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Do you pay for your bikes MOT?
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Specialone
27-07-10, 06:53 PM
About £35 last time on my DRZ, end of april.
Sorry, i think it was £30, not £35.
£26 last time a month ago
xXBADGERXx
27-07-10, 06:55 PM
£26 of the best money that selective deafness can buy .
£29-65 is the proper price, which is what we charge at work for running the bikes in a van to the test centre 4 miles away.
http://www.ukmot.com/MOT_prices.asp
Btw - I get trade discount so don't pay that.
£29-65 is the proper price.
how do you decide who pays £29 and who pays £65?
xXBADGERXx
27-07-10, 07:03 PM
It`s a Tarriff set by the Government isn`t it ?
Silly woman - twenty nine pounds and sixty five pence
Silly woman - twenty nine pounds and sixty five pence
#-o
Silly english(ish) man who can't use punctuation!
:smt014
£29.65
xXBADGERXx
27-07-10, 07:04 PM
Lmfao
It`s a Tarriff set by the Government isn`t it ?
There is an upper limit of £29.65, but test centres can charge what they like up to that. An MOT certificate logged on the system only costs them something like £1.20, but you have to factor in their time doing the test as well.
xXBADGERXx
27-07-10, 07:05 PM
I thought it was £29:65 ?
#-o
Silly english(ish) man who can't use punctuation!
:smt014
£29.65
Englishish? I'm bloody Maltese.
The point is meant to be at half text height, so a dash is deemed acceptable.
xXBADGERXx
27-07-10, 07:07 PM
I usually take a packet of Choccy Hobnobs along as well , it`s amazing how Choccy Hobnobs can make an MOT tester be slightly deafer than he usually is on Exhaust checks
maybe in Malta but your in britain and we is thick
Englishish? I'm bloody Maltese.
The point is meant to be at half text height, so a dash is deemed acceptable.
/derail please
:tongue:
maybe in Malta, but you're in britain and we is (are) thick.
So it would seem.
knew that would get you ... .... .... .... ... ... ... .. . .
i have an excuse though. i is thick
ravingdavis
27-07-10, 07:18 PM
The point is meant to be at half text height, so a dash is deemed acceptable.
I thought a point at half hight meant a continuation of a pattern.
A decimal (we use a decimalised currency) always appears at the bottom...
Them daft Euro lot use different standards.
ps I pay nothing for my MoT because the AA kindly cover mine :)
I thought a point at half hight meant a continuation of a pattern.
A decimal (we use a decimalised currency) always appears at the bottom...
Them daft Euro lot use different standards.
ps I pay nothing for my MoT because the AA kindly cover mine :)
It would appear we are both correct to some extent. I just found this on tinternet
"In the nations of the British Empire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire), although the period could be used in typewritten material, the point (middle dot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpunct): ·), which can also be called an interpunct (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpunct) (often referred to as the decimal point) was preferred for the decimal separator in printing technologies that could accommodate it.[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_separator#cite_note-2) This had the advantage of reducing confusion in the countries that used the period to separate groups of digits and it was generally clearer in handwriting (particularly when writing on a dotted baseline as on many forms)."
As my family were brought up in the wonderful British Empire, it's no small wonder I was taught to use an interpunct, they also taught me to use it at junior school when we went decimal in the early 70s.
£29-65 is the proper price, which is what we charge at work for running the bikes in a van to the test centre 4 miles away.
http://www.ukmot.com/MOT_prices.asp
Btw - I get trade discount so don't pay that.
£29.65 where i work as well
But thats not what i pay either ;)
:o my car mot is due next month, didnt realize it was that much! good job my Dads in the motor trade, i get him cheap bike stuff, he gets me cheap car stuff :p
davepreston
27-07-10, 11:59 PM
£25 quid flat your all getting rodgered
dizzyblonde
28-07-10, 08:28 AM
I pay..........
£19:smt003:smt003:smt003
Because I have used the same MOT centre for so many years and I get trade price as I have sooooo many bikes.:cool:
£29 - fair and honest - alway put a fiver in for the drinks - mean I can get a pass when it should fail but he knows i'll get fixed before i leave!!
Geodude
28-07-10, 12:17 PM
£27
hindle8907
28-07-10, 12:37 PM
£26
I presume that re-tests are free within a set time limit?
