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M2RTY

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10th Feb 04 at 12:00

when you have an MOT, and your headlights are out of alignment, do they fail u, fix them for u, or charge u to fix them?

mine are way out with being off a different car and need them doing, but not paying if its part of MOT

cheers

marv

Adam-D

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10th Feb 04 at 12:05

they will fail you and charge you to fix it

M2RTY

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10th Feb 04 at 12:06

fuck that then, see if i can get some1 to do it

Tim

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10th Feb 04 at 12:09

Mine just adjusted mine on the spot...

Adam-D

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10th Feb 04 at 12:09

just park it on a flat surface with a wall infront of the car
"do it in a garage" and line it up yourself

even if its close you may pass as long as there not miles out

M2RTY

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10th Feb 04 at 12:51

quote:
Originally posted by Adam-D
just park it on a flat surface with a wall infront of the car
"do it in a garage" and line it up yourself

even if its close you may pass as long as there not miles out

mine are MILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLES out i think lol

stuyw

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Registered: 15th May 02
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10th Feb 04 at 12:52

mine are out of line, but bloke passed it, but he did mention to me that he could of failed it though

M2RTY

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10th Feb 04 at 12:59

last mot i had they never checked them, just checked bulbs worked ok

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10th Feb 04 at 13:00

one of my headlights were out at m.o.t. time and the guy just adjusted it for me. there was a plastic bolt thing next to the inside of head light and he justed twisted it till both headlights were align.

Dan B

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10th Feb 04 at 13:35

Mine were out at MOT time aswell (Morettes installed the night before MOT, probably not the best of ideas

), but they adjusted them for me free of charge...

Siberia

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10th Feb 04 at 13:40

do u get ure MOT done in a garage in the uk or is it a centre u bring the car to ?

charcoalgrill

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10th Feb 04 at 13:44

mine failed me, then charged me for them to fix.

drunkenfool

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Registered: 7th Feb 03
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10th Feb 04 at 13:47

i passed with mine being out, and no1 said anything to me. I want to get it sorted soon though cos its annoying me!

Dan B

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10th Feb 04 at 13:52

quote:
Originally posted by Siberia
do u get ure MOT done in a garage in the uk or is it a centre u bring the car to ?

Any MOT-certified garage...

Siberia

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10th Feb 04 at 13:57

so thats to say if u know the garage owner he could be leanient?

this is what we are stuck with in Ireland--> http://www.nct.ie/

its the biggest money making racket

if your car fail the likes of light alignment u have to go get them fix at a garage then u have to go for a retest which costs the same as the original test.

M2RTY

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10th Feb 04 at 14:15

quote:
Originally posted by Siberia
so thats to say if u know the garage owner he could be leanient?

this is what we are stuck with in Ireland--> http://www.nct.ie/

its the biggest money making racket

if your car fail the likes of light alignment u have to go get them fix at a garage then u have to go for a retest which costs the same as the original test.

i belive that to be a con, at least the UK laws aint bad

Siberia

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10th Feb 04 at 14:18

ive heard of cars getting fails cause the Dublin that written on the reg plate is not straight

M2RTY

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10th Feb 04 at 14:43

pathetic aint it

[Edited on 10-02-2004 by M2RV H]

Richie

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10th Feb 04 at 14:52

What pisses me off though as it is brought in by the government to help with road safety and the environment, yet we have to pay for the testing. Fucking stupid

Richie

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10th Feb 04 at 14:53

I would have no problems with the MOT itself if it only looked at major checking points on the car and if it was done free of charge.

Siberia

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10th Feb 04 at 14:56

christ sake the state of the roads in ireland! some of the pot holes look more like moon craters yad dissapear in them if you went into one and then they have the cheek to fail ure shocks at NCT time and then the real kick in the teeth u pay them for the pleasure!!!

Sims

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10th Feb 04 at 14:58

a friend put mien through the MOT. i went along and mine was out, he adjusted it and managed to get it bang on the border line for a pass. but he said as soon as i hit a bump it will shoot back up and would be illegal. and suggested i get a new headlamp for the future

M2RTY

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10th Feb 04 at 18:00

will ring aboot saturday

Gavin

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10th Feb 04 at 18:01

i failed on them!

they were pointing down too much.....

too my car back home, the old man pulled the lights up abit.... took it back in for MOT retest and it passed (the mot bloke was like WTF :lol

pew pew pew pewwwww

ainsley_brader

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10th Feb 04 at 19:10

quote:
Originally posted by AustinPXX
I would have no problems with the MOT itself if it only looked at major checking points on the car and if it was done free of charge.

It does check major items and why should it be free? Do vets look at your pets for free? etc etc.

I think it should go further and should be at least twice a year. Avehicle can do a lot of miles in a year and theres a lot of death traps about.

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