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MOT advisory points
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 2:14 pm
by RDH
Passed today!
But with a smallish expensive list of advisory points!
Shopping list
- Two front tyres sitting at 1.6mm ( anyone got a half worn set of RE040's kicking about?)
- Front discs
- Front pads
- Rear pads
Oh and the insurance is due this month!
Anyone lend me a grand!??
Re: MOT advisory points
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 4:24 pm
by r055
who done the MOT for you Rob?
ive got both cars to get through an MOT in time for the annual Taxing of both cars. I have just replaced tyres on both as well
Im booked in for a full wheel allignment of the 'other' car at the weekend also!
R
Re: MOT advisory points
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 4:35 pm
by craigs135s
Seems like the month fo spending money on the lotus.
Just got my Rack recondition
Full GEO
Insurance today
MOT due now
Tax on both cars due
Not good on the old wallet
Cheers
C
Re: MOT advisory points
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 4:52 pm
by Shug
craigs135s wrote:Seems like the month fo spending money on the lotus.
Just got my Rack recondition
C
Who did your rack, as I've just about finished doing mine, cost a grand total of £25 - maybe £27 if you factor in buying a spring balance to measure the preloads on everything
Piece of piss once you get the rack out.
Re: MOT advisory points
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 5:17 pm
by craigs135s
Titan £140 it cost. She told me at first under £100
. It got the 2 track rods replaced and just about everything else.
Cheers
C
Re: MOT advisory points
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 6:38 pm
by RDH
r055 wrote:who done the MOT for you Rob?
JK Thomson in Cumnock, my dad's mates garage.
Tyres should have failed it!
Re: MOT advisory points
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 7:34 pm
by Rich H
Depends on what state they are, the garage that did the porker failed it on brakes as well as all the rear lights being "inneffective" meaning they worked but were not bright enough. They were basically angling for me to pay for all the bulbs to be changed as: "they go black over time mate"
Bollocks. I took them out and clened the reflectors, back to just dim instead of feeble. Fair cop on my brakes being duff, factory wear limit was somewhat greater than the thickness of my disks... About 50% greater...
I treat all garage opinions with suspicion, check them out, measure it all and see how it adds up. Rossybee can vouch for how long pads last, the last 3 mm or so lasts for ages... (The backing plate!)
Re: MOT advisory points
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 5:44 pm
by Scottd
Is there any legal requirement to get 'advisory points' fixed within a certain time?
Re: MOT advisory points
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 7:54 pm
by Rich H
Nope. You have a green ticket. The car is legal and road worthy. However if the garage is any good then they are worth fixing!
Re: MOT advisory points
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:37 pm
by ceejam
Scottd wrote:Is there any legal requirement to get 'advisory points' fixed within a certain time?
No legal requirement, but good garages will give an advisory on something that is OK at time of test, but likely to need done before the next MOT.
Re: MOT advisory points
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 12:14 am
by dezzy
Craig - you still got those part worn front RE040s I gave you? Or did you use them on the S2 before you got rid of it? If not, you could pass them along the SE chain to Rob
Re: MOT advisory points
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 11:40 am
by craigs135s
Rob
Sorry just seen this i have one tyre that you can have that is sitting in the garage. Its still legal. Let me know if you want it.
Cheers
C