DECAT passes MOT
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DECAT passes MOT
To cut a long story short, I booked my UK 2000 in today for a pre-MOT service. I was to take the car to a well known Scooby place to get in MOT'd tomorrow.
Wife takes the car in for the service, explains again that it for a pre MOT service, then phones me at 16:15 to say it been serviced and she has the MOT pass cert.
I was amazed, firstly they was not supposed to MOT it, and secondly it has a full DECAT - but still passed. Engine would have been cold to as it's only 1/2 mile from my house.
Happy but confused. Surely it should have failed
Wife takes the car in for the service, explains again that it for a pre MOT service, then phones me at 16:15 to say it been serviced and she has the MOT pass cert.
I was amazed, firstly they was not supposed to MOT it, and secondly it has a full DECAT - but still passed. Engine would have been cold to as it's only 1/2 mile from my house.
Happy but confused. Surely it should have failed
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They may not have noticed it didn't have a cat in place....the key thing is that it passed the emissions test, which some de-catted cars can do.
There's no point in putting a car in for a "pre-mot" test....most garages give you a free re-test if it fails anyway, hence why they've given you a pass certificate due to no faults being found.
There's no point in putting a car in for a "pre-mot" test....most garages give you a free re-test if it fails anyway, hence why they've given you a pass certificate due to no faults being found.
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[/quote]There's no point in putting a car in for a "pre-mot" test....most garages give you a free re-test if it fails anyway, hence why they've given you a pass certificate due to no faults being found.[/quote]
At the same garage I would agree, but the place I took the car to, were just ment to change the oil,tyres etc and check for potential faults. If it had failed on emissions, like I expected it to, then they would not be able to supply a cattted section to retest it with.
Hence pre-mot test, and then long journey to another place to MOT it with a catted section in place.
At the same garage I would agree, but the place I took the car to, were just ment to change the oil,tyres etc and check for potential faults. If it had failed on emissions, like I expected it to, then they would not be able to supply a cattted section to retest it with.
Hence pre-mot test, and then long journey to another place to MOT it with a catted section in place.
Last edited by asagi; 19 December 2006 at 10:10 PM.
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