Omega Owners Forum

Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  

News:

Search the maintenance guides for answers to 99.999% of Omega questions

Pages: [1] 2  All   Go Down

Author Topic: MOT Time  (Read 2857 times)

0 Members and 3 Guests are viewing this topic.

Taxi_Driver

  • Guest
MOT Time
« on: 21 November 2006, 18:45:14 »
Yep mines off for a taxi mot tomorrow booked in for 9am.

£116 to the local council today.....so they can give me a slip for free mot (yeah right!), then check the V5 to see im not lying abouts it age....then check ive got taxi insurance....then if it passes MOT they give me a badge to say its ok to use as taxi for the next year......feel your being ripped off  >:(

Hopefully tho it should fly through......ive even put the correct size wheels back on it.... ;D ;D

Actually i havent swapped em about......coz i dont need to.....i havent got a 'meter' in it.

Thats actually a trick used by taxi's fitted with meters......during the mot the meter is checked for correct calibration......so correct size wheels are on the car.....soon as its passed...some (not all) will put smaller size wheels back on.... ;)
Logged

Markie

  • Omega Lord
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Lanarkshire, Scotland
  • Posts: 7762
    • RS4, BMW X5, Range Rover
    • View Profile
    • http://www.facebook.com/pages/Markiescarparts/149306545168993
Re: MOT Time
« Reply #1 on: 21 November 2006, 18:56:32 »
Good Luck with it  ;)  :y
Logged
MarkiesCarParts-Online Now With A New 4000FT Partswarehouse; Stocking Thousands of Vauxhall,Peugeot, Citroen, Renault & Rover NEW Parts - Check us on Ebay MarkiesCarParts-Online. PM me via OOF for discount

Timbuk

  • Omega Baron
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Telford
  • Posts: 3706
  • owned a Datsun 120y once!
    • View Profile
Re: MOT Time
« Reply #2 on: 21 November 2006, 18:59:30 »
Good luck TD and i'll be checking every Taxi i get in now to make sure it has the right size wheels on it!!!!!
Logged

Elite Pete

  • Omega Queen
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Chester
  • Posts: 19580
  • My spider senses are tingling
    • Audi SQ5 GSX1400
    • View Profile
Re: MOT Time
« Reply #3 on: 21 November 2006, 19:02:13 »
Quote
Yep mines off for a taxi mot tomorrow booked in for 9am.

£116 to the local council today.....so they can give me a slip for free mot (yeah right!), then check the V5 to see im not lying abouts it age....then check ive got taxi insurance....then if it passes MOT they give me a badge to say its ok to use as taxi for the next year......feel your being ripped off  >:(

Hopefully tho it should fly through......ive even put the correct size wheels back on it.... ;D ;D

Actually i havent swapped em about......coz i dont need to.....i havent got a 'meter' in it.

Thats actually a trick used by taxi's fitted with meters......during the mot the meter is checked for correct calibration......so correct size wheels are on the car.....soon as its passed...some (not all) will put smaller size wheels back on.... ;)
So are the smaller wheels used to make the meter go faster ;)
Logged
Retired

Timbuk

  • Omega Baron
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Telford
  • Posts: 3706
  • owned a Datsun 120y once!
    • View Profile
Re: MOT Time
« Reply #4 on: 21 November 2006, 19:03:48 »
Quote
Quote
Yep mines off for a taxi mot tomorrow booked in for 9am.

£116 to the local council today.....so they can give me a slip for free mot (yeah right!), then check the V5 to see im not lying abouts it age....then check ive got taxi insurance....then if it passes MOT they give me a badge to say its ok to use as taxi for the next year......feel your being ripped off  >:(

Hopefully tho it should fly through......ive even put the correct size wheels back on it.... ;D ;D

Actually i havent swapped em about......coz i dont need to.....i havent got a 'meter' in it.

Thats actually a trick used by taxi's fitted with meters......during the mot the meter is checked for correct calibration......so correct size wheels are on the car.....soon as its passed...some (not all) will put smaller size wheels back on.... ;)
So are the smaller wheels used to make the meter go faster ;)

Can't get nothing passed you can we EP ;D
Logged

Bo Bo

  • Omega Baron
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Coventry
  • Posts: 4812
  • Here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!
    • View Profile
Re: MOT Time
« Reply #5 on: 21 November 2006, 19:10:06 »
Quote
Good luck TD and i'll be checking every Taxi i get in now to make sure it has the right size wheels on it!!!!!
Can't see me checking any, I only get a cab when I'm too drunk to walk!
Logged
Where would we be without rhetorical questions?!

Taxi_Driver

  • Guest
Re: MOT Time
« Reply #6 on: 21 November 2006, 19:28:48 »
Quote
Quote
Yep mines off for a taxi mot tomorrow booked in for 9am.

