MOT test report in Which?

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Mon 5 Jan 2004 12:41
MOT test report in Which? - Roger Jones
Which? magazine submitted six cars to six different MOT test centres, having planted between one and four MOT-fail items in them.

* Only eight of the 36 tests were carried out correctly. . . .

* Incredibly, eight garages passed our cars. . . .

* The remaining 20 garages failed the cars, but for the wrong reasons . . .

So what's new? In 1997 only two garages out of 36 gave correct tests, but only two passed the cars incorrectly.

Are you surprised. I'm not. What a farce.
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Mon 5 Jan 2004 12:47
MOT test report in Which? - daveyjp
This doesn't suprise me. I watched 'Wheeler Dealers' last night which featured a Capri Laser 1.6 'C' reg. The car came with 12 months MOT. The mechanic said the front suspension bushes had gone resulting in wear to the inside of the front tyres, both MOT failures. In addition the car had no exhaust manifold gaskets resulting in poisonous gases entering the cabin - another MOT failure (or is it?).
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