done was that he just bought the car but the garage couldn't MoT it til Monday. It's his first Fcar and he couldn't wait an extra week before picking it up, so sorted the MoT himself Anyway, I went to meet him at the test centre before we went for a little blast and met up with a couple of other friends. Was the perfect weather for him to get his first Ferrari!

[voicey]

Is that Hedge's old car?

[Mario149]

voicey said:

Is that Hedge's old car?

Yep, believe so if memory serves. Did the sound of the Timate exhaust give it away?