2 year MOT!

[Phil Nottingham]

The DVLA is seriously considering making a 2 year MOT a requirement - at double the cost of a 1 year one. Apparently the new computerised system is groaning at the seams and there still some old paper versions to come on.

With the insurance database up and running there is not the requirement that there used to after all from a road safety viewpoint although its better that nothing its not that much use

See the link yourself if you do not believe me

www.motester.co.uk/

[glennr]

I read this is the paper although they were making a point of how it was going to save the motorist a fee each year and not cost double, but if they are going to double the fee for the two year period (as I have read it), it won't help us financially.

[10mpg]

A daft idea IMHO, even as a mechanic/car retorer with acess to lifts and pits etc to inspect my cars (which i do regulary) the MOT still occasionally picks up items that i have misssed, 99 times out of 100 these are only advisiories not fails but advisories are good because it highlights a fault early and gives you a chance to take preventative maintenance before the component gives up the ghost... and a we all know prevention is better (and cheaper than cure)
So which ever way you look at it its going to cost the motorist more money in components and wear and thats without considering the inevitable increase in the cost of the test.

The saftey implications are horrendous too, when you think about it car tyres need only a couple of mill of tread to pass an MOT, give them 2 years of hard use and they would be down to the webbing! I realise this dosn't affect car enthusiasts much as we care about the condition of our cars, but plenty of people will take as much as they can get and need the MOT every year to force them to make their car safe... Its these morons that will slide into the back of you in the wet on thier bald tyres and 23month old MOT ticket.

Also corrosion, I have seen many a car that was a borderline MOT fail/pass due to corrosion and after a couple of years unchecked would be a small pile of ferrous oxide!

Before anyone mentions it i do not have a personal buisness interest in MOT's where i work does mainly vintage race cars which either don't need MOT's or are largely exempt..

[PatMcCoy]

I heard this about a month ago,but thought this would not come true
The amount of faults on new cars that have an mot after the three years is scary and they want to extend that to four
Cant you image old cars going every two years

[Phil Nottingham]

My first and only new car - a top of the range Vauxhall Astra Mk1 2 door with tints! - failed its first MOT. Split driveshaft boot and corroded brake line. I had replaced the two year old broken handbrake cable, - through corrosion 9 months earlier.

A much later 4 year old Rover 820 at only 25000 miles had worn wheel bearings and balljoints. It was this car that finally convinced me that buying new/nearly new cars is a total waste of money.

After all any P5 can do all that at a much lower price and its cheaper to fix.


Mind you it is rather stressful throughout the year with 7 MOT's to organise and get through ;D