Area Representative IanW Posted February 16, 2023 Area Representative Share Posted February 16, 2023 My wife just showed me this news article - DVSA makes big change to MOT requirements.P.S. I may have posted this in the wrong forum... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR400D Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Wrong forum? I think it's been posted on the wrong date, that's all. It's a Tapley meter by the way, not a Tap meter and unless a site does a very, very low number of MOTs the cost per car will be negligible and unlikely to be passed on given the number of Testing stations that discount the MOT price to be competitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadership Team SLR No.77 Posted February 16, 2023 Leadership Team Share Posted February 16, 2023 Usual shock reporting by certain press outlets, and for a paid reporter/journalist appalling English in places! I'm pretty sure a garage will spend a lot more than £130 having its lifting equipment and pressure vessels certified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Kay Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 The current consultation: "Proposed changes to make MOTs fit for the future".Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative Golf Juliet Tango Posted February 16, 2023 Area Representative Share Posted February 16, 2023 the move could save motorists across Great Britain around £100 million a year in MOT fees.Thus removing that money from the garage trade, so it isn't one way traffic as the .gov site suggests.While initial testing after four years may be acceptable because production quality is higher than in 1960, I wouldn't support longer intervals between tests, partly because annual testing is so easy for owners to schedule and for mileage checks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby S Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 May mean those garages offering choice of a deccelerometer in the footwell or the resistance rollers get rid of the former which my local garage uses only on a few cars with low ground clearance (including my Caterham)Don't fancy my handbrake (under the dash sort) being tested on resistance rollers - bleeding useless at the best of times and very rarely used Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR400D Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 #6 why would anyone get rid of a Tapley just because it costs them an extra £50/60 a year to have it calibrated.......and risk losing customers with LSDs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7 wonders of the world Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 there's no issue with LSD's on the brake rollers anyway......... unless you are running a ridiculously high preload on a light car and then it will only get gently pushed up the roller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR400D Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 You may well be right but the place I go specifically asked if I had an LSD and use a Tapley for that reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7 wonders of the world Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 the independent rear brake check is the only one of interest and this merely rotates a single wheel at a relatively slow speed (circa 50 rpm) with the car in neutral so even the little overrun torque applied has zero effect, the only resistance form the LSD is the preload, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenF Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 Really the title of this thread should be:DVSA makes tiny change to MoT requirements. How anyone could think this is a big change is beyond me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Kay Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 On 16/02/2023 at 12:22, Jonathan Kay said: The current consultation: "Proposed changes to make MOTs fit for the future". And the outcome. "First MOT test to remain at 3 years from registration and annually thereafter while government works to establish a programme of longer-term reform for MOTs." Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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