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The government have released MOT details for all to see, it was previously limited to people with the cars documents:
[url= https://mot-history.net/ ]Link[/url]
Just spent an amusing 10 minutes looking up my old cars. Amazing that some are still going.
Great thanx for that. Looked up a few of mine too
Wa-Hay! The Mighty Vectra lives on. 😀
It was as dead as 26" when I dumped it 2 years ago, but after 11 months of hibernation it came back and has piled on 20,000 miles in 13 months only to fail again last week with 2 bald front tires, a missing wing mirror and corroded brake lines. It sounds like a proper heap of shit.
My Fiat Bravo has remained dead, but I did kill it thoroughly.
My old Saab 9-3 is still trundling along. It is the only car I ever missed
Just checked our old and dearly-loved 1986 Land Rover 90. Up to its 23rd birthday when we owned it and I was doing the maintenance it had a proud history of passing every MOT; I was conscientious about keeping it in good shape. Then we sold it to a bloke who, to our horror, told us: "I just want something to run into the ground". When he test-drove it he showed me he had zero mechanical sympathy, it broke our hearts.
Since then it has had almost the same advisories every year, several fails and re-tests and most recently a serious failure on structural rust.
[i]*Handkerchief out*[/i] Sniff....
My first moped (FS1E) seems to have died a death a long time ago.
My old 72 marathon beetle is no longer alive. 🙁
The Avensis I got rid of last year failed in January this year and hasn't been retested. I hope it's been scrapped because it was shit.
My old Octavia lives! But this is why I decided it was time for it to go...
[i] Reason(s) for failure
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a turbo charged engine (7.4.B.3b)
Offside Registration plate lamp not working (1.1.C.1d)
Nearside Windscreen washer provides insufficient washer liquid (8.2.3)
Offside Obligatory mirror seriously damaged, affecting the rear view (8.1.2a)
Offside Rear Brake pipe excessively corroded (3.6.B.2c)
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.2.B.1f)
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a track control arm inner bush (2.5.B.2b)
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a track control arm inner bush (2.5.B.2b)
Offside Rear coil spring broken (2.4.C.1a)
Advisory notice item(s)
Nearside Rear Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)
Nearside Front Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)
Front Brake pad(s) wearing thin (3.5.1g)
Nearside Front suspension has slight play in a lower suspension ball joint (2.5.B.1a)
Offside Headlamp damaged but light output not reduced (1.7.5a)
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Looked up a few of my wife's and mine old cars.
Wish I hadn't now, they all appear to be dead 🙁
That;s a time suck! Glad to see our Cappuccino is still being driven/hasn't rusted into obscurity. And an old Corsa we sold about 15 years ago managed nearly 100,000 more miles before expiring. Even my old X-Trail lives on and that was making some very strange noises when I sold it!
I now know that the T5 and Landrover off the trail centre car trends thread have both never failed an MOT.
Busy day at work....
Sort of happy the Mondeo we sold for scrap is still dead.
Would have been nice to see it frolicking about the place, but at least I know the co. that bought it shared my opinion about its prospects.
Good to see my old Peugeot 106 Rallyeeeee is still on the road, must be getting even rarer now.
My old Golf GTi (sorry, just a mkIV):
"Reason(s) for failure
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements (3.7.C.1b)
Nearside Body or chassis has an unsatisfactory modification, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2)
Offside Body or chassis has an unsatisfactory modification, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2)"
I want photos of that! Amazingly it then passed the next day, not been heard of since though (2011)
Had the Land Rover tested this morning - no trace of it here!(It passed, no advisories 🙂 )
An 2006 plate Transporter seems to have last been MOT'd with considerably less miles on it than when we sold it. About 100,000 less.
My last car's having a harder life now it seems, I averaged 6k miles/year for the 10 years I had, it's done 20k/year the last two years.
My old 1990 MkII Golf GTI 16v didn't have it's MOT renewed in July 2013 🙁
Only have 162kmiles on the clock.
goes to check the MOT details of the cars on the Trail Centre cars thread 😆
Taxi?
my hyundai i inherited from my parents
W332OSR
expired the year after i sold it. One of my better judgements.
I actually sent it to be scrapped by my dad decided to put the new clutch in it needed and sold it.
Clutch cost 350 quid and he sold it for 450. Woulda got 100 quid scrap for alot less hassle...
anyway it failed mot on structural corrosion.
My frontera which i sold as scrap with a bent chassis leg has been re mot-d with zero advisorys.... quite worrying really as i chopped an inch off the track rod to get it to drive straight onto the trailer.
ace. The Big Yellow Volvo Estate (1977) is still going strong 🙂
Although i'm rather suspicious about that reading of 144K miles, unless it has been all the way around the clock...
One of my wife's old cars - an 02 Lupo
Advisory notice item(s)
Nearside Front Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
Offside Front Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
NEARSIDE REAR TYRE SIDEWALL DAMAGED
OFFSIDE AND NEARSIDE FRONT TYRE SIDEWALLS DAMAGED WORN ON EDGES
SILL EDGES DAMAGED
[b][i]BODY KIT FITTED.
