Upset the MOT garage, they wouldn't MOT, was I out of order?

[kawakid]

Hi,

Went to have my ER mot'd today at my local dealer.

When I arrived, I started taking my ignition key off my set of keys. The mechanic said are you waiting or coming back, I said waiting.

He then said you don't need to take your keys off.

I then said, i'd rather not as I don't know you and I don't trust anyone.

I then went in to the shop to have a look around, 5 mins later, the same chap comes up and gives me my bike key and says he can't MOT the bike if I don't trust him.

Now I wasn't intending to be rude, its something I always do, in the car/ bike, even waiting to have a trye changed I do it. I've heard very bad stories about house keys being copied etc.

In the end I apologized to the chap, he'd taken it as a personal slur against his character, which wasn't intended. Perhaps its the fact its a bike place rather than a car place and bikers don't do that to other bikers.

After my apology I put my keys back on and it passed the MOT, he even adjusted the headlight beam aim and put in a missing bolt on the exhaust. Ohh it passed the MOT.

Would you have done the same? Any MOT testers or mechanic's how do you feel in the same circumstances?
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

I only have my bike keys on my bike key ring. Stops your yoke getting scratched to hell as well.

I trust the places around me, although if I didn't then I would be inclined to keep them on me.
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[Ben.]

if i was waiting there i would leave them on, but otherwise i need to get in my house...
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[Endless Nameless]

Hmm, I tend to just dump the landy outside the MOT place and chuck the keys- with whatever happens to be on there- through the letterbox. Maybe I'm too trusting... when I come to pick it up the keys are under the seat, and it's in a car park 200 yards from the MOT place. Ahh well.

I'd say the guy was a bit outta order though, I mean it's up to you what you do with your keys!
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[yzf750r]

I know my MOT'er so yes I just give him my keys.
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[V2]

He probably just thought there was no point in MOT'ing your bike if you would'nt let him copy your house keys.

[ms51ves3]

I've only ever taken a pedal moped to an M.O.Ter and he asked for the keys and I was like 'what keys?'

I only have my scooter key and my padlock key so they can have them both.

[jimbothe]

I see your point in removing them but me, personally I would have left them on there if thats where they were and I was waiting. I only have my bike key and a fob on there anyway.

As regards to being offended. Reverse the situation. Would you be offended if someone said and did the same to you if you were in that line of work or similar?
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[Feasty]

Do you actually know someone who has had their keys copied and then burgled or are you just paranoid?

I wouldn't bother worrying about it, but then my bike keys are seperate from my house keys...
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[Itchy]

Well since the DVLA will give out your home address (or where the bike is reg'd) for the princely sum of £2.50 , from just your number plate, best to just give them the bike key no?.
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[Kal]

Bike keys only have my bike keys on them, why risk having something happen to my House Keys.

To get my housekeys off me first you have to get my trousers off...
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[kitty kat]

I have all my keys on seperate keyrings, house keys, bike keys & car keys. That way I never lose them all on 1 keyring. It also stops a load of keys scratching the top yoke too much
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[SoulRider]

My bike keys are separate however if they werent then i would probably remove the key. Its just being sensible, nothing personal but if you dont know them out of the garage then how can you be sure your house keys and contents can be trusted.
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[TheDonUK]

Personally i keep my bike keys sepirate from my house keys, but i dont think you were out of order in WHY you did it, it does however, come across as slightly rude.

Maybe you should have no told the truth, when he said you dont need to take your keys off, instead of replying with I dont know you and dont trust anyone, just say something like "Nah its not a problem to take them off" in a jovial manner, or make a crack about weight reduction.

Even then if he was offended by what you said and refused to MOT the bike i would tell him to fuck himself and i will take my business elsewhere.

[colin1]

in my opinion the mot tester is a tit, but i spose it wd be nice if we all trusted each other, and its not really very likely that he wd do anything with your keys.

Maybe he thought you were a tit to separate your keys, but i dont think he hsd have pulled the manouever i cant do the mot test if u dont trust me.

I dont think trusting people is a good idea. Last MOT tester told me i needed my brake pads replacing, and if he had offered to do it, i would have paid, but i did it myself and found there was nothing wrong with them.

Hes a likeable chap, but he didnt appologise. If i were him I would have apologised rather than making a lame excuse.
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[Jamie.]

I would have removed the key, But I wouldn't have mentioned anything about trust.

[Walloper]

You could have told him to Ram his MOT.
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[iooi]

I never leave any other keys on the ring when its for MOT or service. Always take them off before i set of, or just give them the spare set.
Guy must have just been having a off day.
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[TheShaggyDA]

Trust issues aside (I don't trust anyone) my key comes of the ring as I park up. If they lose the key (or the vehicle gets nicked) then I haven't lost my house keys.
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[McGee]

I only have my bike key on my keyring as well, like Chris said its stops the yoke getting marked.
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[mr.z]

My bike key is seperate..

I've never herd of such a sensitive mot tester, next time see if you can make him cry

I'm afraid being paranoid is a good way of keeping your things, there are plenty of bike dealers that are crooks, theres plenty of bikes stolen to order and in many cases 2/3 days after being delivered from the dealer. bit of a coincidence, specially the second time.
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[Kickstart]

Hi

Rather more likely that any theft would be of the bike, and you have to give him the keys to that.

Having said that, putting a load of keys on the key ring used for the ignition key is a good way to wear the lock more often, and a good way to loose all the keys when the key jumps out of the worn lock.

All the best

Keith
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[TUG]

maybe it was a laibility thing? I just hand them my keys... But that said i'm always there when they do the work, only ever had my bike keys in another blokes hands on the MOT but they were in the bike and i was stood right next to him. Atleast it was fine in the end.
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