That feeling you get when... (1 Viewer)

[Jim]

...You are handed an MOT certificate with no advisories

 

[GeriatricWanderer]

Smug ?

 

[Silver-Fox]

How much was in the brown envelope

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[irnbru]

Great, at least you know your hands not going in your pocket for a while

 

[Mikey RV]

You smile like a funster would smile.

 

[JockandRita]

...You are handed an MOT certificate with no advisories

Aye Jim, I experienced it again yesterday morning with our fifteen year old Pug 206, and hope to experience it again next month, but with the MH.

Cheers,

Jock.

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[rangi]

Last week with our 02 too!

 

[Tootles]

...You are handed an MOT certificate with no advisories

IF you had come to my garage, and put on your famous Kray Twins look, you would have walked away with an MOT, no advisories, and 50 quid out of the till.

 

[Masman]

Ecstatic

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[swanseajack13]

@Jim SWANSEA IS KNOWN AS THE BENT CITY FOR M.O.T'S we all drive around with new m.o.t.'s it's when you get stopped in England and they see the m.o.t .is from Swansea then the shit hits the fan ray xx lol still lol three wheels on my wagon and I'm still rolling along with a mot

 

[GWAYGWAY]

A lot better than me when my car failed from having a broken flap on the towing socket. It seems it might allow the trailer lights to go out at night if it dropped the socket, which feels like it needs a crowbar to remove.

 

[Gromett]

I took mine on tuesday to get the front struts replaced and some welding doing before my MOT on Thursday.

They did the struts then he got the young lad to go underneath with a screw driver to break out all the rusted crap ready for grinding.

EEEEEKKKK!!!! when he started poking big chunks of the underneath fell out. I had a hole running from the back wheel to almost underneath the passenger seat. This varied in width from 1" to 6" in places, with some really large chunks hitting the deck. My heart dropped big time

When Andy got underneath to look at it he said he wouldn't be able to get it all done before the MOT and it wouldn't be the £150 he quoted me last year. I said can you get enough welded for the MOT and I can come back next week for the rest? He called over another lad and said will this pass the MOT. I thought he was having a laugh. Anyway to cut a long story short, They now have their own MOT station and Andy was able to squeeze me in straight away. Turns out none of it was structural so it passed. The other 2 jobs I thought would need doing didn't need doing either so I saved over £400+ I had budgeted on the job.

I am using that to buy a welding set and sorting all the welding underneath at my leisure over the summer . I think it will take me a day of practice to get my hand back in at welding but it will be an interesting project that will make a change from being tied to my computer keyboard 24/7. Kind of looking forward to it now...

Mig Welder on order

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[suavecarve]

I took mine on tuesday to get the front struts replaced and some welding doing before my MOT on Thursday.

They did the struts then he got the young lad to go underneath with a screw driver to break out all the rusted crap ready for grinding.

EEEEEKKKK!!!! when he started poking big chunks of the underneath fell out. I had a hole running from the back wheel to almost underneath the passenger seat. This varied in width from 1" to 6" in places, with some really large chunks hitting the deck. My heart dropped big time

When Andy got underneath to look at it he said he wouldn't be able to get it all done before the MOT and it wouldn't be the £150 he quoted me last year. I said can you get enough welded for the MOT and I can come back next week for the rest? He called over another lad and said will this pass the MOT. I thought he was having a laugh. Anyway to cut a long story short, They now have their own MOT station and Andy was able to squeeze me in straight away. Turns out none of it was structural so it passed. The other 2 jobs I thought would need doing didn't need doing either so I saved over £400+ I had budgeted on the job.

I am using that to buy a welding set and sorting all the welding underneath at my leisure over the summer . I think it will take me a day of practice to get my hand back in at welding but it will be an interesting project that will make a change from being tied to my computer keyboard 24/7. Kind of looking forward to it now...

Mig Welder on order

Excellent attitude and self development. I really like that attitude. Good on you.
I m presuming you are, at present, the proud owner of an australian convertible !

 

[EX51SSS]

How much was in the brown envelope

 

[Minxy]

...You are handed an MOT certificate with no advisories

I assume we are talking about a vehicle and not your very own personal MOT?

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[bigtree]

My van is booked in today for a service and MOT, £150 for the service and £19 for the MOT.
http://motorworxgarage.com/

 

[Melvin]

I think the anticipation of going for an MOT is worse than going to the Dentist.

 

[Jim]

your very own personal MOT?

