Apothecary Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 My car is fast heading towards the time for its first MOT & I'm looking for a 7 friendly testing station. Car is standard SL (with cat equiped exhaust) so I'm not expecting difficulties...... Had heard about 'West End Service Station nr Windsor' but past threads suggest this was closing at the end of this year. Has it gone and if so are there any other recommendations? Thanks, Paul SL No.174 Member No.109xx Pictures here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevefoster Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 Not tried it yet but a few area members have been to Phoenix Garage in Hartley Wintney. Westend Serv Station will be sorely missed come MOT time next yr. Hants (North) and Berkshire Area club site here My racing info site here Edited by - stevefoster on 19 Dec 2004 19:10:11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knowley Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 SW Lotus are based in Maidenhead. Steve doesnt do MOTs but will be able to take yours somewhere that is "friendly" - V8 twin turbo Espirts get through so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F355GTS Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 Paul try Cresswells at California Crossroads in Finchampstead or another at http://finchmot.tripod.com/ both are very 7 friendly Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Newman Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 Could someone tell me what exactly a 7 friendly MOT station is do "standard" MOT centres like to fail caterhams for fun or is it cos other testers are too portly to fit into a std 7 or is there a weak point on a 7 that shows up as a failure but isnt actually a fault Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 Paul, ARCHWAY MOTORS in Windsor. I have always taken my 7 and Ferrari there. But they are a bit more expensive than other testing stations. Edited by - Gavin on 20 Dec 2004 02:03:10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Support Team Shaun_E Posted December 20, 2004 Support Team Share Posted December 20, 2004 Assuming that you are not looking for "favours" there are still issues with having a 7 MOT'd - the main one is that it can be difficult to get the car onto the testing ramps due to ground clearance. You will need a test station that has ramps with a removable block. You also need one that has some "sympathy" with the car in terms of jacking it up, etc. and finally you will need one that really does understand the testing rules, especially if you have a car that does not need to pass emissions tests. I use Bridge Street Motors in Chalvey (near Slough) just because they are near to where I work. The ramp they use has a removable block and so they can get the car on there, the tester was sympathetic to the car and made sure he didn't do anything that might damage it and he knew the emissions regulations properly. He also adjusted my lights for me and passed it without side repeaters having checked that the indicators could be seen from the correct position standing at the rear of the car as defined in the testers manual. All MOT stations should be able to test your car but the interpretation of the rules can vary somewhat - even to the extent that members of this forum disagree with each other on some of them! Shaun Yellow SL #32 For Sale: chrome headlights, sill protectors Wanted: Black headlights, blank carbon dash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apothecary Posted December 20, 2004 Author Share Posted December 20, 2004 Thankyou one and all . I now have plenty of recommendations to look into ....much better than falling foul of finding a station where they attempt to jack the car up via the side skin or such like Paul SL No.174 Member No.109xx Pictures here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apothecary Posted January 8, 2005 Author Share Posted January 8, 2005 Thought I would post some feedback for others..... I took the car to Cresswells today (see Mark's recommendation above) and they were very pleasant, aware of the need to be careful with my 'pride & joy' and she passed without any difficulty. I expected no problems so no surprise really. I will be taking all my cars there from now on No connection, just another satisfied customer. Paul SL No.174 Member No.109xx Pictures here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevefoster Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 Thanks for that Apoc. A quick search and I even got a pick of Cresswells and then their website! Looks just the job. http://www.cresswells-garage.co.uk/ http://www.finchampstead-pc.gov.uk/Pictures/Finch%20today/Cresswells.JPG Hants (North) and Berkshire Area club site here My racing info site here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innocent_bystander Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 I take all my family's cars to The Chiltern Tyres site at Hazelemere Crossroads north of High Wycombe. They passed my '94 Westfield last Thursday - for the third time - and the chap I usually see is a circuit racing driver in the TR Register. He not only knows about "specialist" cars, but loves them too. They are not one of those testing stations that make work for themselves by spurious fails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevefoster Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 Anyone been to Cresswells recently? I have mine booked on the 16th of April. Hants (North) and Berkshire Area club site here My racing info site here Edited by - stevefoster on 4 Apr 2005 10:38:59 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shin.suri Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 Shaun_E Did you go aero'd up or full screen for the mot? Shin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-B Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 *thumbup*glad to see this thread come up as my first MoT is due before end of April/early May Can you confirm it is these guys: Chiltern Tyres - 9 Penn Road, Hazlemere High Wycombe Tel:01494 716121 Steve B Big Black Beast^3 USA 2005: How the West Was Driven Edited by - Steve-B on 4 Apr 2005 15:16:56 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Support Team Shaun_E Posted April 4, 2005 Support Team Share Posted April 4, 2005 Shin - full screen so wipes and washer jet tested. Yellow SL #32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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