tourer is at MOT station

[Karan]

i just dropped it off!

the guy seemed well grumpy and a bit irrate!

its sooooooo gonna fail


stay tuned for further MOT developments midday! LOL

Karan

[Sjoerd320i]

May the drif slag tourer please pass MOT, Amen

[Karan]

i know for a fact that jacking point are a bit borderline and the rear subframe bushes are gone (taking my chances here),

arb droplinks are also gone i know

and i reckon the light adjustment is all over the show!

oh well it 'may' pass /////stranger things have happened

the guy seemed like a grumpy fcuker though
and when i went in.... he was beating the fcuk out of the flooorpan of a van to see how rusty it was very very hard!!

he clearly isnt getting any!

Karan

[Sjoerd320i]

the guy seemed like a grumpy fcuker though
and when i went in.... he was beating the fcuk out of the flooorpan of a van to see how rusty it was very very hard!!

he clearly isnt getting any!

Karan

well lets hope the best mate

[Stoney_god]

Good luck fella... I found talking to the MOT man whilst he was looking at the dodgy areas of the car was always a good idea.. Took his mind of them a bit !!!

[320Touring]

fingers crossed mate

[Richy325iTouring]

they tried beating the shit out of the chassis on my orion years ago i went mad on them as they not supposed to do that

[StuBeeDoo]

Best of luck Karan!

he was beating the fcuk out of the flooorpan of a van to see how rusty it was very very hard!!

If he does that to your car, you can protest the outcome of the MOT if it fails. They are only supposed to tap the specific areas with a light hammer - there is actually a specific MOT testers hammer.
I've always found that it's better to watch the MOT being done, that way the tester's on his best behaviour. All Testing Stations are required to have a viewing area.

[Jos]

yup, nothing better than re-undersealing the entire car only to have some tw*t go at it with a scraper... like dude please don't do that...

[Jhonno]

fingers crossed for the drift slut

[Karan]

ok/....... i turned up to collect car...

some other geeza there said he had seen my out drifitng it yesterday//

i went to guy who done MOT.. and he said i shouldnt be driving it round cos it was so bad! failure points:

1.anti-roll bar droplinks allround gone!
2.offside front balljoint
3. rear subframe bushes gone
4.front shocks gone (see later)
5.rear brake pipes corroded
6.offside handbrake not working (seemed fine drifting last night!--pull it harder u pussy)
7. offside rear seat not latching properly
8.front jackinh points corroded


so i had a BIG argument with him about the hartge shocks i out on!!! he said the car wasnt bouncing and therefore the shocks were gone---FFS its the other way round

dont think the car is gonna make the drift practise day on monday.... so i'll prob have to go in the sport

[Jos]

I don't think he liked you Karan

[jumare]

Just had my E reg 325 MOT'ed, failed on rust in front inner wing, rusty brake pipe (the long one from the ABS unit to the back, how come only one goes bad?), and top rear shock areas.

The tester was pretty good, allowed me to have a look under the car, and watch him. He had what looked like an official MOT hammer, and was reasonably gentle, e.g. round the front jacking point he said he could probably "make " a hole but didn't as he shouldn't hit it too hard Probably helped that it was a Saturday morning and he wsn't busy.

I haven't been so nervous watching the test for years!

Should be about Ԛ£300 (inc doing the tracking, I've put a new rack in) to put right, plus the test fee.

Mark

ps Assuming it all goes well is there an appropriate place to post a recommendation, he's an ex BMW main dealer technician who's set up on his own.

[glenn]

i just dropped it off!

the guy seemed well grumpy and a bit irrate!

its sooooooo gonna fail


stay tuned for further MOT developments midday! LOL

Karan

dont you just know, as soon as you make eye contact with grumpy mot tester,
that your gonna fail.
karan,
when you eventually get your certificate in your hands ask him when he last got his end away!

[jumare]

Shouldn't have tempted fate, rust is worse than thought, another~Ԛ£80 worse. It's along the bulkhead behind the brake servo. Saw the old rear shock bushes, the bush had seperated from the rubber!

Just had my E reg 325 MOT'ed, failed on rust in front inner wing, rusty brake pipe (the long one from the ABS unit to the back, how come only one goes bad?), and top rear shock areas.

The tester was pretty good, allowed me to have a look under the car, and watch him. He had what looked like an official MOT hammer, and was reasonably gentle, e.g. round the front jacking point he said he could probably "make " a hole but didn't as he shouldn't hit it too hard Probably helped that it was a Saturday morning and he wsn't busy.

I haven't been so nervous watching the test for years!

Should be about Ԛ£300 (inc doing the tracking, I've put a new rack in) to put right, plus the test fee.

Mark

ps Assuming it all goes well is there an appropriate place to post a recommendation, he's an ex BMW main dealer technician who's set up on his own.

[tourer-dan]

Well I see it like this:
You need an MoT,
He wants to get his end away.

You do the maths........

[Toby_Unna]

so karan did he back down about the shocks?

find a good garage get to know the bloke and go there always. difficult to find a decent one as so many are tw@ts

i take every car i mot to the same chap and he's very reasonable with fault noting (and at times negotiable )

[StuBeeDoo]

difficult to find a decent one as so many are tw@ts

Tell me about it!! I've had so much trouble finding a decent garage it's unreal. I've decided to bite the bullet and go back to doing all my own mechanical work - once I get the garage emptied.

i take every car i mot to the same chap

I've also found it pays to stick with the same MOTer. Been going to the same place for 4 years now.

[Rearwheel_nick]

fuck it. just drive it to the drift practice on monday regardless...the dude just seems like he had a bug up his ass or something

[Karan]

fudge it. just drive it to the drift practice on monday regardless...the dude just seems like he had a bug up his ass or something

yeh i'm coming anyway./..... but nothing received ffrm driftuk yet in the post

i have averything ready helmet etc..... tyres.....

just gotta get tracking done today as its not self centering like my sport does so i cant drift it as easily as in the sport which is annoying me as i can feel the balance is great

Karan