Thankfully they are not yet compulsory. Wouldn't pass at the moment

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[Gromett]

Excellent attitude and self development. I really like that attitude. Good on you.
I m presuming you are, at present, the proud owner of an australian convertible !

Got my Trolley Jack and axle stands on order. As soon as they arrive and the ground is dry I will take some pictures. It isn't pretty.

I just checked when I got my welding certs and it was 1991. So 26 years ago, and I haven't welding since 1995. So some serious practice is going to be needed before I start hacking at my vans underside...

Funny on the Australian convertible.

 

[JockandRita]

Wouldn't pass at the moment

I don't believe that for one minute Jim.

I've just passed my HGV & PSV medical, so that'll do for me...................for now at least.

Cheers,

Jock.

 

[Wildbill]

Last year I only had one advisory it should pass ok this year I should think
Bill

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[Tootles]

I took mine on tuesday to get the front struts replaced and some welding doing before my MOT on Thursday.

They did the struts then he got the young lad to go underneath with a screw driver to break out all the rusted crap ready for grinding.

EEEEEKKKK!!!! when he started poking big chunks of the underneath fell out. I had a hole running from the back wheel to almost underneath the passenger seat. This varied in width from 1" to 6" in places, with some really large chunks hitting the deck. My heart dropped big time

When Andy got underneath to look at it he said he wouldn't be able to get it all done before the MOT and it wouldn't be the £150 he quoted me last year. I said can you get enough welded for the MOT and I can come back next week for the rest? He called over another lad and said will this pass the MOT. I thought he was having a laugh. Anyway to cut a long story short, They now have their own MOT station and Andy was able to squeeze me in straight away. Turns out none of it was structural so it passed. The other 2 jobs I thought would need doing didn't need doing either so I saved over £400+ I had budgeted on the job.

I am using that to buy a welding set and sorting all the welding underneath at my leisure over the summer . I think it will take me a day of practice to get my hand back in at welding but it will be an interesting project that will make a change from being tied to my computer keyboard 24/7. Kind of looking forward to it now...

Mig Welder on order

Maybe ready to sell the Renault Dauphin this year Grom??

 

[cruiser]

My van is due in next week. So fingers crossed. And have just passed my hgv medical. So if the van passes I will have the double. The van is not as old as me. It is only 27 years old. If you turn that around you have my age [today] .

 

[Al-Di]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CRUISER

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[Gromett]

Maybe ready to sell the Renault Dauphin this year Grom??

No idea what that means

 

[pappajohn]

I took mine on tuesday to get the front struts replaced and some welding doing before my MOT on Thursday.

They did the struts then he got the young lad to go underneath with a screw driver to break out all the rusted crap ready for grinding.

EEEEEKKKK!!!! when he started poking big chunks of the underneath fell out. I had a hole running from the back wheel to almost underneath the passenger seat. This varied in width from 1" to 6" in places, with some really large chunks hitting the deck. My heart dropped big time

When Andy got underneath to look at it he said he wouldn't be able to get it all done before the MOT and it wouldn't be the £150 he quoted me last year. I said can you get enough welded for the MOT and I can come back next week for the rest? He called over another lad and said will this pass the MOT. I thought he was having a laugh. Anyway to cut a long story short, They now have their own MOT station and Andy was able to squeeze me in straight away. Turns out none of it was structural so it passed. The other 2 jobs I thought would need doing didn't need doing either so I saved over £400+ I had budgeted on the job.

I am using that to buy a welding set and sorting all the welding underneath at my leisure over the summer . I think it will take me a day of practice to get my hand back in at welding but it will be an interesting project that will make a change from being tied to my computer keyboard 24/7. Kind of looking forward to it now...

Mig Welder on order

if its that bad save your money on the welder and get rid now with a full MOT.
next year it will be back somewhere else.
like a dog, rust if for life.
a work mate spent hundreds each year on welding on his Sierra....almost a complete new underbody when he finally saw sense and scrapped it.

 

[Gromett]

if its that bad save your money on the welder and get rid now with a full MOT.
next year it will be back somewhere else.
like a dog, rust if for life.
a work mate spent hundreds each year on welding on his Sierra....almost a complete new underbody when he finally saw sense and scrapped it.

I don't have the money to replace it. It isn't that bad yet. Just this skin that needs welding. The inner sill is solid, the floor is solid just this skin/panel.

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[Popeye]

It is only 27 years old. If you turn that around you have my age

Surely you mean if you triple it (27 x 3=81) you'd be closer......