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Title: Class 3 MOT Post by: Olds on June 08, 2021, 12:27:07 PM Just spent a very frustrating time trying to get a MOT appointment for the trike. :(
Spent half an hour describing what motorcycle style trike with a car engine and rear axle was, to a class 3 VTS garage, to have them say "well bring it along and we shall see if we can test it". When asked why there might be a problem, he replied " there might be a problem with it having a motorcycle front wheel" and "does it have two seats" ? seems the tester would have to be in the vehicle while I operated the controls for the brake test ! ??? Upon being told that the seating was motorcycle style in that you sat on the vehicle one behind the other, not in it and that I had never had a tester sit on the trike during the brake test, he asked "does it have seat belts " ! >:( It was at this point I told him that I would find a garage that actually knew what a trike was. Luckily there is another garage only 1/4 mile up the road from this one, who when asked if they had any problems testing a motorcycle style three wheeler, replied "you mean a trike, no problem at all. We do loads of them" MOT booked for next week. Title: Re: Class 3 MOT Post by: the coppersmith on June 09, 2021, 07:42:10 AM 👍 glad it is sorted
Title: Re: Class 3 MOT Post by: gazzagood on June 10, 2021, 11:40:12 AM ::)
Title: Re: Class 3 MOT Post by: Manky Monkey on June 12, 2021, 11:58:48 AM It's worrying how uninformed some garages seem to be isn't it -I wonder how many custom vehicles are languishing in lock-ups because testers have failed them on something that didn't even apply.
Title: Re: Class 3 MOT Post by: Olds on June 13, 2021, 07:34:06 PM Happens a lot Andy. Had an examiner try to my Landy 110 because of corrosion within a certain distance of a suspension mount. The area in question was the inner front wing which is non structural and isn't even bolted to the chassis in that area.
Title: Re: Class 3 MOT Post by: Manky Monkey on June 13, 2021, 09:03:23 PM >:(
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