Dealers offering 12 months MOT with car.

Martin_the_Unjust

AdrianC said:

Ectophile said:

The last car I bought had 4 worn tyres, one of which was a gnat's whisker from being illegally bald.

Does nobody bother looking at cars before buying them?

I expect so and, if the car needed four new tyres that would become part of the negotiation.

lemondrops69

Then there are the mystery advisories that are there one year and gone the next. I had an Audi with a whole list of "rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement" one year. I didnt replace and kept the car for another 5 years and never saw those advisories ever again.

I guess it depends on the tester and what they see or dont see.

JJ_Egan

Maybe buyers look but their is a significant shift to online buying . many travelling long distances for the actual purchase .

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It's the ones that have cars listed for sale with "full fresh MOT when sold" but when you look up the MOT history it failed a month beforehand for all sorts of stuff plus a list of advisories for corrosion.

All that will disappear when they get the MOT done but I doubt half of it will have been repaired. 

Ibrahim5

It intrigues me that so many dealers cover up the number plate. I just think 'dishonest dealer' and move on. Why do they need to cover the number plate? Surely those dealers are missing out on loads of sales?

lesalanos

Ectophile said:

Just assume that the MOT will have no advisories, as LeeUK says.

The last car I bought had 4 worn tyres, one of which was a gnat's whisker from being illegally bald. The MOT had no advisories.

That doesn't necessarily mean that those tyres were on the car when it was taken for its MOT

lesalanos

Ibrahim5 said:

It intrigues me that so many dealers cover up the number plate. I just think 'dishonest dealer' and move on. Why do they need to cover the number plate? Surely those dealers are missing out on loads of sales?

Stops the number plates being used on cloned cars.  The cloners assume the car will be on the forecourt for a while

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Ibrahim5 said:

It intrigues me that so many dealers cover up the number plate. I just think 'dishonest dealer' and move on. Why do they need to cover the number plate? Surely those dealers are missing out on loads of sales?

They claim it is because people too lazy to do their homework note down the registration then wait until it is sold and appears online with tax & insurance, then put a copy of that number plate on their identical car, thus saving ££££s with very little risk if they abide by traffic regulations.

Ibrahim5

So how does someone else cloning the number plate affect the car dealers?

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Ibrahim5 said:

So how does someone else cloning the number plate affect the car dealers?

It doesn't, but that is the excuse.

It is really so that you have to physically enquire about the car to find out the registration (as in 19 or 69), and they hope that they can then reel you in once they have you on the 'phone or in the showroom.

Rather like the "For Sale" signs with no price- they think they can talk you into buying if you are interested enough to call.