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Just took my car for MOT

goodgirl80
goodgirl80 Posts: 814 Forumite
in Motoring
They refused to do it because my car is too dirty! They said it's a 'health hazard' :rotfl:
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  • jase1
    jase1 Posts: 2,308 Forumite
    How dirty is it? I've taken cars covered in dirt, flies, sandwich boxes and other unpleasant clutter for MOT before -- far too lazy to do anything about it -- without issue.

    Must have been either seriously unpleasant, or just your MOT bloke was on an off day :)
  • Stigy
    Stigy Posts: 1,581 Forumite
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    If the numberplates are so dirty so as impossible to read without cleaning them, they are within their rights to refuse to do the test. Realistically though, it's much more easy for the tester simply to clean the plates off. For it to be deemed a health risk it must have been seriously dirty!
  • goodgirl80
    goodgirl80 Posts: 814 Forumite
    It's basically a mobile ashtray. I could well understand why someone wouldn't want to be in it.
  • mcjordi
    mcjordi Posts: 4,238 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    dont get why people want to drive around in a car full of crap tbh
    Sealed pot challenger # 10
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  • Woody._2
    Woody._2 Posts: 472 Forumite
    goodgirl80 wrote: »
    It's basically a mobile ashtray. I could well understand why someone wouldn't want to be in it.

    Dirty Girl.:p
  • goodgirl80
    goodgirl80 Posts: 814 Forumite
    mcjordi wrote: »
    dont get why people want to drive around in a car full of crap tbh


    it's not that I want to...i just don't care...

    I might change my name to Queen of Ming
  • mcjordi
    mcjordi Posts: 4,238 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    goodgirl80 wrote: »
    it's not that I want to...i just don't care...

    I might change my name to Queen of Ming

    yeah but all the junk and muck will reduce your Mpg and increase fuel usage..
    mines cleaned weekly i used to store the rubbish in the passenger footwell:o
    Sealed pot challenger # 10
    1v100 £15/300
  • KingElvis
    KingElvis Posts: 4,100 Forumite
    LOL that sounds nasty.....
    "We want the finest wines available to humanity, we want them here, and we want them now!"
  • goodgirl80
    goodgirl80 Posts: 814 Forumite
    mcjordi wrote: »
    yeah but all the junk and muck will reduce your Mpg and increase fuel usage..
    mines cleaned weekly i used to store the rubbish in the passenger footwell:o


    My poor little car :o
  • jase1
    jase1 Posts: 2,308 Forumite
    I tend to find that the cleanliness of my car is proportional to how much it's worth at the time :o
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