MOT Advisory when bought car

Notmyrealname

j0nathon2 wrote: »

Thanks.

Just need to find somewhere decent, and cheap to service and MOT it! Never had a car I bothered to service in the past, the average prices I am seeing are £170 for the service alone, seems steep!

So you've never bothered looking after cars, never had the brakes checked etc and probably never even done tyre pressures so have probably had cars with far worse problems yet are worried about something thats not a MOT fail.

It beggars belief.

JethroUK

I got an advisory last year on steering thing and this year it went straight through without a mention

Norman_Castle

Never had a car I bothered to service in the past, the average prices I am seeing are £170 for the service alone, seems steep!

Compare it to the purchase costs, depreciation, annual fuel, insurance and VED .

j0nathon2

Notmyrealname wrote: »

So you've never bothered looking after cars, never had the brakes checked etc and probably never even done tyre pressures so have probably had cars with far worse problems yet are worried about something thats not a MOT fail.

It beggars belief.

With every car I owned:

I check my fluid levels and oil myself, at least every two weeks.
I check my tyre pressures, tread and condition at least every month or when I see fit.
I have a mechanic friend check other things like brakes if I think they are off, plus these are included in the annual MOT (a service is annual too). He also shows me how to change things, and he can do a full oil change.
I checked the body work/rust as best I can.
I have paid for any repairs, diagnostics, when necessary.

What I meant, is that I have never paid for a proper, full service, because the cars I have had were 10+ years old, but I would never, ever dream of driving a car without knowing it was road worthy.

This car is newer, has a full service history up to now, and I may have to sell it in a couple of years for health reasons, and I want to make sure all those things that help the sale and keep up the condition of the car are done.

Weird_Nev

Don't worry about notmyrealname, he's just a troll.

mcjordi

j0nathon2 wrote: »

Think it says something like:

Slight play in offside steering

thats probably just the track rod end nothing major.

Notmyrealname

j0nathon2 wrote: »

With every car I owned:

I check my fluid levels and oil myself, at least every two weeks.
I check my tyre pressures, tread and condition at least every month or when I see fit.
I have a mechanic friend check other things like brakes if I think they are off, plus these are included in the annual MOT (a service is annual too). He also shows me how to change things, and he can do a full oil change.
I checked the body work/rust as best I can.
I have paid for any repairs, diagnostics, when necessary.

What I meant, is that I have never paid for a proper, full service, because the cars I have had were 10+ years old, but I would never, ever dream of driving a car without knowing it was road worthy.

This car is newer, has a full service history up to now, and I may have to sell it in a couple of years for health reasons, and I want to make sure all those things that help the sale and keep up the condition of the car are done.

So you've never looked after a car properly. You've only had the brakes checked "if you feel they're a bit off" which means there's a ton of stuff you would miss such as low pads or shoes. And BTW, if the MOT examiner cannot see the brake pads or shoes, they don't get checked. If you have a car with rear drums, the shoes don't get inspected. Too many people believe like you that an MOT is a thorough inspection. It isn't. It is a visual check only.

mikey72

Notmyrealname wrote: »

So you've never looked after a car properly. You've only had the brakes checked "if you feel they're a bit off" which means there's a ton of stuff you would miss such as low pads or shoes. And BTW, if the MOT examiner cannot see the brake pads or shoes, they don't get checked. If you have a car with rear drums, the shoes don't get inspected. Too many people believe like you that an MOT is a thorough inspection. It isn't. It is a visual check only.

Utter nonsense. The shoes are inspected through the inspection hole in the backplate. If you didn't just get your oil changed at Kwik Fit, and used a decent garage they would have done this correctly for you.

Joe_Horner

Assuming the backplate has an inspection hole

j0nathon2

Notmyrealname wrote: »

So you've never looked after a car properly.

Clearly not to your standards. But, your standards are irrelevant to me, I won't be losing sleep over it.

Thanks to all the answers that do not insinuate I am driving death traps.