How to ensure you don't get an MOT!
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 3:58 am
As you may have seen from a couple of my posts The Soarer has been in the wars so here is the latest instalment.
1 Car goes into the bodyshop where I took the Lude to have the dent repaired and in this price they also did my boot spoiler. I also paid to have the entire rear bumper resprayed and a little bit of rust under the drivers door capping and the keying on the door done. so that was an entire door respray. £140 good price.
2 The plan then was for them to take the car to my garage who would take it for a MOT so far so good. I had not seen the car at this stage.
3 Garage guy jumps in the car and takes it for an MOT without checking anythiing.
4 Epic Fail as follows
Rear brake lights inoperative
N/side rear light inoperative
No drivers door mirror(not strictly true as it was on the back seat along with the door card ,trim and switches)
Blue lights showing at the front( there are 3 pretty blue lights each side in the headlamp cluster) he said there would be no problem with that Ha!
Both front tyes scrubbed on the inside(they are 235 or 245 18's) so thats a few bob then.
An advisory re the rear discs which look horrible but are in limits and work so at £100 each they will not be done yet.
Car goes back in on tuesday to have a new window regulator fitted and another go at the MOT.
When I went to pick the car up today the bodyshop had done a good job apart from the spoiler whick had a ridge of paint in the middle about 2" long so they will have to attend to that and the car was filthy inside and out. It had obviously been parked up near where they had been sanding something else Inside is full of it as well(dont forget no drivers window at this stage) Also where it had been masked up it had obviously got a dose of overspray witth clearcoat.
Still a pleasent couple of hours cleaning it took care of all that and it gleams now.
Comedy moment.
When I picked it up this morning. The garage had taped the window up with ducktape pending the arrival of said window regulator.
I get in the car to move it and then wanted to get out again and say goodbye to my neighbour who took me over to colect it. Wrong! no handles or electrics on the drivers door and being disabled I could not climb over the centre consul to get out of the passenger door. Only option was to open the sunroof and wave at him to come over and let me out. He followed me home and repeated the process. I found the door and window controls in the boot so I have now plugged them in and are held against the door with duck tape.
BTW the whole door was sprayed and duck tape is on the new paint at the top of the door frame, I wonder what will happen when that is removed?
1 Car goes into the bodyshop where I took the Lude to have the dent repaired and in this price they also did my boot spoiler. I also paid to have the entire rear bumper resprayed and a little bit of rust under the drivers door capping and the keying on the door done. so that was an entire door respray. £140 good price.
2 The plan then was for them to take the car to my garage who would take it for a MOT so far so good. I had not seen the car at this stage.
3 Garage guy jumps in the car and takes it for an MOT without checking anythiing.
4 Epic Fail as follows
Rear brake lights inoperative
N/side rear light inoperative
No drivers door mirror(not strictly true as it was on the back seat along with the door card ,trim and switches)
Blue lights showing at the front( there are 3 pretty blue lights each side in the headlamp cluster) he said there would be no problem with that Ha!
Both front tyes scrubbed on the inside(they are 235 or 245 18's) so thats a few bob then.
An advisory re the rear discs which look horrible but are in limits and work so at £100 each they will not be done yet.
Car goes back in on tuesday to have a new window regulator fitted and another go at the MOT.
When I went to pick the car up today the bodyshop had done a good job apart from the spoiler whick had a ridge of paint in the middle about 2" long so they will have to attend to that and the car was filthy inside and out. It had obviously been parked up near where they had been sanding something else Inside is full of it as well(dont forget no drivers window at this stage) Also where it had been masked up it had obviously got a dose of overspray witth clearcoat.
Still a pleasent couple of hours cleaning it took care of all that and it gleams now.
Comedy moment.
When I picked it up this morning. The garage had taped the window up with ducktape pending the arrival of said window regulator.
I get in the car to move it and then wanted to get out again and say goodbye to my neighbour who took me over to colect it. Wrong! no handles or electrics on the drivers door and being disabled I could not climb over the centre consul to get out of the passenger door. Only option was to open the sunroof and wave at him to come over and let me out. He followed me home and repeated the process. I found the door and window controls in the boot so I have now plugged them in and are held against the door with duck tape.
BTW the whole door was sprayed and duck tape is on the new paint at the top of the door frame, I wonder what will happen when that is removed?
good luck. Let the garage remove the tape on the door so if it goes pear shaped then you have come back.
such a comedy moment realising you cant get out of the drivers seat made me laugh this morning hope you get it all sorted