mot rip off

[gazza]

took the car last week for its mot (£40 quid) the tester failed it on 2 front corroded brake pipes (though thay looked ok to me) cost me all of £5 quid to replace then guess what £40 quid for a re test £80 quid for a mot what a rip off
anyone else had problems with the new system?

gazza

[Rookie]

Most places offer a free re-test within a week or 2 of the original test. Did yours not?

[Kickstart]

[Rookie]

Typical. Luckily my MOT centre is stuck back in the stone age, they haven't converted yet.

[Vin]

[True Blue]

My bike failed it's MOT the other day on an indicator being the wrong colour! I took it in for the retest and it passed but I hadn't done anything to it. I did mention that fact to the tossers.
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[G]

I make a point of calling up first and asking what their policy is.

One local place said they would do a free re-test, but only if they did the work which sounds like an ideal opportunity to find some random problems so that they can offer to do a load of 'work' to your vehicle.

[Kickstart]

Hi

There is not much scope for a free retest these days. Unless it fails on one of the very limited number of things that are mandated to be a free retest then it requires a full test. Even if all the tester really does is take a 5 second glance at it and say it is fine it still requires them to log into the MOT system for a full test, meaning that for half an hour or more he cannot do a test on any other bike.

A perfect example of technology being used to make things less efficient.

All the best

Keith
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[Itchy]