So what have you done today..?

undid and removed remaining 4 pesky fixings on a classic car fuel tank, very satisfying but neck-ache inducing.

 

£98 for tyre and fitting
£49.50 for mot x 2

 

Surely the MoT should be charged only once ? Even in today’s money grabbing climate, my MoT garage don’t charge for a failure even if they don’t fix it Andy

 

You're living the dream, Andy!

 

One of the better 21st century developments in battery technology in my view. It means I can power the (beer) fridge, my coffee machine, an electric kettle for tea, a microwave and an electric oil filled radiator in the folding camper when we are marshalling At the end of this season, several of the electric hook up distribution boxes on our campsite tripped out more than once, the solar panel will keep the inverter battery topped up during the day and keep the fridge ticking over. Andy

 

IIRC, if it leaves the premises for repair they are entitled to charge; if they fix it on site then they can issue the MoT without a further test (and therefore without charge) as they have fixed the identified defect and know nothing else should have changed on it as it hasn’t left their hands.

 

also - i can't remember if it was out of kindness or legal discretion, but i have many times taken a vehicle away to repair, as long as it's returned within a set time-period, and still only the one fee was applied - this may have changed now from a legal standpoint.

 

By the end of the next working day is the period Chris. There’s a list of the bits it applies to on the Gov.uk website

https://www.gov.uk/getting-an-mot/retests

 

It used to be that if it was taken away for repair you had 2 weeks to return it to have the repairs checked and no further fee would apply
I don't know what the state of play is now

 

10 working days is how my favoured car MOT garage plays it.

 

Just had a new boiler pump fitted.

 

Sat in the dentist waiting room for what seems like an eternity

 

Got the results back from the colonoscopy, short version all good

 

That’ll be a weight off.

 

I always remember Robin Williams saying, "Whatever you do, don't moan the name of another Doctor during the 'procedure'"

 

Hoorah Andy

 

Yeh the retake was free and apparently you get 10 days from the first test not including the day of the first test.

 

Don't tell me, let me guess.....

The bubble in the tyre was pothole related?

 

Having endured the joys of the A3 J10 M25 works Mrs GG and I are now at Wisley for The Glow.

Why when those works were set up the HA didn’t make the outside lane a bypass lane I will never know or understand.