Car failed mot today :(
29 November 2004, 08:39 PM
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Car failed mot today :(
1.Twisted brakepipe
2.Bulbs in side repeaters not orange (forgot to change when i put clear on)
3.wipers hitting my new sunstrip
Not bad for a 7 year old
it took half an hour to sort brake line and bulbs (free) and he let me off the wipers saying "you gonna buy some smaller ones later" 
2.Bulbs in side repeaters not orange (forgot to change when i put clear on)
3.wipers hitting my new sunstrip
Not bad for a 7 year old
it took half an hour to sort brake line and bulbs (free) and he let me off the wipers saying "you gonna buy some smaller ones later"
29 November 2004, 10:22 PM
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So, you passed because you were going to buy smaller wipers that wipe less of the screen and therefore give worse visibility? 
Don't you just love bureaucracy?
Don't you just love bureaucracy?
29 November 2004, 10:54 PM
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Tell me about it m8,the wipers i have on the car are 2 weeks old and work perfectly well with strip on but they told me to put smaller wipers on so as to not interfere? i never heard anything so daft lol
29 November 2004, 11:03 PM
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It is bonkers - they deem the sun strip to be too big if it intrudes on the driver's field of view, which is defined to be the area which is swept by the wipers. So, smaller wipers = sun strip not too big. D'uh... 
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29 November 2004, 11:06 PM
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Just take the sunstrip off m8. Would rather have bigger wiper blades for when it rains. Buy yourself some nice shades for when the sun comes out!
30 November 2004, 08:53 PM
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I'm almost sure that a car cannot fail for wipers hitting a sunstrip (I'm an mot tester and have never heard of anything so daft). He probably let you go so you wouldn't report him to the ministry and getting him ridiculed.
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30 November 2004, 08:56 PM
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Here's a tip for sunstrip owners - when MOT time comes along, replace the wiper blade ( complete ) with blades from a ford KA.
Works a treat, still wipes windscreen but doesn't touch sunstrip.
That's my 2p worth.
Skoosh.
Works a treat, still wipes windscreen but doesn't touch sunstrip.
That's my 2p worth.
Skoosh.
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