Phil Robson
Well-Known Member
I know that despite the exemption many of us still get our 40+ year old classics to an MOT tester each year, but can I urge ALL owners to do this?
I recently took Hazel (my series 1 V8) for its MOT and came away with the fail as shown:
This defect was not detectable by me, even though I keep a reasonably close eye on my cars' maintenance. What if I had to stop suddenly to avoid someone & the car didn't stop quite soon enough, or spun round when with good brakes it would have made a difference (potentially to someone's life)?
One of the usual suspects of course - a stuck piston. Incidentally, this is the Near side (the Off side was just as bad):
This has now been sorted with a service kit (which I seem to do a lot of these days...).
Cars do still of course need to be roadworthy and the MOT is an independent inspection that the car owner can place some reliance on. Most of us will have a safer car as a result.
I recently took Hazel (my series 1 V8) for its MOT and came away with the fail as shown:
This defect was not detectable by me, even though I keep a reasonably close eye on my cars' maintenance. What if I had to stop suddenly to avoid someone & the car didn't stop quite soon enough, or spun round when with good brakes it would have made a difference (potentially to someone's life)?
One of the usual suspects of course - a stuck piston. Incidentally, this is the Near side (the Off side was just as bad):
This has now been sorted with a service kit (which I seem to do a lot of these days...).
Cars do still of course need to be roadworthy and the MOT is an independent inspection that the car owner can place some reliance on. Most of us will have a safer car as a result.