My car failed its MOT
Posted: March 25, 2009 Filed under: Cars 5 Comments »It was all a bit stressful, as the day the MOT ran out I had a jam-packed day at work. I could have cancelled my appointments and taken the afternoon off, but I wasn’t keen on doing that. (Didn’t want to use up my leave and also didn’t want to cancel people at the last minute).
In the end I took an extended lunch break and took the car to a while-you-wait MOT centre.
It failed on four things:
1. Exhaust was cracked and leaking fumes.
2. One of the back brake lights wasn’t working.
3. Offside front headlight was pointing up too high.
4. Nearside front headlight was pointing down too low.
I can honestly say that I hadn’t noticed the noise that my exhaust was making before I went for lunch in a nearby caff, but it was definitely making a strange noise upon my return.
I’m not sure whether they were ripping me off or not. (Do mechanics damage cars deliberately to get extra work???) Either way I had no choice but to leave the car there for them to repair it. (Yes, handily, they were also a repair garage). (Total cost of MOT and repairs = £140).
Next job: renew road tax and try to find an insurance quote that beats £550 (which I still can’t believe is so high given that I have had my licence since 1993, and previously had 4 years’ no claims). Cars are so expensive.
MOT woes
Posted: March 14, 2009 Filed under: Cars, Driving 4 Comments »Oh dear. I completely forgot about my car needing an MOT! I only just remembered this afternoon as I was driving along and thinking about having to renew my tax and get new insurance. It came to me in a blinding flash. And a bloody good job too, as the current MOT expires in two days’ time! Eeeek.
I’m going to have to try and find a garage that can do an MOT at short notice … but I’m at work on Monday – stress! And I’ll really need the car to pass … otherwise, what will happen? Presumably I am not insured after Monday if it fails the test. So how would I get the car to the garage for repair??!
I can’t believe I didn’t think about this before! Fingers crossed that I’m able to get it sorted.
