MOT Station near Bromley (Kent)?

[fangsween]

Hi guys,

Hope you are all ok.

Its that time of the year where my Noble M400 needs an MOT, however the service is not due till July so i am looking for a place nearby that will look after the car whilst doing the MOT (i.e. knowing what they are doing).

Does anybody have any recommendations?

Dan

[funkybmx1]

Other than mole vally. And plans motor sport I not a clue

[fangsween]

I phoned Mole Valley and they were reluctant to help as i did not want a service at the same time.

Does anybody have any ideas?

[hoyin]

does it matter? Can you not just take it to your local?

[jagracer]

fangsween said:

Its that time of the year where my Noble M400 needs an MOT, however the service is not due till July so i am looking for a place nearby that will look after the car whilst doing the MOT (i.e. knowing what they are doing).

Does anybody have any recommendations?

Dan

Is Sidcup too far?

[fangsween]

i just want someone who knows what they are doing (im worried that local garages will not know what to do with a Noble).

Sidcup is close, do you have a recommendation?

[jagracer]

fangsween said:

i just want someone who knows what they are doing (im worried that local garages will not know what to do with a Noble).

Sidcup is close, do you have a recommendation?

What do you do have to know with a Noble that's different to any other car? It's a car the same as all the rest we test and has to go through the same procedures, if you have any concerns you can tell the tester before hand.

[bernhund]

My local garage in Weald (Sevenoaks) does MOTs. He loved my 2.5 so bought himself a 3R. Mine's in on Saturday for its MOT. Though all MOT stations should be exactly the same.
Send me an email if you want to get in touch with him.

[jagracer]

bernhund said:

My local garage in Weald (Sevenoaks) does MOTs. He loved my 2.5 so bought himself a 3R. Mine's in on Saturday for its MOT. Though all MOT stations should be exactly the same.
Send me an email if you want to get in touch with him.

Does it go in the rollers OK without bumping the sump or bottom of the car?

[fangsween]

Hi Berhund,

Thanks for the response; i would like to send you an e-mail, but i have no idea how you do it!

Can you please let me know his details, so that i contact him?

Im very particular with my cars, so i asusme he would be gentle with her? would he do a MOT while i wait?

Thanks

Dan

[jagracer]

fangsween, click on his user name and then click on where it says email me, just above the picture of the car on the page that comes up.

Edited by jagracer on Thursday 22 April 17:20

[bernhund]

jagracer said:

bernhund said:

My local garage in Weald (Sevenoaks) does MOTs. He loved my 2.5 so bought himself a 3R. Mine's in on Saturday for its MOT. Though all MOT stations should be exactly the same.
Send me an email if you want to get in touch with him.

Does it go in the rollers OK without bumping the sump or bottom of the car?

Yep, mine goes on the rollers without a problem. As for MOT while you wait, could be difficult.
Might be able to sort something out if you could book it in on a Saturday morning. I'd cook you a breakfast or something at my house. I'm just up the road from the garage.

[jagracer]

bernhund said:

jagracer said:

bernhund said:

My local garage in Weald (Sevenoaks) does MOTs. He loved my 2.5 so bought himself a 3R. Mine's in on Saturday for its MOT. Though all MOT stations should be exactly the same.
Send me an email if you want to get in touch with him.

Does it go in the rollers OK without bumping the sump or bottom of the car?

Yep, mine goes on the rollers without a problem. As for MOT while you wait, could be difficult.
Might be able to sort something out if you could book it in on a Saturday morning. I'd cook you a breakfast or something at my house. I'm just up the road from the garage.

It's not me who wants the car done BTW, I only asked about the rollers as I'm a tester and I wondered if they cleared OK, I seem to remember a Lotus we had in once wouldn't go in them so we had to use alternative means.

[bernhund]

The Noble has been surprisingly good at not bottoming out on speed bumps etc. My MOT man has two 50mm steel rails that run along the pit that miss the underside of mine.
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[bernhund]

Well I'm wrong. Turns out my car only just fits on the rollers with the splitter removed. Could be an issue in other MOT centres too.
AND it failed MOT for bottom front ball joints and a leaky rear shock.
I've replaced front top ball joints with Rover 100s, but whats the score with the bottoms?I'm thinking of looking for an upgrade including the aluminium block. Any suggestions?

[fangsween]

Hi mate,

Sorry i didn't get back to you until now (thanks for the offer by the way).

I decided that i will take the car to the TVR Centre @ Barnet, as they know the car and will do me a MOT while i wait (just need to pick a nice day in the next few weeks and drive it down there - am looking forward to that!).

Always nice to see the various TVR's & Nobles there too.

I hope you sort your ball joint problem (i'd love to help, but i have no idea what to suggest!).

Dan

[jagracer]

bernhund said:

Well I'm wrong. Turns out my car only just fits on the rollers with the splitter removed. Could be an issue in other MOT centres too.
AND it failed MOT for bottom front ball joints and a leaky rear shock.
I've replaced front top ball joints with Rover 100s, but whats the score with the bottoms?I'm thinking of looking for an upgrade including the aluminium block. Any suggestions?

Yeah for my car, and a few others, we put plates over the rollers so they can go on the ramp then test brakes using a decelerometer.