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EcoR1

AdrianC wrote: »

So which of the areas flagged on those certificates fall outside the prescribed areas?

Without seeing the car I couldn't tell you. However holes in floors and sills are not automatically MOT failures. In fact holes in floors should very rarely be MOT failures.

AdrianC

EcoR1 wrote: »

Without seeing the car I couldn't tell you.

But bearing in mind all the fail points listed state they are within 30cm of "body mountings", which IS a prescribed area...

The points which don't state that, such as the "bulkhead" or "fuel filler" are advisories.

But draw a 30cm radius from every prescribed point onto the floorpan of something small like a Ka, and there's not a lot left.

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EcoR1 wrote: »

There's also the fact the MOT tester doesn't know his job, Ka's don't have body mountings.

Also, 3mm isn't close to the legal limit for a tyre.

Is the testing station, by chance, also a tyre fitting company?

EcoR1

AdrianC wrote: »

But bearing in mind all the fail points listed state they are within 30cm of "body mountings", which IS a prescribed area...

The points which don't state that, such as the "bulkhead" or "fuel filler" are advisories.

But draw a 30cm radius from every prescribed point onto the floorpan of something small like a Ka, and there's not a lot left.

But a Ka doesn't have 'body mountings' so it's the wrong RfR.

Just because a floorpan has a hole within 30cm of, say, a seatbelt mounting point doesn't mean it's necessarily a fail. The manual says the prescribed area is:-

"any load bearing or supporting structure or supporting panelling within 30cm of the mounting location"

The floor pan is very rarely supporting panelling, you could remove most without affecting the car's strength.

anotheruser

Where as I had a 51 plate Ka that had done 131K miles, had no welding, no real problems, was a great drive, albeit noisy!

Traded it in, although was honest about the 131 miles as the clock didn't have enough digits so it looked like it had done just 31K. The guy even wrote that before I corrected him!
31K miles, in less than 15 years, in the "used" condition it looked like? Hardly :P

However, no corrosion around the fuel cap like so many others...

bafty_crastard

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

Also, 3mm isn't close to the legal limit for a tyre.

Is the testing station, by chance, also a tyre fitting company?

It is actually! I've said to them before I think a tyre or brakes are dodgy and they've told me they're fine so tend to trust them (as much as I can trust any garage!)

As I said I have no idea about cars so rely on "experts" to tell me what's needed.

On the plus side she got a C3 on Tuesday and is thrilled with it :-)