Amazing what passes an MOT

[ace275]

So, last July I bought a rusty DC2 Integra, plans were to reshell it, but couldn't be bothered with the hassle and broke it for parts.

Anyway, time to think about disposing of the shell. Got a few pics for here before it goes.

Bear in mind, this was MOTd until the end of March 2018, from an NI MOT centre. I bought it only a few months after the MOT

How it ever ever passed, I've no idea! It's been too far gone for years.

 

[ace275]

Oh, and I took a side skirt off and the sill came with it

 

[JH86]

It's not what you know...

 

[Sonny]

Mint.

 

[mayweather]

I went to see a car that got a full years mot the previous day and it didn’t have a handbrake

 

[Eager]

Anyone that thinks a MOT can’t be bought is wrong sadly.

 

[southsky sunrise]

Lightweight edition? They do say rust is lighter than carbon fibre after all.

 

[Burt2000]

Full years MOT, Just been waxoyled, mint

 

[roverspeed]

Mate bought a £500 Mazda 6 with a years MOT, he took it to get brakes about 3months later and the thing was rotten underneath

 

[Dub_cub 89]

Ah yes, the old progressive weight reduction system working beautifully there

 

[stevieturbo]

But some of your photos highlight part of the problem...if it was actually a legit MOT.

sideskirts, plastic liners etc etc will often hide stuff, and MOT inspectors are not in a position to remove these items.

There is of course the onus on owners to look after their cars with proper inspections and preparations before MOT, which is only a very brief inspection really. But it is the owners responsibility, not the MOT testers.

Although that is pretty bad. Almost Ford bad.

 

[_Stu_]

I have a friend with a Vauxhall Combo van that you can see the road through the floor behind the drivers seat and it got a full years PSV last month. He only drove it in to see what else it would fail on and drove out with a certificate. It’s amazing what seems to skip through the net.

 

[Coog]

Reminds me of my first Cherokee. Bought in London with a full years ticket. Took it to get a set of mud terrains fitted and the rear axle nearly fell off on the ramp.

Mate had to spend a full day welding patches in it.

 

[Nicky Glanza]

some ropey boys about lol tbf I seen an evo 7 which was totally rotten but mint looking from outside, as soon as skirts and bumpers came off was probably a danger to life

 

[Lee A]

Hollllllly **** thats rotten

 

[ace275]

But some of your photos highlight part of the problem...if it was actually a legit MOT.

sideskirts, plastic liners etc etc will often hide stuff, and MOT inspectors are not in a position to remove these items.

There is of course the onus on owners to look after their cars with proper inspections and preparations before MOT, which is only a very brief inspection really. But it is the owners responsibility, not the MOT testers.

Although that is pretty bad. Almost Ford bad.

Appreciate the issue with side skirts, but hard to miss the rott on the floorplans and the whole way round the rear arches front to back. This thing should have been off the road years ago, but did pass in NI stations. Definitely must have had a friend somewhere

 

[Turks]

There was a car advertised the other day on Facebook, someone pulled them on why it failed the mot with a load of faults and a load of welding to be done. But the same car passed the mot the next day at a different mot centre in England.

 

[Coog]

There was a car advertised the other day on Facebook, someone pulled them on why it failed the mot with a load of faults and a load of welding to be done. But the same car passed the mot the next day at a different mot centre in England.

How did they know it was a different test centre?

 

[Simon998]

Was that Integra from Lambeg? There used to be a really faded red one floating about that looked like it was a daily driver, haven't seen it in a few months.

 

[ace275]

Was that Integra from Lambeg? There used to be a really faded red one floating about that looked like it was a daily driver, haven't seen it in a few months.

That's the one! It was his daily driver for over 15 years, but he didn't look after it at all

 

[Simon998]

I was tempted to offer him bad money for it a few times, glad I didn't now! That's well beyond my pigeon **** welding skills.

 

[Gaz86]

Reminds me of my first Cherokee. Bought in London with a full years ticket. Took it to get a set of mud terrains fitted and the rear axle nearly fell off on the ramp.

Mate had to spend a full day welding patches in it.

What about the white Mk1 MX5 you bought for parts Big square of tinfoil stuffed under the carpet hiding a massive hole through to the outside I felt bad for the fella that paid good money for that car!

 

[Turks]

How did they know it was a different test centre?

Not sure, unless there is some sites that give an mot centre number over in England when doing a check.

 

[NI_Volvo_Nut]

Nice and easy to see when the shell is stripped......

 

[Coog]

Not sure, unless there is some sites that give an mot centre number over in England when doing a check.

Not without a V5 document number that I can see anyway. Would be handy to know!

What about the white Mk1 MX5 you bought for parts Big square of tinfoil stuffed under the carpet hiding a massive hole through to the outside I felt bad for the fella that paid good money for that car!

Yes that was bought from a dealer and a 8in hole in the sill was filled with a potato sack and then gobbed with filler with a plate then put over the top followed by lead oxide. The filler and plate really did look like it had been welded so you could forgive the MOT examiner to a certain extent lol. Had a kinked metal brake line in the rear and all sorts of other dodgy repairs and liberal applications of black waxoyl IIRC.

I'm still using parts off that car!