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MOT failure.

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 5:40 pm
by EvilDmen
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The Surprise was the exhaust. Mine isn't loud compared to others and has passed at that garage with the same tester before.
The wording of the failure has me worried for those of us without our original systems, :(

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 5:48 pm
by Edd
I'd just take it somewhere else for a retest after you have sorted the brakes. Or have a chat with the tester, see if you can reason with him.

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 5:53 pm
by mercutio
yeah that's out of order that :evil:

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 5:59 pm
by EvilDmen
My original exhaust is already on. Just trying to find the caliper now. :(

Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 3:18 pm
by Nik_L
A place me and my brother used to always go to started failing on exhausts louder than standard so we starting going elsewhere where they didn't mind. Its not out of order, its something alot of places are starting to do.

They are just doing a job which potentially could result in them losing there tester ticket so its quite a big risk for some to take.

Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 5:00 pm
by h10ndr
I'd better check with my MOT tester BEFORE I fit my Kakimoto N1 then...although the JanSpeed I have on now is quite loud, he's always passed this for the last 10yrs.

I appears that most aftermarket "sports" exhausts (which by nature) are louder than a standard silencer, might be getting failed then.... :cry:

Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 5:05 pm
by mart609
Nah. Its only if the tester is a jobsworth git. both my cars passed last week

Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 5:08 pm
by h10ndr
Thats good to hear... 8-)

Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2013 10:06 am
by wurlycorner
Is it just me that finds those wanky pathetic mopeds that kids hoon about on are FAR louder/more intrusive than any car exhaust, anyway? Those Fuckers can be heard coming a mile off, reverberate off EVERYTHING and because they're so slow and take so long to get past, you can hear them FOREVER.

Fuckers. Sort out those kebabs before getting too hot on the odd car exhaust.

Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2013 10:31 am
by ADS1
wurlycorner wrote:Is it just me that finds those wanky pathetic mopeds that kids hoon about on are FAR louder/more intrusive than any car exhaust, anyway? Those Fuckers can be heard coming a mile off, reverberate off EVERYTHING and because they're so slow and take so long to get past, you can hear them FOREVER.

Fuckers. Sort out those kebabs before getting too hot on the odd car exhaust.
Couldn't have put it better myself, agree absolutely.