The ask an MOT tester thread

[Athlon]

Robmainstgarage said:

Dam too slow ?

[Athlon]

Slow said:

Over 10 years old so *should* only need a mot and no iva but heard stories of people getting pulled in for a check anyway.

Ahh you should be good to go, What have you got? No way DVSA are going to be doing checks at the moment with the covid thing, they are only just starting site inspections again so they will have a huge backlog.

[Slow]

Athlon said:

Slow said:

Over 10 years old so *should* only need a mot and no iva but heard stories of people getting pulled in for a check anyway.

Ahh you should be good to go, What have you got? No way DVSA are going to be doing checks at the moment with the covid thing, they are only just starting site inspections again so they will have a huge backlog.

2008 f350 with 220k miles. Bought for use as a work truck so fairly abused and less than straight. Going to downrate to 3.5ton for regular tests.

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[anonymous-user]

Thank you!

[Athlon]

Slow said:

2008 f350 with 220k miles. Bought for use as a work truck so fairly abused and less than straight. Going to downrate to 3.5ton for regular tests.

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Cool! big old bus but should be easy to prep, even if it had to have an IVA they are much easier on trucks than cars for some reason.
3.5 tonne will be class 7. Going to need a class 7 ramp to fit it on anyway!
Good luck

[Slow]

Athlon said:

Slow said:

2008 f350 with 220k miles. Bought for use as a work truck so fairly abused and less than straight. Going to downrate to 3.5ton for regular tests.

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Cool! big old bus but should be easy to prep, even if it had to have an IVA they are much easier on trucks than cars for some reason.
3.5 tonne will be class 7. Going to need a class 7 ramp to fit it on anyway!
Good luck

Thanks I think I will need it! Been doing loads of jobs from rewiring the lights to tidying it up but still looks rough.

[MG CHRIS]

Athlon said:

MG CHRIS said:

I think if you stayed open last april and may you should just about keep enough coming through but if you were closed (main dealer) for me think it might be harder but yet too see what happens. September onwards is going to be nuts though I recon.

We closed for six weeks as everyone stayed at home or cancelled but I am still confident we will do six or so a day, I really don't want to think about September, flat out every day, no time for lunch, testing before I could get my coat off to try and get through them...

Well we did have a huge number of mots end of December as the 6 month extension last of them run out we were having about 10-14 a day bit easier with 5 testers usually only 3 that do them regular so can well see September onwards being similar. We should have plenty of 18 plates coming through with motability cars etc so think that will keep us going. Summer could go either way atm.

[mk2 24v]

Athlon said:

Slow said:

2008 f350 with 220k miles. Bought for use as a work truck so fairly abused and less than straight. Going to downrate to 3.5ton for regular tests.

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Cool! big old bus but should be easy to prep, even if it had to have an IVA they are much easier on trucks than cars for some reason.
3.5 tonne will be class 7. Going to need a class 7 ramp to fit it on anyway!
Good luck

Obviously an American pickup so class4 surely? Note number 12 or 13 in the class category section?

[Athlon]

mk2 24v said:

Athlon said:

Slow said:

2008 f350 with 220k miles. Bought for use as a work truck so fairly abused and less than straight. Going to downrate to 3.5ton for regular tests.

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Cool! big old bus but should be easy to prep, even if it had to have an IVA they are much easier on trucks than cars for some reason.
3.5 tonne will be class 7. Going to need a class 7 ramp to fit it on anyway!
Good luck

Obviously an American pickup so class4 surely? Note number 12 or 13 in the class category section?

Yeah you are correct, my bad, it will be class IV but it still won't fit on my ramp!

[Slow]

Athlon said:

mk2 24v said:

Athlon said:

Slow said:

2008 f350 with 220k miles. Bought for use as a work truck so fairly abused and less than straight. Going to downrate to 3.5ton for regular tests.

