Mot's For £100 Guaranteed

[Ge0rge]

normally i like a bargain etc but after being offered a gaurenteed pass on my mot for £100 im slightly pissed off, ive put quite a few cars through and iv failed on some very little silly things in my time but then if you bung someone £100 it will pass, it seems there is a rogue tester in one of the test centres i wont mention which one just now

its not just some silly gumtree thing either its messages from someone on another "forum" and it seems its not just a wind up i see messages thanking him etc for the mot, seems he does a line in fake tax discs too, where do you stand? would you keep quiet and pay £100 on top of your £30 booking fee as your pretty certain your car is in tip top nick but you cant be bothered with the hassle if it fails or do you report it? there s a poll.

here is the messages sent back and forth from the middle man....

me : hi mate i buy and sell the odd runabout how does this work?
him: ya book yer test 4 XXXXXXX then ill meat u at XXXXX my mate ill take it thru n come back with the cert n back hand him 100 quid
me: that sounds spot on, would it work for a transit?
him: transits r the only thing he wont take a risk wif as the rot like any car no problem and theres tax discs there too if ur trading u jus bak the tax b4 u acquired the vehicle as i do the same asurself trading on the side, gaves a call this internet too dodgey 07XXXXXXXXX

 

[scoobyman]

pass me his number

 

[Ge0rge]

lol i know its tempting eh!

 

[Hammath]

This has been happening for years. Not really a big deal.

Plus its £60 up the country.

 

[bigsigh]

yea tis, till one of his wrecks takes out your ma, or wipes out the wife and kids
shop him asap

 

[Graham2]

Been going on for years with few testers, mate of mine has put a few cars through this way though only because of emissions, nothing else. Wasn't as dear as that tho.

 

[Ge0rge]

so passing a car thats not road worthy isnt a big deal? Im not taking the moral high ground with being a bit of a del boy myself just a bit pissed that a tester may let a heap of dung through for a back hander then fail me for a fog light switch not lighting up like my last mot

 

[Jason]

Was there not someone caught at this round Coleraine?

 

[bigsigh]

Im actually surprised at the RMS attitudes here , i wasnt aware this happened at all actually,
whos to say its £100 for a foglight not working, or slightly high emissions? in somecases yes ,
but here mate ill fix the balljoints in a week or two, heres a £100.... or
just stick her through with the rusty hardlines, ill get them done when my pay comes in, heres a £100 .....

not for me thanks

 

[Graham2]

Im actually surprised at the RMS attitudes here , i wasnt aware this happened at all actually,
whos to say its £100 for a foglight not working, or slightly high emissions? in somecases yes ,
but here mate ill fix the balljoints in a week or two, heres a £100.... or
just stick her through with the rusty hardlines, ill get them done when my pay comes in, heres a £100 .....

not for me thanks

I agree. But in the case I was talking about the car was put through first and failed only on emissions (its tuned) so was no harm done imo.

 

[pablo]

its fairly far down my "give a fu.ck list" to be perfectly honest

 

[bigsigh]

100% no harm done, the car will be no less safe putting out 1% more CO2, etc.

thing is if hes happy to do it he prob doesn't give a thrupney what he puts through IYSWIM

 

[DaddyCC]

Maybe he's planning on putting this money to good use with english lessons....

But yeah been going on a brave few years. Used to be £100 for GB MOT's about 5/6 years ago last i heard but ones here were about the £50/60 but not as easy to get.

Dont know how anyone could let a proper scrapper go through for obvious reasons, but some folk dont have any morals i suppose.

 

[Jason]

Could have done with one for the emissions on that Subaru Si

 

[106lad]

Whats the number? Ive an Alfa for him

 

[Karlos Da Jackle]

i'm agreed that there isn't a massive outroar about this. Especially with our holier than god members.

He needs shopped and stopped. I didn't know that kind of thing happened.

I can't understand for wee silly things, like Fog light not working, or airbag ligh on, or windscreen washer just rang out of water, or emissions. But yeah the safety of the car, is important, it could be a death trap he is putting on the road.

Agreed there are anal MOT testers out there, that can't wait to fail the car for the slightest indescression. But having one, just putting anything through is bad.

If he was to give them slides on minor thing, like saying here that rear tyre is bald, go change it, fair enough. But not just for anything.

 

[Gaz]

If he does fake tax discs, he probably does fake MOT certs too. It wouldn't surprise me if he drives your car to his house, rattles off an MOT cert, comes back and takes your £100 - and never goes near the MOT centre.

 

[Jason]

it could be a death trap he is putting on the road.

you've seen Marks alfa then?

 

[Karlos Da Jackle]

you've seen Marks alfa then?

LOL, nope haven't seen it.

But to be honest, knowing mark and how anal he is with cars, I couldn't really see him having anything bad about. he treats his cars better than his women. he must of had a shocker with this Alfa if it is bad nick.

if he could just learn to drive though it would help,lol.

 

[bigsigh]

Could have done with one for the emissions on that Subaru Si

lol indeed

 

[Ge0rge]

If he does fake tax discs, he probably does fake MOT certs too. It wouldn't surprise me if he drives your car to his house, rattles off an MOT cert, comes back and takes your £100 - and never goes near the MOT centre.

never thought of that, could well be true.

 

[Ge0rge]

its fairly far down my "give a fu.ck list" to be perfectly honest

fair enough i suppose until someone with his £100 mot cert with his dodgy brakes runs into you and seriously hurts you?

 

[Lyons]

What if the car doesnt exist?

 

[Ge0rge]

What if the car doesnt exist?

he says the car has to be driven through and you have to book it through the normal process

 

[Lee A]

**** him right up **** creek. Why would you even consider that