Going rate for an MOT

[Bushboy]

Just curious as to what the going rate for an MOT is nowadays?

Place near me has just quoted £50.35 on a turn up anytime and they will do it asap basis but I got an MOT done on the pug 406 I was selling at a place a bit further affield for £35 around 2 months ago. However, I think this might have been on a reduced "mates rate" as where I was working was attatched to the garage and we knew them very well

So what should I really be paying? I think the £50 is a little ott but then I dont really know what to pay. Out of all the cars owned, I have only put 1 of mine through an MOT in the last 4 years of driving, and that was around 3 years ago. No idea what I paid but it was also on "mates rates".

 

[chaos]

The cost of an MOT varies from garage to garage. I believe there is a cap on the price a garage can charge though.

 

[y2dom]

£50.35 is the rate for an mot these days.

Any cheaper is discounted.

 

[jug]

i still pay £25, at the same garage it was only £10 in 2005.

i thought £50.00 was the max you can legally charge at present, i guess that has changed recently?

they told me that there will be a standard price for every tester when the 2 year regs come in.

 

[M111CYY]

I last paid £40 when mine was done

 

[Lolita]

I paid £35.00 in Sept - including a couple of new bulbs.

I asked for a discount. Always ask for a discount. That's my theory

 

[dibbers]

£50 for the Stilo's 1st one last month - turned up on spec and didn't haggle. Two golden rules broken..........and it failed.

 

[-DrEw-]

Mot for the golf was £38, not discounted or anything, and that was on monday

 

[Hellcat]

£50!


Is that an MOT by post?

 

[sludgeguts]

Generally averages £45 round here. A couple of garages advertise this price in the local papers & others tend to match it.
Mind you, it's a bit like the petrol, one ups their price & the rest follow within the day.
I thought the Government frowned on price fixing.
There's a lot of things we can buy slightly cheaper if we travel - but that defeats the object!

 

[H2DaE]

I paid £35.00 in Sept - including a couple of new bulbs.

I asked for a discount. Always ask for a discount. That's my theory

I would imagine having boobs helps with the discount thing

 

[Bushboy]

Yeah, A man asking another man for a discount doesnt usualy work.

The VOSA website states that the standard price for an MOT is £50.35

 

[Focus Owner]

250 quid with a full service
dad payed
Air filter fuel filter full breaks disk and caliper and rears spark plugs and leads possibly

dad has recite

 

[JFL]

im getting mine for a tenner i think at stoneacre in a month or so when its my 3rd year service

£312 in total for my car

 

[Citizen Smith]

Yeah, A man asking another man for a discount doesnt usualy work.

The VOSA website states that the standard price for an MOT is £50.35

£50.35 is the most any garage can legally charge, but doesn't mean you can't get it for less.

 

[maddogmorg]

£25 which included a small bit of welding. though that's half price and the welding they did for free.