"Mike P" gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:
I think you may be thinking of somewhere else - I don't think "balding but still just about noticably ginger" counts as an ethnic minority...
Conor gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:
So what's the problem?
No, I'm not classing LB and his gang as Ethnics ;-), they were the "non-ethnic" garage that did a *top* job on the XM. Possibly one of the best garages I've ever used. I used an Indian and a Rasta in Wycombe, both very good. I used two non-ethnics up North, they were both s**te - despite one of them being our "family" garage for years and still run by the same chap.
I don't think it makes any difference really, but then again, I won't usually use a garage that's not been recommended to me by someone who knows what they're on about. Both the chaps in Wycombe are friends of friends, the supposedly good guy up North is the son of a long time family friend. Only the guys who totally screwed the MOT on the ZX were not known to me before I used them.
Mike P
Mike P
Good luck Conor, I hope the bastards get strung up. It's a total pisser when something like this happens, especially on a rot-hiding Capri. My first 2.8i needed a grands worth of welding 7 months after it had passed an MOT.
Mike P
"Mike P" gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:
Ah, gotcha.
My bad.
The thing about Capris is they only tend to rust in certain places, any MOT tester should know where they are as it's a simple car and the rust tends to be bloody obvious on them. If it was MOT'd in June Conor /might/ just get away with his complaint about the rust issues. Headlamp earth isn't an issue if you tap the light and it comes on - that, amazingly, is good enough for a pass (discussed this very thing with a VOSA inspector last week). Indicator not working 3 months later doesn't mean shit on a 20 year old car, neither does the leaky rear axle or the rotten fuel pump bracket.
I suspect that tester will last a good while yet, unfortunately.
There used to be a tester near me whos name appeared on more MOT'd old sheds than you'd believe, to the extent that you could go looking at cars and spot the ones which were pretty much guaranteed to have one of his MOTs on. He must have been MOTing most of the old s**te on Merseyside for about 10 years, and VOSA had 'random inspected' his garage quite a few times but could never pin a bloody thing on him.
*Never* buy an older car with 9 months MOT...
I do hope you don't mean me...
Pete M gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:
No, you're a scouser, so definitely effnic.
I prefer not to have a fuelpump held in place solely by fuel lines.
There was no headlamp earth. It was just hanging in space. It's also the earth for the passenger indicator too.
Was a broken stalk.
It does when there was a repacement set in the boot.
Conor gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:
If it's secure, what's the problem? If it's insecure, it's a fail.
Conor gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:
When did it break?
Purchased when?
Certainly before the MOT. It was the metal housing it's in. Had split down the back.
Long enough ago for the retaining ring to have surface rust.
Conor gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:
How do you know it was before the MOT?
Doesn't mean anything. It may be new-old stock that's sat around in poor storage conditions before being sold to the guy when the leak was found just before sale. Is a leaky back axle even a fail point? I doubt it.
Well there's certainly none of those around here (Blackburn).
I dunno about that but they still seem to be able to do a days work for less than you could hire a brain surgeon, unlike their white counterparts.
Being a cynic, a quick Google reveals that in 2007, for failures when servicing or repairing cars; Allen Ford Group were prosecuted by Warwickshire TS, and Nationwide Autocentres by Bournemouth TS, and Charles Hurst Group by Belfast TS...................
My local village mechanic is fantastic. £30 per hour, collection and delivery service and repairs parts rather than replaces them. Never had a problem with any job he's done. The only issue comes when goes on holiday and shuts for a fortnight!
Blacks are far less dodgy than Pakis.
Just had an MOT done, it failed on back brakes and cylinders, lights dipped to low, and= an air freshner hanging over 40mm !!!!!!!! They could have saved one of those, why did= nt they pull the air freshner off, it was broken anyway.....they quoted me =C2=A3290= .00 to put all repairs right, my friend said that was daylight robbery and to go and get= a quote elsewhere. I did this and got the same repairs done for =C2=A374.84. !!!! They= should not be called Mr Clutch, my mate calls them Mr I clutch all your money ..... they= also should have a website called come to us and we will rip you off.com. As you can prob= tell I would rather eat shit, they step one foot onto Mr rip you off again !!! (that was f= rom my mate, ha ha ha ) she said she might get a wrench and stick it up Mr Clutch's bottom!= !! then phone the police and tell them he is going out armed with an illegal weapon....= . Note to Mr Clutch from Lenne and Sam , shuv your 300% dearer quote up from backside, bu= t please remember to remove the wrench first!!!!
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Just had an MOT done, it failed on back brakes and cylinders, lights dipped to low, and= an air freshner hanging over 40mm !!!!!!!! They could have saved one of those, why did= nt they pull the air freshner off, it was broken anyway.....they quoted me =C2=A3290= .00 to put all repairs right, my friend said that was daylight robbery and to go and get= a quote elsewhere. I did this and got the same repairs done for =C2=A374.84. !!!! They= should not be called Mr Clutch, my mate calls them Mr I clutch all your money ..... they= also should have a website called come to us and we will rip you off.com. As you can prob= tell I would rather eat shit, they step one foot onto Mr rip you off again !!! (that was f= rom my mate, ha ha ha ) she said she might get a wrench and stick it up Mr Clutch's bottom!= !! then phone the police and tell them he is going out armed with an illegal weapon....= . Note to Mr Clutch from Lenne and Sam , shuv your 300% dearer quote up from backside, bu= t please remember to remove the wrench first!!!!
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we arnt allowed to just pull things off we have to test the vehicle as presented & yes its a fail. What they should have done was to give you the opportunity to remove it when you dropped the vehicle off. Your not the only one it happens to, i had 8 mot's today and over half of them had stuff hanging from the mirror & sat nav holders stuck to the window.
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