Darkside-Dee
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i need m.o.t for my car and im a bit on the skint side, and my mate just told me he knows a guy who does dodgy m.o.ts for £20, u reckon its worth the risk?
hes been doing it for years and still hasnt been sussed.
Advice?
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flybikeslee
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 not worth asking on here mate, you know the obvious illegality of it and if your skint then how can you afford to put petrol etc in?
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lozarus
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I thought that dodgey MOT's were generally dearer?
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J4M13
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quote:
Originally posted by flybikeslee
not worth asking on here mate
that would have been my exact words Lee!
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Darkside-Dee
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my cars on empty and sat in my back yard for the past month lol, its off the road atm, and the m.o.ts from near me are £20 ... so tempted to do it just to get the car on the road =]
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nova_gteuk
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pmsl and you call me a cock.
Getting a dodgy mot says it all really.
Mot's are there for a reason.
If i had my own way the mot's would be every 6 months.
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Darkside-Dee
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yet again, steps in and kills the topic!
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nova_gteuk
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kills a topic,wait till the others reply, im sure their replys will be worse than mine.
I dont normally name call but you are the defintion off a cock, if you knocked someone over because of your dodgy car because you thought youd save a few quid then you dont value life very highly.
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B3KAN
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Not the sort off thng i would be posting on a public forum tbh 
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Darkside-Dee
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u take things far too seriously ... i was askin for peoples opinions ... at no point did i say i was going to get it, and my cars workin fine as its just been serviced today.! so shhhh mr kill joy
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Vickyxxx
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quote:
if you knocked someone over because of your dodgy car because you thought youd save a few quid then you dont value life very highly.
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nova_gteuk
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An mot is there for a reason, to make sure its safe to be on the road.
Just because you think its safe,doesnt mean it is.
If you think its worth do it, i hope you get caught tbh.
And posting stuff like this on a public forum is a bit stupid.
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Tommy L
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You asked for advice on whether you should risk it
Not opinions on dodgy MOTs and whether you think they are right or wrong.
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
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Depends if you think it'll pass a proper one. If it will then you're only saving 30 quid, that's enough to drive to work and back with fuel being what it is. So you need to drive a dodgy car for 12 months because you want to save one round of drinks. Worth it?
If you think it'll fail then you've also the issue that the car might not be safe. Bigger issue and the internet moral highground super sleuths will have you bang to rights on that one. You'll be crashing in to bus stops full of old ladies and children before you can say treadwear. Then it'll probably transpire that you're not insured because they'll cancel that when it's investigated as well. World of hassle.
And you did kind of indicate that you wanted one, you cited being skint and the MOT being cheap. We kind of put two and two together there for you.
Personally I wouldn't do it, getting a proper one isn't really so difficult or expensive.
Not sure I agree with the point about 6 month tests though. That's a cost I don't need.
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Darkside-Dee
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true i suppose, so im going to go to my mate and get the m.o.t done properly! even though it will pass! as the guy who serviced my car said its mot standard ... and ian not being cheaky but you do like typing dont ya? lol
just read the past 2 threads and there like more than my collegework put together! lol
[Edited on 16-07-2008 by Darkside-Dee]
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flybikeslee
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if he can do adodgy one for £20 cant he do a proper one for £20?
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Ian
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Whenever I've been able to, I've been under there myself swinging on stuff to see what bends, it's worth having the car checked properly even outside of the legal framework. Which you should also do, m'kay.
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nova_gteuk
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I agree on cost ian, i would think £25 for an mot every 6 months.
When i worked in my last garage i seen so many cars come in which had months left on the mot but werent safe.i even wrote it on the worksheets,but the customers didnt care as it was mot'd.
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Gareth F
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I agree with nova, was no point in this thread. If you cant afford to drive legally and safely then dont drive at all. If there is something wrong with your car then your endangering people like me who pay out alot of money to keep our cars up to scratch. To be honest its a cuntish thing to do. End of.
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Darkside-Dee
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quote:
Originally posted by flybikeslee
if he can do adodgy one for £20 cant he do a proper one for £20?
lol suppose, my mate bought a clio which had the m.o.t done by him and my bro went summit will be wrong with your car within the next month, so he took it to see my mate on the diagnostics machine and there was alot of trouble with it and would cost him a bomb to sort it out, so he took it back, got £800+ worth of work done for free and my mate done the m.o.t and it passed, so all good.
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