charcoalgrill
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Registered: 23rd Oct 02
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will i fail an MOT if my bonnet wont open?
cus i have problems from where i had a crash:S
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charcoalgrill
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ttt
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Marcus_Foster
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Registered: 14th Apr 02
Location: Bristol.....Drives: BMW E46
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havent you sorted it yet 
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Gambit
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Registered: 5th Jun 00
Location: Common Sense HQ
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they never actually open the bonnet do they?
well i know they dont in NI cause you drive it thru yourself
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kerzo
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Registered: 10th Nov 02
Location: Norn Iron
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they do open it to have a look around the engine bay.
on the new system you just drive it in through the doors then the examiner takes it from there and u have to sit and watch while they shake the poo out of it!!
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charcoalgrill
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Registered: 23rd Oct 02
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lol markus, no, ive been tryin to get the colour code sorted.
ive pushed it down, but 3 big marks, and have a bit of trouble opening the bonet.
but im now thinking do a marv and get a black BB bonnet
and tint windows, might look cool.
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Hintz
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Registered: 8th Aug 02
Location: Surrey Nr.Guildford Car: Astra Gsi (rep)
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quote:
Originally posted by Gambit
they never actually open the bonnet do they?
well i know they dont in NI cause you drive it thru yourself
They open it so they can stick something in where the dipstick goes.
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ainsley_brader
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Registered: 24th Mar 02
Location: Tattershall, Lincolnshire
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The thing they put in the dipstick hole is a temperature probe which they could bypass but they still need to be able to open the bonnet!
Ains
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LoudandProud
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Registered: 12th Jan 01
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*thread hijack* Will it fail if boot wont open? i busted me boot lock this morning and is due for mot v soon 
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J100RSA
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Registered: 4th Mar 01
Location: Thornhill, West Yorkshire
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yea will fail if bonnet or boot wont open cos as ains says they need to get oil temp for emmisions and they need to see brake pipes/servo pipe etc and the boot the need to see spare tyre if u got 1 and seat belt mountains etc
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Cosmo
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wat if your car doesnt have a boot, will if fail automatically 
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charcoalgrill
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Registered: 23rd Oct 02
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if u dont have a spare tire do u fail?
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LoudandProud
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yes
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charcoalgrill
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and if u got 1 and its flat?
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Welsh Dan
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no, you don't have to have a spare wheel, but if you do have one it must be road legal. lotus elises and the like don't have spare wheels, just a can of tyre weld.
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p4ult
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Registered: 1st Apr 02
Location: Chadwell Heath, Essex
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This will answer all ur questions
http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual/contents.htm
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ainsley_brader
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Registered: 24th Mar 02
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quote:
Originally posted by Dan Fearnley
no, you don't have to have a spare wheel, but if you do have one it must be road legal. lotus elises and the like don't have spare wheels, just a can of tyre weld.
You dont have to have a spare tyre and if you do it can be flat bald wires coming through blebbed anything as they will not look at it. The only time a spare tyre could come into an MoT is if you have a shit car  that has it mounted underneath in which case they will check it for security!
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Garnz
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Registered: 27th Nov 02
Location: Nr Blackpool
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when i had mY mot the didnt chekc my boot or spare wheel lol my sub boxes prevent me getting the spare wheel out thats why i carry tyre weld!
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