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Old 12 September 2007, 07:09 AM
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You won't beleive what may car failed it's MOT for;

1. Having a sunvisor strip fitted! The top edge of the wiper sweep touches this and therefore it failed! The fact that the factory sun visors come below this is appaerently irrelavent!

2. Fog light missing? The car has sti rear lamps, and after a quick search on here, these do not have fog lights and need a mod to get one to fit.

3. Most surprising of all the car failed on emisions
Old 12 September 2007, 07:18 AM
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Originally Posted by yellowvanman
You won't beleive what may car failed it's MOT for;

1. Having a sunvisor strip fitted! The top edge of the wiper sweep touches this and therefore it failed! The fact that the factory sun visors come below this is appaerently irrelavent!

2. Fog light missing? The car has sti rear lamps, and after a quick search on here, these do not have fog lights and need a mod to get one to fit.

3. Most surprising of all the car failed on emisions
Did you go to the wrong MOT station?
Old 12 September 2007, 07:26 AM
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Originally Posted by essexboy30
Did you go to the wrong MOT station?

I t would look that way

Hold on ... I Seem to remember neil telling me where it was going & thought it should be ok there

My sunstrip flys through the MOT & It covers half the windscreen

More ammo for Mrs YVM
Old 12 September 2007, 07:42 AM
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Originally Posted by essexboy30
Did you go to the wrong MOT station?
Obviously!

that said I had not realised there was not a fog light, so I will resolve that today, being a uk car the feed is there, just need a red led lamp and the o/s reversing lamp becomes my fog lamp!

I have even put a cat back in it!

Old 12 September 2007, 07:44 AM
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Originally Posted by tiny01
I t would look that way

Hold on ... I Seem to remember neil telling me where it was going & thought it should be ok there

My sunstrip flys through the MOT & It covers half the windscreen

More ammo for Mrs YVM
Yep, I thought I was going to a sensible station too?

Mrs YVM doesn't need any more ammo, beleive me
Old 12 September 2007, 08:08 AM
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My sunstrip was fine also and its mahoosive
Old 12 September 2007, 09:12 AM
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sorry to hear of this Neil.

i've got my rear fog in the light cluster too (good move)

i know a good tester in John O'Groats.... Leave me your keys and i'll get it tested for ya!!! LOL
Old 12 September 2007, 10:32 AM
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fog light is an easy one, so is the sunstrip. just put shorter wiper blades on it.

emisions can be sorted too

drop me a pm if you want somewhere else to take it

ps, that cat looks far better than every other subaru cat i've seen
Old 12 September 2007, 12:34 PM
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On the WRX I got an advisory notice that they couldn't check the seatbelt because the child seat was on the back seat ! I think Flat Eric Mark had problems on his first MOT with the sunstrip.
Old 12 September 2007, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by yellowvanman
1. Having a sunvisor strip fitted! The top edge of the wiper sweep touches this and therefore it failed! The fact that the factory sun visors come below this is appaerently irrelavent!
Mine nearly failed on exactly the same thing!

Jobs worth MOT testers!
Old 12 September 2007, 01:11 PM
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Don't you just hate mot testers!!!!!!
Old 12 September 2007, 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by 320bhp
Don't you just hate mot testers!!!!!!
not all of them matt....

be in contact soon re our 2 again.....
Old 12 September 2007, 01:17 PM
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No worries mate, just as long as its not in september, as i had to tell y.v.m last week, im off work at the mo due to a second op on my knee, 4 weeks sitting at home!!!
Old 12 September 2007, 01:21 PM
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ah you are still around! wondered where you'd been mate? hope that the knee is on the mend again?
Old 12 September 2007, 05:48 PM
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ours are early dec IIRC......
Old 13 September 2007, 07:32 AM
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Originally Posted by 320bhp
Don't you just hate mot testers!!!!!!
Yep!

Matt, Hope the recover goes well
Old 13 September 2007, 08:38 AM
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matt is the man mine went through and it was wet

get well soon mate
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