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In trying to find the Council VTS for York (or even Leeds) - no joy yet - I came across the following government sites which have quite alot of info but no actual listing of testing stations - the search continues. http://www.via.gov.uk/mot/index.htm or http://www.vosa.gov.uk/vosa/
Would agree with Jack_Potts that Japanese cars are v reliable - we've got an old Toyota and a Nissan! Have also recently found that the newer the car is, the more electrics/computers it has, which seem to equal more problems, and recalls!
Georgina
County Transport
Ripley Road
Ambergate
Derbyshire
DE56 2ER
Tel: 01773 85667
County Transport
Brimington Road North
Whittington Moor
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
S41 9BE
Tel: 01246 450705
County Transport
Halstead Garage
Dove Holes
Buxton
Derbyshire
SK17 8BJ
Tel: 01298 813141
I am a complete novice at this and feel everyone is ignoring me.
I do not know that local authority vehcle testing stations are any better in terms of quality than any other. Further, it might be thought that there is less scope for determining their quality than testing stations which have a repair and maintenance facility attached.
Perhaps find a garage you trust and let them fulfill all your requirements including MOT testing. A good place to start might be using the following link:
http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/directories/?blk=DirGoodGarages
Major: have you contacted the council and/or ambulance service in that area? These duties may be contracted out to a commercial firm, it may not be available where you are.
This new rule in reality make things extremely difficult to avoid re-test fees
kevmaxthom - WYMAS stands fo West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service. Hope this helps.
GMAS (Greater Manchester Ambulance Service) also offer this service from their Walmsley Rd, Bury Station. Ambulances do tend to take priority however and as such spaces for MoT's are limited.
Thanks, I had given up looking.
Georgina
Essex County Council garage does do repair and maintenance, just not for the general public. It's to be hoped that they're competent, it's not just council cars that are maintained there, but everything else, from gritting lorries to ambulances to fire engines. (Police do their own.) Furthermore, when Essex Trading Standards use a "stooge" car to check out ropey traders with, this is also prepared at the council garage.
It's not a question of who's competent, but who's honest.
Another point on the subject of ends rather than means, if anyone is worried about having an accident whilst driving home after a fail, they should bear in mind that the car is no more dangerous than it was half an hour earlier, before the test. If the objective is to avoid an accident, rather than the blame for one, then ones interest is best served by having the car tested more frequently than once a year, rather than worrying about maintaining the continuity of valid certificates.