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Posted: 12:43 - 22 Jan 2017 Post subject: |
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Does this mean my 66 plate gets an extra year or is it only new registrations. ____________________ Currently enjoying products from Ford, Mazda and Yamaha
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I don't really understand the 3 year thing. do brakes/tyres etc nit wear out for 3+ years?
my car turns 1 year old at the end if this month. it'll have done 50k miles (all done by myself). it's due it's 3rd service and probably a set of brake pads. it's already had tyres. if these were not done then it wouldn't pass the road worthiness test within its first year.
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From 2018 apparently (if it happens). I actually agree with Groove, I can imagine there are some shocking vehicles at 3 years old. Luckily I can't afford anything that new |
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They've already rejected this once. I wonder what's changed? ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
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bloody stupid idea,
Some vehicles of this age have covered enough millage to be needing attention to brakes, tyres etc at the minimum,
I've seen a fair few fairly new cars with headlights out and bald tyres etc with a year to go on the MOT…
I know they'd legally be liable in an incident, but better for the incident to not happen.
not enough plod on the road to spot it... ____________________ Looking to pass your CBT / Bike tests in Bury Lancashire? try www.focusridertraining.co.uk Would recommend.
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You, UK-ers, don't like change, do you?
3 years or 4, it doesn't quite matter. If you take the average driver, doing the average maintenence (even under warranty), then 4 years on a brand new vehicle and then every 2 years don't seem so crazy, at all. By the way, vehicles registered as ''historical'' have the MOT every single year, combined with the authenticity check, here. Now for where it could get even worse than it is, there are countries in Europe that do the ''authenticity check'' on every single vehicle, not just the ''historical'' vehicles. Meaning, no modifications allowed. Putting a open exhaust, different brakes, handlebars, levers, windscreen... on your motorcycle would be a no no. ____________________ '87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
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Posted: 11:46 - 23 Jan 2017 Post subject: |
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RhynoCZ wrote: | Rogerborg wrote: | 51.9% of us do. |
Well, more like 30%, as many of those proclaimed 51.9% cried about their vote the very next day. |
Dream on, chap.
On topic, the MOT is both insufficient and over-burdensome.
I genuinely missed that the inner shoulders of Mrs Borg's mummy bus tyres were balder than Patrick Stewart's bonce due to the tracking being properly mullered. Ate right through them in 5,000 miles.
On the other hand, my Zafira has a check engine light showing because of an erratic failure to read the coolant temperature. Whenever I plug in a diagnostic dongle, it's reading just fine. So at its last MOT I had to sit within bluetooth range, mashing "clear fault" so that it didn't get a bullshit fail. It was otherwise perfect.
I'd be happy with a 6 month check from new if it was a 10 minute check of brakes, tyres and suspension rather than an ever increasing raft of eco- and electro-bollocks.
That actually is what my friendly bike MOT man does, and half of that time is him typing the details into Friend Computer. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
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Monkeywrencher wrote: | Rogerborg wrote: |
On the other hand, my Zafira has a check engine light showing because of an erratic failure to read the coolant temperature. Whenever I plug in a diagnostic dongle, it's reading just fine. So at its last MOT I had to sit within bluetooth range, mashing "clear fault" so that it didn't get a bullshit fail. It was otherwise perfect. |
Not a fail |
Huh, neither it is. Thanks for that. I'd convinced myself that we'd gone full 27b/6 recently. Well, no bullshit advisory then. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
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Personally I'd be happier, as if I brought a new car or bike it would mean I could run a de-cat pipe for 4years and a power friendly rich fuel map for more power and torques!
I don't do enough miles to pollute the planet in a significant way, so I want my share of petrol for leisure only use to burn as big a strong flame as possible and pump out a few hydrocarbons in the name of having fun on what's left of the road network. |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 7 years, 93 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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