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DSL
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Council MOT testing?

Thinking of using the Guildford Borough Council testing place for the dreaded MOT, anyone any experience of council MOT centres in general or the Guildford one specifically? There is also a VOSA test centre in Guildford, are they just commercials or any good for cars?
   
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Guildford Council MOT

Hi I've used the Guildford Mot in Woking rd council depot no problem with them ,the problem is getting booked in,so give yourself plenty of time .
Dandy Whistle
  
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Need it in the next 3 weeks. Big Cry Big Cry Big Cry
   
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Council testing, straight forward, they don't do repairs so your pass / fail / advisories are straight black and white interpretation of the rule book.statutory 10 days to return for retest.

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Yes, council MOT Stations are very well run and have nothing to gain by saying that you need work done to your vehicle.

Jim
  
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Going to try the one at Chelmsford before Easter. Main concern is a split gaiter on rear air spring. Should I remove it as best I can? have read that testers can see it as a fail?
Thoughts?
  
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how about superglue it together a few days before ?
  
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Following Martin Lewis recommendation - moneysavingexpert not the big man here Wink - I told my son and daughter to use council MOT depots (Oxford and East Riding) and so far no issues at all for the last 4 years

I haven't kept anything long enough for MOT for many years but if I did I'd be using them Thumbs Up
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As a start I have to confess a personal interest, until I took early retirement last year, I managed the transport for two large County Council fleets, including their MOT test facilities, over a 25 year period. They are totally independent and the testers are completely impartial, in one council I managed, the DVSA used to use our facilities to carry out appeals tests where a member of the public had complained about the result from another testing station. A number of people including Martin Lewis concentrate on the potential money saving aspect of council testing centres not trying to generate income from failing items that are marginal and that is very relevant but they seem to miss the really significant safety related area of MOT test stations looking at a failure related item and thinking 'that looks a really s**t job and I might be asked to fix it' and deciding to put it on the ticket as an advisory notice or even ignoring it completely.

My advice to any vehicle owner, Land Rover or otherwise, would be if you feel competent to do the work yourself then do so and enjoy the money savings and the satisfaction, if not use a trusted independent but get your MOT tests done by a council run facility as an independent check of the quality of the work.
 
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Council MOTs have worked well for me, but might need to bear in mind that there are only certain times that they do public MOTs - up this way it's midday every day - only 1 slot.

I did have to take it back in after a fail but there was no re-rest fee Smile

Will definitely stick to the Council going forward.
  
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trailhound wrote:
Going to try the one at Chelmsford before Easter. Main concern is a split gaiter on rear air spring. Should I remove it as best I can? have read that testers can see it as a fail?
Thoughts?


I'd also be interested in the view on this as i also have a small split and the MOT is due in a couple of months.
  
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no axe to grind at the council..no reason to bump it up to make extra dosh
  
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