£116 to the local council today.....so they can give me a slip for free mot (yeah right!), then check the V5 to see im not lying abouts it age....then check ive got taxi insurance....then if it passes MOT they give me a badge to say its ok to use as taxi for the next year......feel your being ripped off  >:(

Hopefully tho it should fly through......ive even put the correct size wheels back on it.... ;D ;D

Actually i havent swapped em about......coz i dont need to.....i havent got a 'meter' in it.

Thats actually a trick used by taxi's fitted with meters......during the mot the meter is checked for correct calibration......so correct size wheels are on the car.....soon as its passed...some (not all) will put smaller size wheels back on.... ;)
So are the smaller wheels used to make the meter go faster ;)

Correcto  :y
and thanx guys im sure it will fly tho  :)
« Last Edit: 21 November 2006, 19:31:29 by Taxi_Driver »
Logged

Eliteman Steve

  • Junior Member
  • **
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Brighton
  • Posts: 125
    • View Profile
Re: MOT Time
« Reply #7 on: 21 November 2006, 20:32:33 »
Good luck matey :y.
Logged

nixoro

  • Omega Baron
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Hitchin, Herts
  • Posts: 2902
    • View Profile
Re: MOT Time
« Reply #8 on: 22 November 2006, 13:19:25 »
Any news on your MOT?

Did it pass :question
Logged

Taxi_Driver

  • Guest
Re: MOT Time
« Reply #9 on: 22 November 2006, 13:20:07 »
Well it failed  :(

Nothing major.......two front tyres had worn on the insides, enuf for the mot man to fail it.....he also said the backs were doing the same but still ok for the time being.
He said he tests about 5 taxi's a day.....and its a pretty common fail....he reckoned its all the speed bumps (well mountains!) in Swindon that does it.

So two new tyres later and ive got the ticket  :)
Logged

nixoro

  • Omega Baron
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Hitchin, Herts
  • Posts: 2902
    • View Profile
Re: MOT Time
« Reply #10 on: 22 November 2006, 13:24:29 »
Well done Taxi Driver  :y

Could've been alot worse
Logged

bob.dent

  • Omega Lord
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Hertfordshire
  • Posts: 6781
  • Drives better than an Omega
    • Mondeo 2.0TDCI Estate
    • View Profile
Re: MOT Time
« Reply #11 on: 22 November 2006, 14:02:24 »
Nice one TD :y

I guess taxi MOT's have to be a bit stricter so you can cart all us drunken bums around at weekends ;) ;D
Logged
I HAVE THE BODY OF AN 18 YEAR OLD.......I KEEP IT IN THE FRIDGE!

Taxi_Driver

  • Guest
Re: MOT Time
« Reply #12 on: 22 November 2006, 19:00:20 »
Quote
Nice one TD :y

I guess taxi MOT's have to be a bit stricter so you can cart all us drunken bums around at weekends ;) ;D

Cheers guys.....yeah in the tyre place i use.....the fitter was a bit suprised the fronts failed....not quite sure of the exact % but you are allowed a certain % of under the legal limit across the tread.....i spose about 1inch of the tyres were below legal limit on the insides.....which on a meega tyre aint much.....but never mind ..... mot tester wernt happy and theres no arguing with them so new tyres it was.
Logged

Markie

  • Omega Lord
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Lanarkshire, Scotland
  • Posts: 7762
    • RS4, BMW X5, Range Rover
    • View Profile
    • http://www.facebook.com/pages/Markiescarparts/149306545168993
Re: MOT Time
« Reply #13 on: 22 November 2006, 19:06:54 »
good result  :y
Logged
MarkiesCarParts-Online Now With A New 4000FT Partswarehouse; Stocking Thousands of Vauxhall,Peugeot, Citroen, Renault & Rover NEW Parts - Check us on Ebay MarkiesCarParts-Online. PM me via OOF for discount

TheBoy

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Brackley, Northants
  • Posts: 106837
  • I Like Lockdown
    • Whatever Starts
    • View Profile
Re: MOT Time
« Reply #14 on: 22 November 2006, 19:09:34 »
Quote
Quote
Nice one TD :y

I guess taxi MOT's have to be a bit stricter so you can cart all us drunken bums around at weekends ;) ;D

Cheers guys.....yeah in the tyre place i use.....the fitter was a bit suprised the fronts failed....not quite sure of the exact % but you are allowed a certain % of under the legal limit across the tread.....i spose about 1inch of the tyres were below legal limit on the insides.....which on a meega tyre aint much.....but never mind ..... mot tester wernt happy and theres no arguing with them so new tyres it was.
Probably would have needed changing soon anyway, so no real extra cost to do it....
Logged
Grumpy old man
Pages: [1] 2  All   Go Up
« previous next »
 

Page created in 0.016 seconds with 17 queries.