mav
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Registered: 19th Jun 01
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MOT 11 am today.............
Wish me luck................
will post result up late on today.............
[Edited on 16-01-2004 by mav]
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Nismo
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good luck old chap
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leeshez
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I gud luk
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t44rnt
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Registered: 6th Mar 03
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good luck
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Dan B
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Good luck!
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mav
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Registered: 19th Jun 01
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cheers guys.not long now..
Usually give the car a once over but not going to bother this time
looking after the bairn.....
I've no cat but should be ok..my bro in law runs the garage....
just bought tax and insurance due on 24th so not wanting a big mot bill........
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big eck
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Registered: 20th Apr 03
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I think my wheel baring has gone, mav I remember you said yours went how much did it cost you for a replacement??
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mav
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I got wheel bearing kit.
fitted
engine flush
oil and filter change for £60 I think...
I'll go try and fing receipt...
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big eck
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good man
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mav
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found receipt..
wheel bearing kit £33.62
oil filter £3.98
10w/40 semi synthetic £11.92
forte engine flush £8.00
= £57.52
+ vat = £67.59.
don't tknow if this was cheap or not..my bro in law runs the garage...
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Demo
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Registered: 27th Sep 01
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youre gonna fail
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mav
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shaaaaaaat it
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mav
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well it's bad news......
o/s and n/s track rod ends
play in both rear wheel bearings (just needing adjusted though)
low brake fluid
front brake pads
emissions through the roof.... NO CAT...but that will be sorted on the sly....
all in all 2 track rod ends,brake fluid,brake pads,adjust bearings and get it through emissions fully fitted. about £100 all in including price of mot...mintex pads too..So quite cheap fae my bro in law I think.he needs to charge for parts as not his company he's just the manager...
1 wheel bearing was fitted about 2 months ago though...so free for that..
1st time owning car that I've had a failed mot....
oh well can't win em all..............
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big eck
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Thats not to bad mav, track rod ends are about £8 each piss easy to swap over, brake pads are piss easy to change too and cheap.
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mav
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but I cannae be arsed doing any of it myself
goin in on monday...mot runs out on sunday.....
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Tom
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That's neigh bad I failed on corroding chasis leg 9got it welded up for a tenner ) track rod end 2 tyres, headlight adjusters fecked and that's it iirc
all sorted now, going in for MOT on monday aswell
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Dan B
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That's fine......from memory, you have a grace-period (it's about 7 days, I think), during which time you can legally only use the car to get between your house and a place of repair where the car is officially booked in to carry out repairs necessary to bring your car up to MOT-standard.
Mine failed on emissions (twice), but passed third time......first time was with no CAT, second time was with a CAT (knackered, unknown to me until the MOT - emissions actually went UP from the first test ), passed third time with a brand-new CAT.
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mav
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mot guy waqs saying these small cars ain't designed to be lowered and bigger wheels thats YOUR problem......Stresses out the track rod ends....
Then he said does look good though...........
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AK
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yup.... the lowr and bigger your wheels..... the more knackered bearings etc your going to get
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mav
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ah well the joys.....................
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AK
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mine were fuckeroonied on the corsa last MOT too
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mav
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fuckeroooooooooonied..............
bearings should be ok..
just the track rod ends needs replacing...............
off to bed for a few hrs..been up since 5pm yesterday.............
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AK
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lazy bugger
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Tom
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@ lazy bugger
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mav
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only got 3 hrs sleep...that will do me till later.................
still knacked like...
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