i know its going to fail, just need some good luck on my side to make sure they list isnt more than one page... because if it is then i frag the car and go on the lookout for another one and cant afford that really.
MOT monday. Wish me luck!
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because im going to need it.
i know its going to fail, just need some good luck on my side to make sure they list isnt more than one page... because if it is then i frag the car and go on the lookout for another one and cant afford that really.
i know its going to fail, just need some good luck on my side to make sure they list isnt more than one page... because if it is then i frag the car and go on the lookout for another one and cant afford that really.
Mines due again in a few weeks , Been having the fun today playin with 3 afm`s to get the emissions down and failing 
As well as 2 tyres iffy on the inner edge due to camber and a big chip in the screen all being done next friday im hoping for a nice green pass sheet depending on co`s
As well as 2 tyres iffy on the inner edge due to camber and a big chip in the screen all being done next friday im hoping for a nice green pass sheet depending on co`s
Giggety Giggety Goo!!!
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jacko
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I must be lucky with mine, I don't do anything to it except check the oil and water evey now and then, and apart from the odd niggly problem that Brianmoooore always has the answer for it has gone straight through the last four MOT's. Good luck to you guys with yours looming.
And on the eighth day God created........The E30!
Yea your lucky! ah well im looking forward too getting it back on the road again
How much?
Notification of refusal too issue and MOT certificate
NS Front tyre beyond legal limit
OS Front tyre beyond legal limit
NS Rear tyre beyond legal limit
OS rear tyre beyond legal limit
Fuel Tank Leaking
Passenger seat insecure
major leak of exhaust gases
OS rear fog light inop
all in all not too bad i dont think... no rust anyway, well not on the underside. the rest i spose can be fixed!
few hundred quid on tyres and exhaust and a little bit of time with a spanner and it will be fine anyway!
NS Front tyre beyond legal limit
OS Front tyre beyond legal limit
NS Rear tyre beyond legal limit
OS rear tyre beyond legal limit
Fuel Tank Leaking
Passenger seat insecure
major leak of exhaust gases
OS rear fog light inop
all in all not too bad i dont think... no rust anyway, well not on the underside. the rest i spose can be fixed!
few hundred quid on tyres and exhaust and a little bit of time with a spanner and it will be fine anyway!
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Rosc0PColtrane
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That's not a bad result mate!!
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gooner1
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Gibson, not being funny mate but why the hell did you put it trough the MOT in that condition.
Passenger seat, exhaust and fog light i can understand but surely you knew about tyres and fuel tank?
Unless you are going to put it through again in whatever allotted time the MOT allocates it just seems a waste of the MOT fee. Not to mention the risk of being pulled on the way to the garage for 4 illegal tyres.
Maybe wrong but can,t you get 3points on your licence per tyre?
Passenger seat, exhaust and fog light i can understand but surely you knew about tyres and fuel tank?
Unless you are going to put it through again in whatever allotted time the MOT allocates it just seems a waste of the MOT fee. Not to mention the risk of being pulled on the way to the garage for 4 illegal tyres.
Maybe wrong but can,t you get 3points on your licence per tyre?
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tailoutcharlie
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mines tomorrow 
dreading it. id be happy with yours gibson, the only pita is the leaky fuel tank imo.
anyone know the rules for cracks in windscreen, ie what you can get away with?
dreading it. id be happy with yours gibson, the only pita is the leaky fuel tank imo.anyone know the rules for cracks in windscreen, ie what you can get away with?
Chris
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Brianmoooore
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What he said!
What he said!
gooner1 wrote:Gibson, not being funny mate but why the hell did you put it trough the MOT in that condition.
Passenger seat, exhaust and fog light i can understand but surely you knew about tyres and fuel tank?
Unless you are going to put it through again in whatever allotted time the MOT allocates it just seems a waste of the MOT fee. Not to mention the risk of being pulled on the way to the garage for 4 illegal tyres.
Maybe wrong but can,t you get 3points on your licence per tyre?
oh sorry i didnt explain. the garage is 50 metres from my house and the tyres were only on the inside (bad camber) so it was touch and go if they were even illegal.
the exhaust i knew about and suspected the petrol tank (its not a big leak)
but i didnt wanna spend money on tyres and tank and exhaust if it was going too fail on any rust! so i put it in for a test too make sure it was worth spending the cash on.
oh and the seat was just one of the bolts that had unwound itself slightly i didnt realise because it was down the back of the seat were i couldnt see. (have tightened it up now)
i work at the garage so i can get the tyres etc done cheap and within the Ten day limit for a free Retest
. Good luck with re-testYea im quite chuffed actually, no rust related failures and the emissions etc are all ok (managed to check them by duct taping up the exhaust)
so yea few wear items like tyres exhaust and bulbs later it will pass.
so yea few wear items like tyres exhaust and bulbs later it will pass.
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alex-e30
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all the best,
my last mot cost me £700 and it was off the road 3 months
my last mot cost me £700 and it was off the road 3 months
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this is my beemer, there are many like it but this ones mine
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exactly. it was pretty close too being legal but i didnt have a tread gauge. anyone who can gauge 1.6mm accurately by eye is a machine.blitz877 wrote:thats not true at all, for a tyre to fail the tread must be below 1.6mm in three different areas of the tyremaxfield wrote: Seen as it's only the centre 75% that matters...
in the middle of the main tread yea. but no wear indicators in the warn secondary tread on the very edge of the tyreblitz877 wrote:thats why there are little lumps in between the grooves of the tyre mate
Technically he probably could have advised it, but because it was all four he opted on the safe side and failed it.blitz877 wrote:it all depends on how bad the overall tread of the tyre is and also depends on the mood the tester is in as well
i only know this because i know the tester