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Cool! big old bus but should be easy to prep, even if it had to have an IVA they are much easier on trucks than cars for some reason.
3.5 tonne will be class 7. Going to need a class 7 ramp to fit it on anyway!
Good luck

Obviously an American pickup so class4 surely? Note number 12 or 13 in the class category section?

Yeah you are correct, my bad, it will be class IV but it still won't fit on my ramp!

In its defence its the same weight as a range rover, just a bit longer

[Little Pete]

MG CHRIS said:

Considering the state of the interiors of cars coming into our place some look like they have never been cleaned. Also have the used mask hanging from the mirror/gear stick or indicator stalk which imo is disgusting. Ive actually recently refused to test a vehicle because the interior was so bad and so much rubbish including used masks I wasn't prepared to get it in. The worse bit it had a im a key worker working for the nhs sticker on the window.
So yes a clean car is most appreciated by us testers and I personally would be more kinder obviously is a item is a fail it will fail etc.

One for the testers on here what do you recon will happen in april and may the place im now at were shut for april and march only opened in june they also got flooded out and was closed 3 weeks between mid feb and early march. Atm we really picked up mot wise 20-25 test a day from the both sides atm but we all recon april and may is going to be dead for mots with only 18 plate cars coming in.
Whats everyone else thinking atm or current workload. Im doing about 5 mot a day atm.

On Friday I asked a customer to remove used masks from the mirror and gearstick and give the interior a wipe over before I tested the car. She did it but said I would have been OK because she’d had the jab!

As far as April/May goes, I’m expecting it to be a bit quieter because we closed for six weeks last year. We are currently doing 10/12 per day. I’m hoping to upgrade our Class 7 bay to a Class 4&7 OPTL over the next few weeks.

[Little Pete]

Today’s offering.

Mould on the drivers seat base too.

[lemonslap]

Little Pete said:

Today’s offering.

Mould on the drivers seat base too.

Horrible! I don't understand why places accept them in this condition. Though my cars are never that bad, they always get sent in for test completely cleaned and the boot empty for access to the spare. Just basic respect for the person testing it in my view.

[Bobberoo99]

Little Pete said:

Today’s offering.

Mould on the drivers seat base too.

My god that's disgusting!!!

[carlove]

Little Pete said:

Today’s offering.

Mould on the drivers seat base too.

No way?! No idea how someone could drop that off, do people have no shame?

[LetsTryAgain]

carlove said:

Little Pete said:

Today’s offering.

Mould on the drivers seat base too.

No way?! No idea how someone could drop that off, do people have no shame?

She’d manage to change out of her pyjama bottoms.
What more do you want!?

[carlove]

LetsTryAgain said:

carlove said:

Little Pete said:

Today’s offering.

Mould on the drivers seat base too.

No way?! No idea how someone could drop that off, do people have no shame?

She’d manage to change out of her pyjama bottoms.
What more do you want!?

Think the pyjamas are in the footwell somewhere.

The date on the sandwich is august
I felt embarrassed I left a fresh McDonalds coffee cup in the cup holder, she has a 7 month old sandwich wrapper.

[Gilhooligan]

That interior pic made me think of my car at MOT/ servicing. My car is kept spotless but as a keen mountain biker, I’ve got a couple of old bed sheets in the boot to put down when the bike goes in the back. They have some very questionable looking stains on them from all the oil and dirt. I wonder what horrors the garage think I’ve been up to

[Chris32345]

NewUsername said:

Why on earth? Plenty of cars don't have them, its fine to drive a van with no rear view except mirrors so whats the issue?

There's a difference form.a car not having them at factory to purposely removing them

[Charles Sweeney]

The biggest concern for the DVSA is dodgy MOT testers, passing a friend's car that shouldn't be passed, for example. With it mostly being computerised these days, they are able to monitor things such as the length of time a test takes, particular garages/areas that have an unusually high pass rate, etc.

I think the MOT is pretty complicated these days, won't be long before you need a degree to do it!