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Can You Beat This ?

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  • patman99
    patman99 Posts: 8,532 Forumite
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    Being a Laguna I'm surprised it didn't fail on front nearside wishbone, these have a 3 year life expectancy
    Never Knowingly Understood.

    Member #1 of £1,000 challenge - £13.74/ £1000 (that's 1.374%)

    3-6 month EF £0/£3600 (that's 0 days worth)

  • lemon26
    lemon26 Posts: 242 Forumite
    Before I got rid of it last month my 2005/05 Citroen C4 1.6 petrol, 46000 miles, MoT 30 mins and........FREE! Thank you very much Citroen.
  • BillTrac
    BillTrac Posts: 1,869 Forumite
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    09 Focus.

    Won't need an MOT until 2012.....:rotfl:
  • flang
    flang Posts: 1,094 Forumite
    my 1993 BMW 3 series, 184k on the clock. Passed for the third year with no notes!
    It just goes on and on!:j
  • Sandoval
    Sandoval Posts: 903 Forumite
    Hammyman wrote: »
    Yes it is true. The system as its now set up won't let you.
    So ilikethesimpsons is bragging about this while driving around with an invalid MOT?

    Interesting... :D
  • eschaton
    eschaton Posts: 2,247 Forumite
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    What's all this MOT thing ?
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,175 Forumite
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    Someone at work knows someone locally who does dodgy MOT's without seeing the car. They were going to get one for their banger but only it gave up the ghost and had to be scrapped shortly before it was due.

    I'm not interested in fake MOT's. I'd rather know if my car was safe to drive or not.
  • sassy_one
    sassy_one Posts: 2,695 Forumite
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    Yes I can OP.


    Ford Mondeo 2.5 V6 on a 2000 plate

    MOT cost £35 (Valued customer/existing customer discount) PASSED without any faults or defects apart from ABS light on, plugged into my hand held computer = FREE


    Total cost of MOT with car showing 99.000 miles = £35 for 12 Months :D
  • sassy_one
    sassy_one Posts: 2,695 Forumite
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    Someone at work knows someone locally who does dodgy MOT's without seeing the car. They were going to get one for their banger but only it gave up the ghost and had to be scrapped shortly before it was due.

    I'm not interested in fake MOT's. I'd rather know if my car was safe to drive or not.


    Ring VOSA, inform them of the garage and they will carry out a number of 'Test Cars/MOT's' ;)

    Save someones life, cars can appear fine, fine, pull right and brake hard but it DOES NOT mean they are safe in and shape or form.

    I once test drove a little Ford KA, later to my disbelief upon taking it for an MOT, it was later discovered it had a major brake leak (even though no change in brake affectness) Hand brake was loose, Shocks all over were leaking oil and repaired accident damage wasn't done to test standard!
    :eek:
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