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Originally Posted by SCP440
I popped into my MOT tester today to book an MOT for next week. He was telling he has tested 5 diesels today and 4 have failed the new test . 2 are booked in for some work but the other 2 will probably be scrapped as he reckoned the owners were thinking of getting petrol cars anyway and they were quite old.
I wonder how many diesel powered cars will be scrapped this year because of the new MOT?
He was also telling me he has failed a car because of no reversing lights and another because of an engine management light.
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I can see this being the beginning of a cull of old bangers, not before time either.
No one with a well cared for car will have anything to fear, the MOT test even in it's new format is still a basic test of roadworthiness.
I had to chuckle earlier today when the car presented at the testing station I had the ZT emission tested at, failed on a bald tyre, inoperative screenwash and split wiper blades......it's first MOT.
Not everyone treats their car like a family pet, to some people they are a means of A to B and nothing more.
Brian