Besiktning (MOT) again

Well it was time again for this year’s MOT test. The rules have now been changed so instead of the yearly check which had to be done during a particular period of the year depending on the last digit in the registration number, it can be done at any time but no longer than 14months since the last successful test. 

Anyway the weather was forecast to be good on Friday but typically it was wrong and it rained! Had to drive there with the soft top on, which wasn’t an issue for me but was for the guy who was testing the car. As other small car owners will know there is not a great deal of space to get in or out and this space is halved when the roof is on. Not going into too many details it wasn’t easy for the guy to drive it let alone get in and out.

Brakes were very even.

One point that did annoy me was it almost failed on the rear lights not being reflective. The technician said “you’re going to have to add two reflectors on the rear”. I said it has passed every test over the last 6 years so how come it fails today! “No idea, but you have to do it!” Another test guy tries with a different torch and says “It has reflectors, look!”. Problem was the first guy had a dodgy batteries in his torch! Nearly failed because of that!

Nice and clean under here!

Anyway everything on it passed so that was a relief for another 14 months. Actually I wasn’t really expecting it to fail. It’s well looked after and I always replace parts that show any signs of wear. Quite a few things changed last winter so it’s basically good for a couple of years.