My new car is due it's first MoT next year.

How will I know exactly when to book it in? Will it be due on the date that I took delivery of the car or maybe when the garage did the PDI on it.

Also will I still be able to take it in a month early to have the test and still get the certificate post-dated like I could if I already had a MoT?

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I was interested in this topic as I had read the Manchester Evening News report. Co-incidentally, I started my police career on the beat in Northern Moor, where the OP lives, before joining the road patrol at the end of the 'Wolseleys with bells' period.
I retired before the 'computer era' but have earlier procedures now been abandoned? What happened to the 5 days to produce your documents? If the OP had pleaded his case and the officer had no evidence to disbelieve him, why not issue the driver with a form HO/RT/! (a producer). He presumably knew the identity and ownership of the car was correct via the PNC. Then the situation, expense and bad feeling would not have happened and the OP could continue his journey.
As far as I can see, the MIB database is a tool that the police may use. But the tool is broken and inefficient.. Would any professional in another trade be happy using a broken tool ? I have a small experience of this, I own and use a small classic van. Last year I tried to tax it on line and the computer threw back at me the answer 'There is no record of any insurance for this vehicle'.
'Strange, I was about 9 months into a fully comprehensive policy. Fortunately I had not been caught' on the road or, no doubt, I would have suffered the same fate as Steve.
Ted
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i have recently purchased a 04 plate 1.3 cdti corsa design, there is a problems as the oil light keep flashing now and again, i have checked the oil that's fine, changed the oil pressure switch it still does it so i took into vauxhall they said there was a problem with some models having short dip sticks .. i believed him tried that oil was the same as still the problem continues?

can any one help?

thanks in advance

Simon

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Hi, have a starting problem with a Peugeot 106. It's a '99 1.1 petrol. The battery was flat, so i removed it last night and charged it overnight, put it back on the car this morning ready to take it for MOT, and the thing now won't start. It spins over merrily but won't fire at all. Sounds like some sort of immobiliser problem, and i believe from the handbook it has a chipped key immobiliser. However, the manual also says that if the battery is removed and replaced, switch on the ignition, wait 10 seconds and then start it, and failing that 'contact your Peugeot dealer'. Hmm.....helpful huh! So, any bright ideas or suggestions gratefully received. Car belongs to my partners son and he's just turned 17 so is chomping at the bit to get out in it, and also has zero money for main dealer repairs/diagnosis. I haven't heard the car run, but he tells me it was fine before (while giving me that 'why have you broken my car' look!) Interestingly, the radio/interior light circuit are also dead, but fuses are fine. He fitted a new stereo to it, but again said it was working fine before i took the battery off and recharged it.
Any help gratefully received!!
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OK, this is an S registration Saxo. Regularly serviced, well-maintained (on the whole!).

There are two engine problems, possibly related. This is my partner's car, so I don't drive it much...what I'm reporting is based on a combination of her description of what happens, and my experiences when I have driven it.

The first problem is that it will often lose power, frequently to the point of stalling. This seems to happen more often on overrun, but will sometimes do it apparently spontaneously. It can normally be kept running with a little judicious nursing of the throttle, then the problem passes and it's running fine again.

The second problem is a little more mysterious. At some point - which seems to be more often when the engine is warm - the engine will start regularly revving, as if someone is blipping the throttle. It happens slightly more often than once a second, and doesn't rev highly, just to a couple of thousand revs or so. This can go on for quite a few seconds, maybe a minute. Again, it's spontaneous: I haven't been able to link it to any particular situation on the road, and it comes and goes quite independently of anything the driver is doing.

They're both somewhat troubling, as the first problem can suddenly leave the car without power, and the second, especially if it occurs while the car's in traffic, makes it more difficult to control moving away from rest and low-speed manoeuvring.

My partner's mentioned it to the garage, who've done a spot of the old teeth-sucking and suggested it's something to do with an "air box" (?associated with the carb?), and indicated that it's likely to be an expensive fix. If nothing else, I'd like to know a little more about what this might be, and perhaps some pointers if anyone's got any ideas.

FWIW, the brakes are terrible (though pass the MOT nicely) - perhaps I'm just spoiled by my Celica, but I always have a few heartstop moments whenever I first try to stop the Saxo on the fairly rare occasions that I do drive it! I'm going to try out the top tip about adjusting the pedal adjuster mentioned on the car-by-car page...

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