MOT Fail - Free re-test?

espresso

murphwiz wrote: »

So it would be impossible for a tyre to get cut and bulged for example? or maybe a windscreen gains a massive chip?

These things could happen minutes after leaving an MOT testing station with a full MOT certificate!

:rolleyes:

murphwiz

espresso wrote: »

These things could happen minutes after leaving an MOT testing station with a full MOT certificate!

:rolleyes:

My point precisely! Don't assume an automatic pass when you go for your retest, if tester spots it it can be failed!

espresso

murphwiz wrote: »

My point precisely! Don't assume an automatic pass when you go for your retest, if tester spots it it can be failed!

No, I think that you have missed my point. They would not invalidate the full certificate would they? An MOT is a snapshot in time safety check, nothing more.

murphwiz

My initial reply was in context with the poster saying that they should mot it properly in the first place, if they fail it on a retest on something else, then they haven't, I was merely pointing out, as you were, that anything can happen between the first test and the retest, which could be 10 WORKING days later for a partial inspection, and no mileage limit! How many miles could be travelled in those 10 working days?
Done way to many MOT's and seen way to many people get upset with a fail, despite the fact in some cases you are actually potentially saving thiers and others lives :mad: