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Re: Selling with mot versus scrapping without mot
DIR By: jimzzr
Date: October 10, 2024, 3:56 pm
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> Unfortunately the area in which this duplicity is happening is
east London which conceivably be happening elsewhere too. In my
view, old cars are always subjected to subjective MOT test where
garage owner always want to make quick cash by having you over
barrel. Due to everything is recorded digitally so you usually
have little escape. In my view, in my case the main problem is
the actual bone/joints (steel made) which no mechanic bother to
replace and they just wrap it with cheap rubber. Unfortunately
most of the garages always remained overwhelmed with the sheer
number of cars requiring repairs so nobody will look honestly on
your old car. Maybe the best way is to sell it but who knows
that the same will not happen with your replaced car.
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My local MOT place operates a no pass no fee policy and won't do
any repairs not even a bulb. I've taken two 18 year old and one
36 year old car there recently with no issues. They have a
branch in Deptford.
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Re: Selling with mot versus scrapping without mot
DIR By: mickR
Date: October 10, 2024, 4:22 pm
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> I've taken two 18 year old and one 36 year old car there
recently with no issues.
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maybe coz they don't get paid if they fail it as you say...
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> no pass no fee policy
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Re: Selling with mot versus scrapping without mot
DIR By: BertB
Date: October 11, 2024, 5:49 am
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I'd take it to a different garage. When I had my last Saab Aero,
I had the choice of two local Saab specialists. One did MOTs,
the other took it down the road to an independent test centre.
The one that did their own MOTs quoted me £1500 of essential
repairs to get it back on the road. The other one £340. Its
funny how the amount of failures found when the test station was
not making any money out of the repairs went down...
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