MOT failure - advice needed :-(

Ah, you mean a woman.

Indeed! It keeps the main dealers *very* happy.

Although I wouldn't recommend Fiats, I was amazed how cheap the headlight was that I bought for the Punto. £40 from an ebay shop, but it looks like a genuine Fiat part and it fits.

"GB" gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

That's about twice the price of a brand new, genuine Valeo headlight for 'erselfs 205 from a reputable national chain...

Lots of good advice, but I always get my cars tested at the council's MOT station, the one they use to test taxi's. They don't do repairs so have no reason to try and rip you off.

Today I had my wifes V reg Honda CR-V tested. Passed, with advisories on a slight exhaust leak and a note that one of the rear tyres appears to be wearing on the inside edge but it's still legal.

Worth a punt.

The fails sound fair , it's up to you how and where you get them fixed. Welding a snapped exhaust mounting thats attached to an *old* exhaust is a bodge, it will fail again .

Why? Frequently exhaust mounts snap off almost new exhausts simply because the weld has not been right in the first place, I often reweld exhausts during fitting and bend brackets to the right place.

On my mk4 golf the centre mount breaks every 10k or so a common fault on the mk4 golfs and is re-welded for all of £5 each time.

On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:56:13 -0000, "Fred" Welding a snapped exhaust mounting thats attached to an *old* exhaust is a

The "fail" is fair .It's the " needing new exhaust" that's the issue .Either weld the hook back on or do as I suggested and use an exhaust clamp with a solid hook to connect it to the rubber hanger.

On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:56:13 -0000, "Fred" Welding a snapped exhaust mounting thats attached to an *old* exhaust is a

I welded a cracked join between pipe and silencer on our last Previa. It lasted another three years. How can that be a bodge?

many cracks occur due to stressed joins or inadequate mounts or lack of bracing. once the exhaust has relaxed into position a weld up between silencer and pipe is often very successful, particularly if you add a bracing strap between silencer and pipe.

and so did it pass Paul???

It does sound suspiciously like Clive....

I think we'll have to agree to differ :-) But not by much.

What you don't relise is that what a car fails on the MOT has nothing todo with kwik-fit, The tester is hired by VOSA. The test is carried out by a VOSA employee, having worked for kwik-fit in the past i know that nothing that the manager/supervisor/fitters say will alter the MOT findings

lewis sinfield gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Are you seriously asking us to believe that load of bollocks?

Whilst I s'pose it's possible that Krap-Fit are unique in having VOSA- employed testers kicking about, I don't believe it any more than I'd believe anything Krap-Fit told me about my car.

Generally, VOSA don't employ testers - they work for the garage. Or, in some cases (including the mate I was chatting with on Saturday), they own the garage.

They're authorised as testers by VOSA, sure, but they no more work for VOSA than the person bringing the car in does.

In fact, the person bringing the car in is MORE likely to work for VOSA, doing an anonymous spot-check...

Here's a clue for you...

"Duncan Wood" gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

To be fair, it's summed up in "having worked for kwik-fit in the past"

The Tiscali f****it is generally a little less functionally illiterate than this muppet.

Are you saying 'gas' shocks can't leak fluid? ;-)

or gas?