UK MOT History check
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UK MOT History check
For those of you in the UK that are not already aware, you can now check online any cars MOT history going back to when the electronic MOT's started. Just google MOT history check and you'll find a link to the governments web site and after entering the registration number and make, you will see the MOT history of the car including any fails and advisories.
Being rather sad, I have just spent a few hours checking out various XK8's and XKR's being advertised on flea bay and compared the dealers / owners description with the advisories on the last MOT. I found a dealer selling a 1999 XK8 for £6500 described as being a 3 owner immaculate car inside and out, one of the best available and it had a list of advisories as long as your arm including corrosion around all suspension mounts, front and back sills, floorpan, seat belt mountings, brake pipes front and rear, worn front and rear shock bushes, front upper shock mountings, front upper and lower wishbones bushes, front and rear wheel bearings, oil leak, coolant leak and power steering fluid leaking from nearside steering rack. Pity the poor soul who buys this one.
I also found cars that failed on serious corrosion, leaking shocks, worn bushes etc that then passed on retest the same day suggesting to me that you can still get bent Mickey Mouse MOT's despite being the new more rigorous electronic type.
You can also be nosey and have some fun by entering your neighbours cars details and see what comes up.
Being rather sad, I have just spent a few hours checking out various XK8's and XKR's being advertised on flea bay and compared the dealers / owners description with the advisories on the last MOT. I found a dealer selling a 1999 XK8 for £6500 described as being a 3 owner immaculate car inside and out, one of the best available and it had a list of advisories as long as your arm including corrosion around all suspension mounts, front and back sills, floorpan, seat belt mountings, brake pipes front and rear, worn front and rear shock bushes, front upper shock mountings, front upper and lower wishbones bushes, front and rear wheel bearings, oil leak, coolant leak and power steering fluid leaking from nearside steering rack. Pity the poor soul who buys this one.
I also found cars that failed on serious corrosion, leaking shocks, worn bushes etc that then passed on retest the same day suggesting to me that you can still get bent Mickey Mouse MOT's despite being the new more rigorous electronic type.
You can also be nosey and have some fun by entering your neighbours cars details and see what comes up.
Last edited by DandyAndy; 07-11-2016 at 04:48 PM.
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It's been around for a while but you had to enter the V5C vehicle registration certificate (log book) number to access it. It's great the government have now changed it so anybody can a view a cars MOT history.
It will help us weed out dodgy cars when buying or using the information to haggle on the price. I have found several cars for sale that had failed the MOT on major items and were retested on the same day and passed with no advisories.
Maybe they were genuinely repaired the same day but logic says due to the time involved ordering parts and then adding the labour time to fit them that the new MOT is fake. Maybe I just have a suspicious nature but I have never found a garage that you can turn up to and have major repairs completed the same day without booking in advance.
It will help us weed out dodgy cars when buying or using the information to haggle on the price. I have found several cars for sale that had failed the MOT on major items and were retested on the same day and passed with no advisories.
Maybe they were genuinely repaired the same day but logic says due to the time involved ordering parts and then adding the labour time to fit them that the new MOT is fake. Maybe I just have a suspicious nature but I have never found a garage that you can turn up to and have major repairs completed the same day without booking in advance.
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Interesting to see that front brake pipe corrosion is a common advisory.
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I'm absolutely not rubbishing work done properly: there are some fine examples of how to do it right demonstrated by members on this forum. I accept that it doesn't make commercial sense to make every car perfect, but structural integrity issues on a 150+ mph car aren't something I'd want to have to worry about.
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What you need is a sensible MOT station not attached to a garage . My guy said I wont fail you for a blown bulb (one rear fog)and was then amazed I had every spare for the car ..I travel to france and it a legal requirement . He said he is very keen on rust but loved my waxoil treatment .
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