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Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:36 pm

How much u pay for just an MOT ??

I was charged £49 today :evil:
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Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:45 pm

I get mine for £25, usually I avoid places that are this cheap as they tend to be looking for work, but this guy is a fellow Opel Manta Owners Club member.
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Did it pass?
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£20 with free retake within 7 days and basic service (fluids) thrown in for free.
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Sanchez wrote:Did it pass?
did it hell.

failed on exhasut leaking and brake pipes front to rear.

i have 10 days to fix
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m-dtech wrote:
Sanchez wrote:Did it pass?
did it hell.

failed on exhasut leaking and brake pipes front to rear.

i have 10 days to fix
So thats about 300 notes then.

Yeah expensive.
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Sanchez wrote:
m-dtech wrote:
Sanchez wrote:Did it pass?
did it hell.

failed on exhasut leaking and brake pipes front to rear.

i have 10 days to fix
So thats about 300 notes then.

Yeah expensive.
nah, its an evening welding the holes in the exhasut and and evening making up new copper pipes :)

i might fit rear pads as they were advisory.
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im sure its a bit cheaper than that anyway.

Good luck and yes £49 is what i paid for my everyday car's MOT about 2months ago.
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Wed Mar 21, 2007 12:08 am

munky30 wrote:£20 with free retake within 7 days and basic service (fluids) thrown in for free.
Where's that then, Munky? Or is it mates rates?
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£35
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£50 :roll:
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Brianmoooore wrote:
munky30 wrote:£20 with free retake within 7 days and basic service (fluids) thrown in for free.
Where's that then, Munky? Or is it mates rates?
Not mates rates... well kinda. I've spent so much in their garage (unifit plymouth) that they take pity on me and my various sheds.

I also pay cash and get them to do the work to make it pass.
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Wed Mar 21, 2007 5:50 am

My last one was £40.
This is why I no longer drive an E30......

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Wed Mar 21, 2007 6:40 am

£30.

£10 payable if you fail, then the remaining £20 when you return and hopefully pass.
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Wed Mar 21, 2007 9:55 am

£50, but that's at the council depot, so you're guaranteed a "fair trial". They have no interest in making up stuff for your car to fail on, as they do no work on private vehicles.
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my MOT cost £50, and although failed 1st time, they allowed a free retest within 10 days which did pass yesterday :D
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Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:14 pm

Idea of a bargain around here is £45!!!
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mine cost me nothing!!! :)
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Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:28 pm

I thought the price was supposed to be standardised since the launch of the new computer based certification. With a top end fee for testing at £54?
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can't get an MOT for less than £50 in Bournemouth, Swansea can be anything from £30-£50, but usually passes at a £50 garage and doesn't at a £30 garage.
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Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:54 pm

local trade price...40 quid
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mines £30 and a tenner for the guys pocket even if it had a bold tyre. winkeye winkeye best friend MOT man, BUT my car never fails, every 6 months it goes on a ramp for a serious overhaul at my mates garage just routine check... my life is more important than a metal shaped into a car..



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Hi had 2 cars done at 2 different garages and both charged £40.Both failed 1 n/s back spring,the other brake pipes.Had work done for pass.
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40 quid last time for me
but no favours he tests to the letter tho
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Wed Mar 21, 2007 6:54 pm

Mine cost £30 , but that is a trade rate, and he tells me to fix the faults he finds , so it always passes!!!

Oh , and i do fix the faults pronto as he is a friend of a friend.

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topspark wrote:Mine cost £30 , but that is a trade rate, and he tells me to fix the faults he finds , so it always passes!!!

Oh , and i do fix the faults pronto as he is a friend of a friend.

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Very similar to the arrangement I have, but unfortunately the test station is 150 miles away!
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Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:46 pm

£50 in this neck of the woods, and £25 retest :evil:
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£40 is about the average round by me.
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Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:23 pm

Just to clarify, my garage that charges £25 that is his standard rate, and my car's do fail if they're not right. Just put Jayne's Volvo 480 in and it failed on everything from Headlamp aim to handbrake travel. All fair cops mind. Just got to get my ass in gear to sort it out (or scrap it).
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