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Tiff_2

In NUNEATON, Warwickshire, there is the Council's own vehicle depot in St.Mary's Road that tests QUOTE[Class IV (full£44.15) and Class VII(£47.20) (cars and commercial)]QUOTE. Their phone number is (024) 76376031, Mon - Fri, 9a.m.-3p.m
Tiff

richUK

Ealing in London don't have any Council MOT Testing Centres, but they sent me this link which may prove to be of use in the future (apologies if this has been posted before.. this thread is rather large!)

http://www.ukmot.com

stavros_2

Here's the reply from Kent County Council...

KCC's MOT testing station is located at The Forstal, Aylesford and is open to members of the public.

Contact details are as follows:-

County Workshops
Forstal Road
Aylesford
Kent ME20 7HB
Tel:- 01622 605800

depurple1

While I think most of the tips on this site are brilliant, I have to disagree with this one.

The MOT test has strict pass/fail criteria, and as long as the garage is reputable (i.e. not one of those cut-price, cram as many tests as you can in places), they will pass the car if it is roadworthy and fail it if it is not.

Reputable garages charge the full and proper price for the MOT test, which covers their costs, so they do not need to charge for extra unecessary repairs. All MOT test centres get "mystery shopped" regularly, so to do a test improperly could cost them their licence.

Paying for a retest is also fair, as the test centre is requires by law to do the whole test again, which takes the same amount of time and labour as the first test. This is because another fault could have occurred with the car (say it failed because it needed a new tyre, but a brake light has also failed since the initial test was done), so all the criteria need to be re-checked. Since the new computerised system came in, all MOTs are timed, so if your test takes only 10 minutes because it hasn't been done properly, VOSA will know.

The motor industry has got a bad enough image as it is without having insinuations that all garages will falsify MOT test results to earn a quick buck, when for the vast majority of garages this is not the case.

phillipjayne

I agree with this article there is one council missing off the list which is
Walsall.
Address Fleet Services Public Works Depot Norfolk Place Bloxwich Road Walsall WS2 7BA telephone 01922 653716.

Evie80

Cornwall has MOT Centres - see https://www.cornwall.gov.uk:
Motor Ordnance Tests (MOT's)
Cornwall Transport Organisation Engineering can carry out an MOT on your car at the Cornwall County Council Workshops at both Scorrier and Bodmin.
For £38 you can have the confidence of a completely independent MOT test.

For further details and bookings - contact:

Bodmin - 01872 327827 email preynolds@cornwall.gov.uk

Scorrier - 01872 327335 email rpooley@cornwall.gov.uk

Opening hours

Monday - Thursday 8.00a.m. - 4.15pm

Friday - 8.00a.m. - 3.30p.m.

Hawker

Rainham Road North,
RM10
0208 227 2614
Phone to book an appt.
The site is opposite Dagenham Civic Centre.
If you go, test centre is on the r.h.s. & watch out for the HGV's on site.

Crabman

I managed to squeeze "Free MOT for Life" with my dealer purchase :cool: Sorry I shouldn't gloat, but it was/is moneysaving

musty

Does anyone if there is a Council MOT Centre in Warrington?
If yes where?
Ta.

ernie-money

It said in the article that if you have your vehicle re-tested within 10 days you should only have to pay half the MOT charge the second time. Last time I had my car MOT'd I returned it to the garage after a week, expecting at least a discount on the re-testing fee, but they told me I would have had to return it within 5 days, and besides that with the new regulations they have to completely retest the car - not only the points they had failed it on, and therefore I had to pay the full fee again. Is this right?
Thanks!