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castrolrob
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Posted: Tue Feb 16th, 2010 10:11 pm |
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then take it in to them,as i said they may rectify it if its something they missed.if you go down the appeal route you will still own a car with holes in it!how the appeal process works is that if its decided he missed item/s he receives the appropriate sanction dependant on severity.they dont repair the vehicle indeed if they receive disciplinary action the worst that can happen to them already has.this removes any incentive to fix it for you.a vt20 is a pass ticket and would not generally be issued at your home....bottom door pins arent part of the test,if it latches securely closed/opens from inside and out then thats about it.for your own reference in case of future disagreements take photos of the relevant areas,i cant comment on whether they are testable/accessible without seeing the car physically tho.
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flyingmythos
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Posted: Tue Feb 16th, 2010 08:11 pm |
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Thanks, however, there is a hole in the outer sill which they said was ok as there was a plate welded on the inner sill, but to see that they would of lifted the carpet (held on by double sided tape) yet they didn't see that, and the corrosion is 20cm's from the n/s seatbelt anchor bolt!! You can see the rust and if you lightly touch the sill it crunches, and when you slam the door (as bottom door pind are worn) rust falls away!!
They have sent a man out from the garage and he wrote on a V10 or 20 "excessive corrosion"
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castrolrob
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Posted: Tue Feb 16th, 2010 08:02 pm |
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it depends on the extent and location of said corrosion.the guy is correct inasmuch as we are not allowed to dismantle the car to any extent,we cant even remove wheel trims to check if all the nuts are there!there is a section that says they accept that not all testable items are going to be visible/accessible on all cars and in such a case the component/s concerned must be assumed to be in a serviceable condition.if the carpets were,say,glued down he may have had no access.i would say your best bet would be to ask them to look again at it as you are considering an inverted appeal,if its something they should have spotted and is testable then you may find they fix it rather than go thru the hassle,an appeal will only decide if they did a good/bad test,it wont get your car fixed.as an aside anyone buying a beetle of that vintage without expecting rot somewhere is pissing up a rope but thats only my personal opinion.
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flyingmythos
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Posted: Tue Feb 16th, 2010 07:35 pm |
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Hi, I bought a 1972 beetle with a 12 month mot (3 weeks old) but after a quick look round found excessive corrosion on the n/s inner and outer sill and heat channels, I had to lift up the soaking wet carpet to see this, yet you could feel the metal crunching under pressure through the carpet, I have asked the mot place why it passed and they said "because we are not allowed to move the carpets, yet there is a hole on the sill that you can put your finger through. Are they fobbing me off?
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