MOT Cost - Does This Seem High?

AdrianC

The_Rainmaker said:

roddydogs said:

Why hasn't someone posted you should have  noticed the tyre?

Because most folk on here are sensible and realise when driving a banger you pop it in for its MOT warts and all and then decide whether to spend the money on repairs.

MOT standard for tyres is exactly the same as Mr Plod's three points standard.

King_Nothing

roddydogs said:

Its more than 10 yrs old, its a banger!

My 10 year old car is still worth about £17,000.

Jackmydad

roddydogs said:

Its more than 10 yrs old, its a banger!

Going back a while, but a friend of mine who was in the trade, used to say if it was over three years old it was a banger.
That was around 1980, so it probably was true back then!

The_Rainmaker

fred246 said:

How does someone decide that a 2007 car needing a few simple cheap repairs is a 'banger'? Unbelievable.

You might get all the repairs done prior to the MOT and that is your prerogative but all my older cars are MOT'd, repaired if required  re-MOT'd and then serviced in that order.  To do anything differently on an older car is foolhardy.

My current car which is a16 plate will obviously be MOT'd come what may so the order doesn't matter and I will have checked it over and made a decision on tyres etc prior to the MOT.

The_Rainmaker

King_Nothing said:

roddydogs said:

Its more than 10 yrs old, its a banger!

My 10 year old car is still worth about £17,000.

Aye but your modded car is a totally different kettle of fish, it will be MOT'd no matter the cost so the order you do things is irrelevant.