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<blockquote data-quote="Tom Gaynor" data-source="post: 13413" data-attributes="member: 4034"><p>I take your point. I was never caught.</p><p>I don't now have any bikes that take tyres which, while too hard for racing, still provide a huge margin of safety on the road. The Vin is on 20" front and 19" rear, which means choosing between Avon, and Avon, unless I mix front and rear. I can't say it is a burden, I can ride it as fast as I choose to ride it. However if anyone wants illegal 18" tyres that provide an unimaginable degree of safety between MOT's... </p><p>I don't however regard MOT's as much more than a measure which, while much needed at the time it was introduced, has now, when MOT's are annual, and many vehicles require a service only every two years, has morphed into a giant revenue and job perpetuation scheme. I now keep a kit of new parts (e.g. orange indicator bulbs) that are kept in a box marked "for MOT use only". It keeps the garage trade on their toes. Someone once attempted to charge me £20 "for aligning the headlamps", and backed off when I pointed out that the headlamp alignment was controlled by a thumbwheel on the dash, adjustable for load. And resisted the need for a new £400 catalytic converter for a car that "failed its emissions". It had failed a part of the test it didn't have to sit.</p><p>Did you know that an MOT always takes 30 minutes, because the VOSA software mandates that between an MOT being logged, and a pass or fail being issued, 30 minutes must elapse? So even if it takes only 15, you'll still have to hang about letching after the receptionist (easy for me, she's a fox) until VOSA deems the job is done? On reflection, I wouldn't have it any other way. She really IS a fox.</p><p>"Work expands to fill the time available for its performance". aka Parkinson's First Law.</p><p></p><p>Tom </p><p> </p><p></p><p>What is compelled without reason, can be ignored without reason - so long as you don't get caught.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tom Gaynor, post: 13413, member: 4034"] I take your point. I was never caught. I don't now have any bikes that take tyres which, while too hard for racing, still provide a huge margin of safety on the road. The Vin is on 20" front and 19" rear, which means choosing between Avon, and Avon, unless I mix front and rear. I can't say it is a burden, I can ride it as fast as I choose to ride it. However if anyone wants illegal 18" tyres that provide an unimaginable degree of safety between MOT's... I don't however regard MOT's as much more than a measure which, while much needed at the time it was introduced, has now, when MOT's are annual, and many vehicles require a service only every two years, has morphed into a giant revenue and job perpetuation scheme. I now keep a kit of new parts (e.g. orange indicator bulbs) that are kept in a box marked "for MOT use only". It keeps the garage trade on their toes. Someone once attempted to charge me £20 "for aligning the headlamps", and backed off when I pointed out that the headlamp alignment was controlled by a thumbwheel on the dash, adjustable for load. And resisted the need for a new £400 catalytic converter for a car that "failed its emissions". It had failed a part of the test it didn't have to sit. Did you know that an MOT always takes 30 minutes, because the VOSA software mandates that between an MOT being logged, and a pass or fail being issued, 30 minutes must elapse? So even if it takes only 15, you'll still have to hang about letching after the receptionist (easy for me, she's a fox) until VOSA deems the job is done? On reflection, I wouldn't have it any other way. She really IS a fox. "Work expands to fill the time available for its performance". aka Parkinson's First Law. Tom What is compelled without reason, can be ignored without reason - so long as you don't get caught. [/QUOTE]
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