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Cheap MOTs: Southampton, Bournemouth and South of England

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Former_MSE_Andrea
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edited 1 February 2013 at 8:42PM in Motoring
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Paying for MOT repairs can take a hefty wack from your wallet. Yet there's a way to cut this cost. The first point of call is read the full Cheap MOTs article. This discussion is specifically to talk about MOTs in your local area:

Cheap South of England MOTs


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  • dorks
    dorks Posts: 202 Forumite
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    Does anyone know of any of these council run MOT centres in the Portsmouth / Havant / Waterlooville area? The nearest one on the main list supplied through MSE is in Southampton which is a fair distance from me!
  • Not sure Dorks. I'm looking for one in the Bournemouth area but having trouble finding it on the website.
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  • Scorpio33
    Scorpio33 Posts: 747 Forumite
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    I would love to know of any near portsmouth too - I did e-mail the council a while back and never got a reply
  • KeithP
    KeithP Posts: 41,296 Forumite
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    The bus depot behind the Castlepoint shopping centre does Mots. It also does taxi testing. It is totally independent... they don't do any car repairs (maybe different if you have a bus though)... The wont even suggest anyone who might be able to do repairs.
    I know this because I had to deliver a taxi there from outside the district. It failed and they claimed not even to have a yellow pages.

    Most unhelpful, but in a way, just what we are looking for isn't it?
  • vikingaero
    vikingaero Posts: 10,920 Forumite
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    I pay £30 flat for all my personal and family MOTs. It's because I give the guy all our fleet MOTs so he sorts me out the cheapies as and when I need them.
    The man without a signature.
  • look at your old mot and ring the number on the back and they will tell you any thing that you need
    dorks wrote: »
    Does anyone know of any of these council run MOT centres in the Portsmouth / Havant / Waterlooville area? The nearest one on the main list supplied through MSE is in Southampton which is a fair distance from me!
  • Try Just mots, they seem to have a number of branches is Kent and Sussex, they charge £28.00 (booked over phone) or £23.00 if booked on line with free partial retest if taken back within 10 working days. I've had an MOT test done on an old Volvo (18 years old) and the guy said it was still solid and it only needed a small repair to get it though so I was happy with that. As the name sugests, they just do MOT's and no repairs so I hope this helps you same some money.
  • I am a partner in an independant MOT station
    We charge £53-00 for the MOT and you get a free retest no matter what it fails on if the car is bought back within 10 working days.
    The best place to have an MOT is at an independant MOT station as they dont benefit if your car passes or fails as they do not do repairs.We do change bulbs and wipers and charge for the items but we do not charge an added labour fee for doing it.which some garages charge for changing a bulb

    Many people are attracted to the cheap MOT. some cars pass and you are getting a cheap MOT but what people dont realise is that garages can charge for certain retests which can be half the max MOT fee.which is £26-50.
    then add your cheap MOT of say £39-00 and it works out an expensive MOT.

    Why do some people have pre MOT checks it baffles me they are charged normally an hours labour which round my area is from £45-00 then they are charged £53-00 for the actual MOT.
    when all they have to do is go for an MOT and if it fails they can just get the work that is needed done all for the MOT fee of £53-00. plus if the mechanic doing the pre MOT check is not an MOT TESTER how could he possibly know if the car is going to fail on certain items.

    Another one customers do is have there car serviced then bring it for an MOT and then moan if there car fails. servicing and an MOT are two totally different things just because your car has been serviced it does not mean that it is guaranteed to pass an MOT. it is best to have an MOT first then if it fails you can have the repairs done at the same time as the service.

    On a lighter note a customers car failed on both repeater lights not working she was adamant that they were working as she and her husband had checked all the lights that morning. when we went to change the bulbs there was not any bulbs in the wing repeaters. so how they were working in the morning is a mystery LOL exit one red faced customer.
  • Snow_Dog
    Snow_Dog Posts: 690 Forumite
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    Try U-drive at the top of the old wareham road in parkstone. (Yes the hire place, they do all their own MOTs and have about 3 test stations in the workshops).

    They do MOTs (well they used to when I had my Landy) but no work so they have no vested interest. Always got a fair MOT there.
  • jinx_uk_98
    jinx_uk_98 Posts: 114 Forumite
    Hi,

    Did anyone find out where the Portsmouth one was?

    Cheers
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