MOT Inconsistencies

[Beachball]

BB.
Does it ever leave home🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

DD when my wife was working for the community (Nurse) for 6 years from 2011 - 17 the car was use everyday but now it lucky if it does 500 miles each year. . the car has never let her down in all weathers start up first go 😉.

 

[Dustydog]

BB, 500 miles🤪🤪Even I do more than that on my bike 😎.

 

[Beachball]

BB, 500 miles🤪🤪Even I do more than that on my bike 😎.

DD a bike that i love to see you riding 😉

 

[Raywood]

MOT's are carried out by thousands of different testers who will all have their own level of competence and interpretation of the rules so you will not get a consistent approach. This is particularly the case with advisory items where one persons judgement at what point to flag this up may be different to the next ones. You also have to look at the garages them selves, some always find something whereas others find far less. This may be down to judgement or the desire for more work.
The profit on MOT's is not great, but the work it generates is the real draw.

 

[Buckman]

MOT's are carried out by thousands of different testers who will all have their own level of competence and interpretation of the rules so you will not get a consistent approach. This is particularly the case with advisory items where one persons judgement at what point to flag this up may be different to the next ones. You also have to look at the garages them selves, some always find something whereas others find far less. This may be down to judgement or the desire for more work.
The profit on MOT's is not great, but the work it generates is the real draw.

That may be true but it makes me wonder why if using the same MOT tester, one year they add advisories and the next year different advisories however you have not had any of the previous advisories repaired!

 

[Dustydog]

Short term memory loss🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

 

[Sam Vimes]

That may be true but it makes me wonder why if using the same MOT tester, one year they add advisories and the next year different advisories however you have not had any of the previous advisories repaired!

I go to the same garage each year but most likely it's a different technician.

Some of the tests though are a little subjective. For instance one of my advisories was to do with the suspension arm dust cover. The MOT manual states to check this and if there is severe deterioration then this is a minor defect. What constitutes severe?

 

[ProfJohnL]

BB.
Does it ever leave home🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

MM i Guess it must - to go to MOT station