[roverdave]

hi ppl just had the old girl's M.O.T today bad new it failed
good news it was only on for my number plates not being to the new uk standard which changed as of jan 1st 2010 so £20 and 1 hour later and we had a pass :happy2:

 

[ian zs180]

Happy days it is a good feeling when ya car passes its mot for another 12 months

 

[Spectre]

What was wrong with the number plates? I thought all number plate rules only applied to new vehicals, certainly the 2001 ruling for the blue bit only applies to cars registered after 2001 not retrospectivly to older cars.

 

[roverdave]

as of jan 1st 2010 every number plate front a rear needs to hav a bs number in the bottom right conrner and mine didnt

 

[Roverdose Motorsport]

mine failled because of my airfreshener hanging from the rear view mirror!

Drew

 

[Ritchy]

what was the airfreshner? musta been huge to fail

 

[Roverdose Motorsport]

std magic tree. they say the new rules dont allow it.

obviously they just re-did it while the car was there but still i have a failure form.

Drew

 

[LozMachine]

as of jan 1st 2010 every number plate front a rear needs to hav a bs number in the bottom right conrner and mine didnt

Does "bs number" stand for what i think it stands for?

 

[Sovoth]

mine failled because of my airfreshener hanging from the rear view mirror!

Drew

No way! Must have been in a crappy mood to pull that one on you!

 

[Roverdose Motorsport]

they go by the letter of the law. i would have been miffed if they didnt re-do it though.

Drew

 

[sheddist]

Another way of making money for DVLA and VOSA. Of course, there is never any publicity, go along, pay you money, fail, pay again. Thank you.

 

[andydafrog]

Mine passed last wednesday, very happy!

 

[Spectre]

Another way of making money for DVLA and VOSA. Of course, there is never any publicity, go along, pay you money, fail, pay again. Thank you.

Yup seams the rules came in a few years ago but the MoT stations were not required to test for it until now. Any car after 2001 needs a BS number on the plates which is all ZS's but I wonder how many will fail this year.

 

[Kelvin Fagan]

I've had a fail this morning, with a rubber CV boot that needs replacing.
MOT station are going to replace later today....

The past 12 months I noticed has been my lowest ever annual mileage.
6,200 miles is all I have driven... I'm thinking maybe I should get a limited milage
quote on my insurance policy at next renewal.

 

[Kelvin Fagan]

Now have a valid MOT certificate

 

[Roverdose Motorsport]

The past 12 months I noticed has been my lowest ever annual mileage.
6,200 miles is all I have driven... I'm thinking maybe I should get a limited milage
quote on my insurance policy at next renewal.

thats pretty much all i do. got it on 19k 3 years ago, just clicked over 38k.

Drew

 

[Kelvin Fagan]

I'm a few hundred miles off 93K now.

I suppose I can expect the offside CV boot to go next, I assume the rubber nearside/offside perishes at the same rate?

 

[Sovoth]

I bought the car 11.5 months ago and it had 34.5k on the clock. It's now just rolled over 39k. 4.5k in nearly a year!