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<blockquote data-quote="Tom Gaynor" data-source="post: 13443" data-attributes="member: 4034"><p><strong>Mot</strong></p><p></p><p>I must have a paranoid tester, although I could scarcely blame him if he thought some QUANGO like VOSA was out to get him, because that's why they exist. Thus the civil service can distance themselves from the results of their actions.</p><p> However, you will I hope accept that while MY bikes simply SAIL through MOT tests, eclipsing all others in their perfection, and drawing gasps of wonder from ex-MV works mechanics, he will NOT log the inevitable pass until 30 minutes have elapsed, having been bitten before. As indeed had another tester, who idled through a no-lights MOT on a vintage bike in 15 minutes, but told me there was no point in logging it now, because VOSA would reject it, as they had before.</p><p>This leaves me with nothing to do but chat up the receptionist, a burden I unwillingly shoulder. It's tough, but someone has to do it.</p><p>I won't tell you about dealers in Aberdeen who fail bikes on the grounds of slack steering head bearings (which were perfect) and pass the same bike 90 minutes later, unaltered, thus collecting two fees.</p><p>That there are dedicated MOT testers, dedicated to getting unsafe vehicles made safe, I don't doubt. That there are unsafe vehicles, I don't doubt. When I went to a testing station with my camper van, I was very, very impressed. It passed, too. No doubts there. But that the garage trade as a whole, or more accurately as I have experienced it, is as bent as a corkscrew, I doubt far less. And my high regard for you personally, and my favourable opinion of our local VOSA test station, won't alter that.</p><p></p><p>Tom</p><p></p><p>Tom</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tom Gaynor, post: 13443, member: 4034"] [b]Mot[/b] I must have a paranoid tester, although I could scarcely blame him if he thought some QUANGO like VOSA was out to get him, because that's why they exist. Thus the civil service can distance themselves from the results of their actions. However, you will I hope accept that while MY bikes simply SAIL through MOT tests, eclipsing all others in their perfection, and drawing gasps of wonder from ex-MV works mechanics, he will NOT log the inevitable pass until 30 minutes have elapsed, having been bitten before. As indeed had another tester, who idled through a no-lights MOT on a vintage bike in 15 minutes, but told me there was no point in logging it now, because VOSA would reject it, as they had before. This leaves me with nothing to do but chat up the receptionist, a burden I unwillingly shoulder. It's tough, but someone has to do it. I won't tell you about dealers in Aberdeen who fail bikes on the grounds of slack steering head bearings (which were perfect) and pass the same bike 90 minutes later, unaltered, thus collecting two fees. That there are dedicated MOT testers, dedicated to getting unsafe vehicles made safe, I don't doubt. That there are unsafe vehicles, I don't doubt. When I went to a testing station with my camper van, I was very, very impressed. It passed, too. No doubts there. But that the garage trade as a whole, or more accurately as I have experienced it, is as bent as a corkscrew, I doubt far less. And my high regard for you personally, and my favourable opinion of our local VOSA test station, won't alter that. Tom Tom [/QUOTE]
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