I was nervously waiting for the car to have its MoT, my biggest worry being emission (I did not check it when I bought the car)
Much to my surprised, HC=64ppm, CO=0.00%
39.25 pounds is a ripped-off although they manage to finish all the tests in 20 minutes.
Garrison
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Your MOT may not take very long to carry out, but do not forget that the garage in question will have had to invest a lot of money in the necessary testing equipment before they can obtain a licence to carry out MOT tests. In reality, I suspect that the test fee is still a "loss-leader" in that garages know that they will secure more repair work as a result of being a testing station.
Good news you passed. My mates at work tell me that I am more nrevous when the car is in for an MOT that I was when SWMBO was going into labour. I hate that moment when the garage calls, and you have to wait for the diagnosis....
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> In reality, I suspect that the test fee is stilla "loss-leader" in that garages know that they will secure more repair work as a result of being a testing station.
This certainly does not apply to the MOT station I have used and trusted for many many years. They only do MOTs and have no workshop or connection with any garage so they certainly appear to make a profit from just doing a good job of MOTs.
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Is that the reason why the test was only 20 minutes? They would need to get through as many cars as possible if they do only MOTs.
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They are pretty good figures. What age/mileage is the car? Anything ever gone wrong with it? (I know that in the US they are reckoned to run for 150k+ without repair).
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95N with 107K. No repair and no servicing since 98 (out-of-warranty) except oil change every 5k.
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