Hitchcocks Forum

Really? New cars and motorbikes will not need MOTs for 4 years according to today's budget announcements - so that means 4 year old, untested brakes on the road. And 4 year old untested brake lines and fuel lines on the road as well as four year old untested tires and suspension systems? Given that I suspect the majority of motor vehicle users don't 'test' their brakes beyond 'well, it stopped' then this makes me a bit worried!

Oh course, mileage would probably be a better measure of whether a vehicle needed testing.

When I was working I never got a vehicle to 3 years but put about 150,000 miles on them.
So I had a vehicle with 150,000 miles on it that had had no official test at all.

HORRIFYING News. Just thinking a recent study by the AA or was it the RAC found 4 out of 10 cars they tested less than 2 years old would fail a MOT on major faults like tyres brakes & lighting.

What worries me more are the number of diesel vehicles spewing out thick black poison AFTER going through their - 3 year - MOT!

Presto... It's the diesel they spill on the road that concerns me.

So when should MOT's start? After the first year perhaps? As the owner of a 3 year old mini with 12k on the clock and in showroom condition and a 52 years old bike in a similar condition I sometimes see the MOT as a license to rob the ignorant and naive punters that barely know where to put the petrol. I know I have taken failures to another station in the past and got a pass (when I did some buying and selling)so there is no consistency, it's all about one mans opinion.There's no easy answer to this one. As for the diesels, I want all the diseasels and paraffin burners off the road pdq. Now regular driving tests, there's another emotive subject. Personally I consider a driving test every 3 years would n't be too onerous and would go a long way to get some of the total dipshits off the roads. Others of course will say "I've been driving for 40 years and never had an accident", blissfully unaware of how many they left in their wake.

Is that four years from today or all vehicles in use now, I do not seem to find any info on it, I don't see as it will make much difference most people maintain there vehicles correctly some don't regardless of MOTs , poor Thunderbolt had his marching orders due to the three year limit I wonder what Scalyback thinks of it

I just sold Thunderbolt 2-3 days ago because of the MOT problem and he only had a year left. If you are now telling me that I could have had two more years, then I am going to go away and sob.



No, seriously, it is the same in France, MOT (Control technik) aftyer 4 years, and then every 2 years after thet. Currently, French motorcycles don't ever have an MOT.



you should see some of the sewing machines going around on the roads here!

Les, between you and me... Well, I guess you can guess, but Thunderbolt did need somebody that was around more often. It's not good to neglect a young and eager to go bike so much!



Heard from new owner. Chuffed to bits! Bloody good bike that!

That's nice to hear Simon I wont tell anyone