My DB9 is due for an MOT, where shall take it, Bristol area.
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tonyhall38 said:
Where do you think main dealers take your car for mot?..... The local mot testing centre.....cut out the middle man..anyway most have viewing areas....
I was speaking recently to an MoT garage employee, where they used to do work for the local AM main dealer. Having lost that contract, they discovered it was because they were undercut on price. The dealer now pays just £23.
I 'get' fussy Steve. Some of us are and that's that - PITA for others as it is. Tough. Cardiff place in pic has done thousands of Astons - he just drove her around the block to test brakes. Never out of eye or eyesight or earshot. Relaxing 
PM if you want the details as for me that stuff and their Aston experience is worth its weight in gold.
PM if you want the details as for me that stuff and their Aston experience is worth its weight in gold.Ken Figenus said:
I 'get' fussy Steve. Some of us are and that's that - PITA for others as it is. Tough. Cardiff place in pic has done thousands of Astons - he just drove her around the block to test brakes. Never out of eye or eyesight or earshot. Relaxing PM if you want the details as for me that stuff and their Aston experience is worth its weight in gold.
There is absoltely no necessity to drive the car to test the brakes. An MOT station will have a rolling road brake tester to give a proper force readout from each wheel. The forces recorder have to be entered onto the computer during the test to evaluate the brake balance and efficiencies for the VOSA computer to issue the certificate. PM if you want the details as for me that stuff and their Aston experience is worth its weight in gold.tonyhall38 said:
23 for an mot......what do dealers charge...£50.00?..... Having had my mots done by myself at a local never had that ripped off feeling....
£23.00 is quite low, most MOT stations will charge around £35.00 to £45.00 to motor trade clients.Dont forget you will probably have a driver employed to take the car there, wait for it for almost an hour before returning it to base, and even on minimum wage, that takes most of the profit out of the deal for the dealer. The benefit for the MOT station is that they get a regular stream of cars instead of relying on passing trade.
8Tech said:
There is absoltely no necessity to drive the car to test the brakes. An MOT station will have a rolling road brake tester to give a proper force readout from each wheel. The forces recorder have to be entered onto the computer during the test to evaluate the brake balance and efficiencies for the VOSA computer to issue the certificate.
The car never went on a rolling road. The chap confirmed the brakes are top notch in a practical fashion. Given he has done thousands of Astons this may even be better than scrubbing on a low lying rolling road.Gassing Station | Aston Martin | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff