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Re: MOT on Tuesday

NanoSi said:
bloody hell, whatever happened to the friendly local MOT bloke who'd just sort something like that and pass it or get you to do it after, :D

Si :slayer:
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They are now an extinct species garages are in business to make a living even cable ties 2== £1.47p :rolleyes: the place I take mine would have just done it though as I have an understanding with him if its anything small just do it but if its anything Major contact me and discuss it mine passed last Wednesday in another garage I was trying they never contacted me so I realised it had passed sorry to see your car has failed Matt the problem is your -50mm on your front suspension so technically your lights ARE nearer the ground ;)
 
Re: MOT on Tuesday

PNL said:
They are now an extinct species garages are in business to make a living even cable ties 2== £1.47p :rolleyes: the place I take mine would have just done it though as I have an understanding with him if its anything small just do it but if its anything Major contact me and discuss it mine passed last Wednesday in another garage I was trying they never contacted me so I realised it had passed sorry to see your car has failed Matt the problem is your -50mm on your front suspension so technically your lights ARE nearer the ground ;)
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Don;t get a drunken Rich started on this. Had my oil changed by my non-FIAT local dealer. FIAT dealer supplied filter, I bought oil from halfords (old friends gave me discount :D), garage still charged me £35!!! What with labour, environmental disposal, misc charges . . .. not impressed!!!
 
Re: MOT on Tuesday

rroope said:
.......Had my oil changed by my non-FIAT local dealer. FIAT dealer supplied filter, I bought oil from halfords (old friends gave me discount :D), garage still charged me £35!!! What with labour, environmental disposal, misc charges . . .. not impressed!!!
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What sort of service would that be then Rich :confused:

Was there something wrong with your oil maybe?
 
Re: MOT on Tuesday

Activematt,
I take it you didn't get the MOT station to adjust the lights otherwise surely they would have just adjusted and passed it, why was that?

neil
 
Re: MOT on Tuesday

minimad99 said:
Activematt,
I take it you didn't get the MOT station to adjust the lights otherwise surely they would have just adjusted and passed it, why was that?

neil
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They didnt have the time to fit the car in yesterday, so i took it to another garage near where i work, the garage that supposedly did it apparently had there MOT tester do it, so strangely enough i took there word that it had been fixed to an MOT pass standard.........i dont know why i bother:bang:
 
Re: MOT on Tuesday

Good luck,

Mine failed on the same thing two weeks ago, drivers side too low:bang: they just adjusted it and passed it but charged me £10 for the pleasure.
Can't grumble too much though as that was the only thing:slayer:
 
Re: MOT on Tuesday

activematt said:
Well no they failed it again, but ive left the car with them today as if i take it away i'll have to pay for a full test again. So ive left it there and said i dont want it back till it passes
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Matt,

If they're struggling to re-align the dipped beam on just one side then it's most likely a mis aligned bulb in it's holder. Have you ever the changed bulbs?

I had the opposite problem. Mine passed the MOT and I complained that it shouldn't have done as I could see the lights were mis-aligned. Local main agents found the issue with mine (no charge) but none Fiat garages might not be so savvy.
 
Re: MOT on Tuesday

Argonought said:
If they're struggling to re-align the dipped beam on just one side then it's most likely a mis aligned bulb in it's holder. Have you ever the changed bulbs?
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Well thats what i had done yesterday at the garage, they apparently replaced the bulb and aligned it in its holder.......so im guessing that wasnt the main problem.

Im just waiting for them to phone me and say somethings broken and it needs the whole cluster replacing
 
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This just sounds like a comedy of errors, surely you can ask for your 20 nuggets back from the garage that supposedly fixed the problem yesterday? Sounds like youve been on the end of some shady garages, (dont blame the poor poor stilo, you know you love it! :) )

Si :slayer:
 
Re: MOT on Tuesday

activematt said:
Well had a call from the garage and its now fixed and passed its MOT..........what a relief!
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Thank god for that (y) have you got a smile for the old fella then Matt ;)
 
Re: MOT on Tuesday

blu73 said:
go fill her up and go for a blast, remind yourself why you love her so much, you'll have forgotten about it no time.
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He doesnt love her thats the trouble or he wouldnt be getting rid of her and we losing a valued stilo member in the process (n)
 
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