On Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at 2:29:24 PM UTC+1, michael adams wrote:
"Adrian" wrote in message ...
On Wed, 18 May 2016 13:43:44 +0100, michael adams wrote:

The first thing any Test Centre will do is check any advisories from
last year either on paper of if necessary online,
and check whether the necessary work has actually been carried out,
rather than simply covered up; which would probably guarantee a fail.

Nope.

The tester doesn't even see last year's advisories.

Its very simple really. If the tester passes the OP's car, the OP suffers brake failure
in the near future and it transpires that there was an advisory for slightly
corroded brake pipes for the previous year, then without having paid
particulat attention to this, possibly as a result of the pipes being
covered in gunk,he stands to get in the neck.

IOW, it's in his own interests to check these things.


michael adams

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Your taking too long term a view of the MOT test...

It certifies the vehicle as fit for purposes of test at time of test, not a day , a week, a month or 12 months later.

Inspector failing items that are fit at time of test will soon get it in the neck for not following DoT instructions.

DoT seems to think that 2 year test interval would be a good idea....