Hi,
We’ve talked at length in the past about this car, its crash and the tragic consequences. This needs to be more than just a sobering thought; it needs to be more of a call to action. What happened here should have every one of us closely scrutinising this hidden killer within our cars.
Don’t rely on the MOT, this car was MOT’ed and I’d argue that without prompting NO MOT examiner would give this critical area of the car the attention that it requires to spot a defect.
Failure in this area is clearly unpredictable and not linked to mileage (this was a low mileage car according to the salvage ad) or overall appearance of the car.
Put checking this area out, yes I know it will require work and some small expense, on your 2015 “to (must) do list”. If you’re driving about without checking maybe thinking things like, my cars in pretty good nick, I only do a few hundred miles a year, surely the MOT would catch this sort of things, etc…… then don’t, it’s quite frankly reckless.
Tim