The Scooby failed it's MOT yesterday, the reason given...



the offending "stickers"...



and before you ask, it's not a belated April fools joke.

madras

 

Jobsworth needs to be taken out and shot. BTW I thought "zone A" was drivers side only, I'd appeal the failure to make him look the fool he is.

 

Zone a is the width of the steering wheel to the top of the screen,The tester in question must of been a total D1CK, or he just did'nt like you

 

It does state "outside Zone A"

madras

 

Joke. As above appeal and have VOSA inspect him a bit!

5t.

 

Also its against the law to position the tax disc holder anywhere other than the n/s lower corner of the front screen so WTF

 

what a complete ****
did you upset him in a past life

 

'Toque of the devil'

 

The guy in reception told me that he only passed one car yesterday and he's even failed cars for having an air freshener hanging from the rear view mirror.

madras

 

Torque of the Devil

beware loud intro sound.

madras

 

simple, the tester is a bell end, apeal the decision, also could take him to court for trying to make money out of you unjustly

 

where did you take it?

 

You mean, name and shame and risk thread deletion...

madras

 

nah, just say mate, you have said y they failed it and y you thought is was unreasonable, posted evidence to justify it, so post away

as far as im aware its only unjustified abuse that gets a thread locked

 

what a tvvat

one quick way around it thofor you, fit shorter wiper blades.

 

I had a similarly jobsworthy MOT fail on my Westfield once. The tester complained that the switch on the dash for the fog lamp lit up with the rest of the dash illuminations when the headlights were switched on, but didn't go out when the fog lamp itself was turned off.

...as if anyone would drive a car like that, at night, in such thick fog that you can't even see far enough ahead to tell what position the switch is in!!

 

Name and shame this turd!

 

Name & shame - so others can avoid the place

He's failing the car for having a legally correctly placed tax disc. I'd go as far as reporting him / the MoT stn to the Dept of Transport (or whatever it's called at the moment). Either that or the papers - can just see the headline "MoT failure for displaying tax disc"

 

Perhaps he's a millionaire on the retest fees ...

TX.

 

Other idea - get onto your local rag. they'll love a story like this.

5t.

 

should you keep the tax disc in the glovebox then???? or stuck it on the dash???

last time i had a sunvisor, and before entering the garage, the tester came out and told me to put my wiper on .. it went over the strip, and he told me to take it out before coming in, or he cant gimme MOT !!!

tool it carefully out , put it on my back seat. and when i went home, i put it back on with some soap water lollll...


btw, the garage i go to, offers free 2nd retest...

 

Do vosa give credits for failing cars or something, this guy sounds like a ****, and there is a mot place near me that puts "corroded brake lines" on every fail or advisory notice, well they have on mine, my birds car, my mates ctr, 3 scoobies, my mates o5 evo, and numerous other cars!

Scooby clinic said that there wasnt a problem with my car, and honda said my mates ctr was fine, and the evo was too new for that kind of work, so why are they putting it on there? Is it to score points with vosa, or to scare people into having work done?

 

Mate, that is shocking. Where does this joker ply his trade?

Steve

 

H E L L O !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what a bell

 

name and shame to stop other people using the services of this fool.

come to think of it my cars tax disc is kept visible by the sweep of the wipers,yet it still passed last month no problem.

 

Utter bollocks from someone who shouldn't be at/working for an MOT station.

Report to VOSA.

 

Hear,Hear.

 

that is shocking i am a mot tester have been for 5 years and i would not of even given an advisory for that !!
it clearly states a sticker or other obstruction - this excludes tax disk,mot reminder or any other goverment sticker as long as it as far to the nearside as possible
as far as the air freshners on the mirror goes i just take them down and advise i have done so
i would get vosa involved defo

 

ive worked in a main dealership over 9 yrs, been a tester for 6 of them, nor me or any of the other testers wouldnt even give it a 2nd look.
the tester in question needs a visit from VOSA.

 

Complain to VSO straightaway.

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