After sailing through it's last two MOT's the yellow peril has failed this one on the rear brake disk.
#-o
I wont even begin to tell you how much the garage are $hafting me for to get it fixed in time for the AR... :smt022
and what are they saying is wrong with said disk?
they didnt say - just said it failed due to it... :(
failing because of disk is warped/worn or back brake effectiveness and they think its the disk.
what does your mot fail sheet say.
I've not seen it, they just phoned me.
I wasn't in a position to dispute it. Just told them to fix it.
timwilky
28-07-10, 04:43 PM
Normally, a pint.
One once cost me a phone call with the reg number and milage. pick up the certificate in the pub.
Now there is one orger I know whose brother is an mot tester and gave himself an advisory.
I've not seen it, they just phoned me.
I wasn't in a position to dispute it. Just told them to fix it.
whaaaaaaaaaat are you fekin mad.
probably, but i fly to germany on friday and dont have time to get it fixed by other means before the AR.
I did tell them to go and raffle for the £180+vat genuine suzuki part...
i'd be asking for the old disk back for inspection.
I dont know that there's much point, if it failed it failed.
i've had all sorts from mot places in the past. the best one was them telling me my front pads needed changed when i had just changed them the week before. they are mostly all chancing baskets.
well - i'm not expert enough to dispute it.
sorry Jen i just dont like people taking the pizz out of mates coz the dont know better.
the last time i saw your bike it all looked fine to me. its not as though its got a gizillion miles on it or sits outside and gets rusty.
I know, I'll probably ask for the other disk back, trouble is they could easily switch it for another dud disk fromthe workshop.
*sigh*
xXBADGERXx
28-07-10, 05:09 PM
Tell them you want the Disc anyway , see what they say to that . I`ll check the Disc for you , Ive got Micrometers in my workshop and a few advanced bits of measuring kit in work as well as surface comparators .
doubt it. its not like they would change a lot of them.
oooohhhh well if your happy. thats all that matters.
you do know that you can take your bike/car in a month before its due. if it passes you get 13months mot cert if it fails you have a month to sort it. e.g. phone me or indy to fix it.
Cheers, not sure how i'll get the disc to you mind..lol
I already felt like i was being shafted - this has made it 100 times worse...lol
xXBADGERXx
28-07-10, 05:13 PM
Bring it to the AR ;)
ooohhh well just think your off to germanic land for a holiday. you sponey birtch.
Bring it to the AR ;)
Are you mad! thats just something extra to carry...lol
Just throw it like a frisbee and hope for the best....
How much are they shafting you to supply and fit the disc?
far too much Lozzo... lets leave it at that... I cant take a further public humiliation..lol
I presume that re-tests are free within a set time limit?
Leave it at the mot station to be repaired and if its done within 10 days (not sure about the 10 days though) (excl weekends and public holidays) its free
Take it away and fix yourself within 10 days (this time im 100% positive its 10 days) (again excludes public holidays and weekends) and a partial retest may apply, states it on your failure sheet hth
the last time i saw your bike it all looked fine to me. its not as though its got a gizillion miles on it or sits outside and gets rusty.Unlike mine, and thats still fine, but then i live in the sunny south :)
Leave it at the mot station to be repaired and if its done within 10 days (not sure about the 10 days though) (excl weekends and public holidays) its free
Take it away and fix yourself within 10 days (this time im 100% positive its 10 days) (again excludes public holidays and weekends) and a partial retest may apply, states it on your failure sheet hthIsnt it 48 hours and a free re-test if you take it away. I'll ask Tracle, he should know as thats what he does..sadly not bikes
yorkie_chris
29-07-10, 11:40 AM
Mine gives the free retest. Not sure whether they are obliged to.
I would strongly recommend against having work done in the same place which carries out the MOT.
Mine gives the free retest. Not sure whether they are obliged to.
I would strongly recommend against having work done in the same place which carries out the MOT.
Usually I wouldn't get them to do the work but I need the bike back and ready for the AR and I fly to Germany tomorrow morning.
I went to look at the bike today and to my (very untrained) eye I couldn't see anything wrong with the disc, but i've asked them to make sure it comes back to me anyway so someone else can check it.
Sid Squid
29-07-10, 05:12 PM
You have to pay?
:confused:
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