VEHICLE LOWERED
TYRES STRETCHED[/i][/b]
I dread to think how it looks!
It appears not to work for cherished plates or car that have been re-registered?
I cannae remember the reg plates, boo.
Nick Masons Ferrari 250GTO once failed on a dodgy indicator.
not many of my old cars showing up 🙁
I had a hunch it was time to get rid of my old Citroen ZX...I was right, the following MOT didn't have the usual number plate or windscreen chip advisory:
Reason(s) for failure:
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (7.1.2)
Front Brake pad(s) less than 1.5 mm thick (3.5.1g)
Offside Obligatory mirror missing (8.1.1)
Offside Front Front position lamp(s) excessively damaged so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance (1.1.A.3d)
Steering system excessively rough (2.2.D.1)
Power steering inoperative (2.3.3a)
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel (3.1.6b)
Nearside Rear Rear wheel bearing has excessive play (2.6.2)
Nearside Rear Rear wheel bearing rough when rotated (2.6.1)
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush (2.4.G.2)
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements (3.7.B.7)
Brakes imbalanced across an axle (3.7.B.5b)
Advisory notice item(s):
Rear Exhaust has part of the system slightly deteriorated (7.1.1a)
Offside Front Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
Front brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (3.5.1i)
Nail in offside front tyre
However, seeing those comments about the mileage, I'm off the check all my previous again to see if there is any clocking going on!
My 156 Sportwagon appears to have lived for another year after it got written off.
Sadly no longer with us. 🙁
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Water in the electrics?
This however has never missed a test.
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But only has 271 miles on the clock.
Both the Rover and the Omega appear to have died in 2006/7. I'm amazed that they lasted that long to be honest.
My Dad's rolled his VW T4 last April when it had 206,000 miles. It was a complete write off, with pretty bad deformation to the nearside A-pillar. It was then scrapped.
It's now reappeared somewhere with 60,000 fewer miles. Kind of worrying how easily something like that can happen. I wouldn't want to be in another crash in it after seeing the damage.
Hopefully this will help people avoid cars like this.
My old KA has gone round the clock clearly but sadly failed with a huge list of things in 2011. My dear old Megane is still with us, flying through it's last MoT which is astonishing given the reason I sold it was that I thought it was about to die.
Holy crap our old Clio is on there it's done more miles than Voyager I
Nice to know my old 1971 VW Fastback is still going. Was my first car.
This comment made me chuckle 'Non standard tyre sizes fitted due to suspension being very low'.
Good to hear its still being run in the same spirit!
It was a complete write off, with pretty bad deformation to the nearside A-pillar. It was then scrapped.
Do you know what category, iirc Cat A and B write offs can't go back on the road, but Cat C and D write offs can.
My 1999 Escort estate 1.6 is unbelievably still going, although by the list of advisories noting corrosion it may not be for long!
The 97 discovery that replaced it looks to have finally died after the third reconstruction of the body mounts due to tin worm though...
Only one of my bikes is not still going though and from the fails, it seems like it may have been owned by a numpty - bald tyres and badly adjusted throttle cables all over!
" iirc Cat A and B write offs can't go back on the road"
Yes they can.
that VW vans probably been bought for its ID and transfered onto a stolen van.... its not big and its not clever - however its also not hard.....
Yes they can.
From the RAC
Category A: scrap only. For cars so badly damaged they should be crushed and never re-appear on the road. Even salvageable parts must be destroyed.
Category B: body shell should be crushed. Signifies extensive damage, although some parts are salvageable. Should never re-appear on road, although reclaimed parts can be used in other road-going vehicles.
Write off categories are an insurance company led system, not law.
Ok, so how would you do it?
Well the RAC don't know what they are talking about, just repeating the same old misinformation.
Repair, VIC check, MOT, tax, insurance. Legal! Insurance would probably only cover for scrap value of car though.
Here's an example: http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/155617
Thats a Cat C robdob so can go back on the road after a VIC and MOT.
Cat A and B cannot be returned to the road.
Cat A is for burn outs and gutted vehicles. Only value is in the baled weight at a metal recyclers.
CAT A also applies when the vehicle has been involved in a serious RTA that has been subject to a death and also 'contamination' issues such as 'human tissue' in the vehicle.......
Cat B is where the vehicle is no longer safe to put back on the road and must be broken or crushed. These can only be sold to registered dismantlers with an EPA waste licence. They are actually sold as parts and are no longer considered as a vehicle. There is no economic consideration involved, purely a safety one. Vehicles that have been flooded are normally written off as a cat B.
Cat C is where the car is repairable but is not economic to do so. Think older cars and or ones where the chassis needs jigging.
Cat D is where the vehicle is repairable and would be economic to do so (cost of salvage + cost of repairs < Pre accident value) but the insurance company has decided not to repair the vehicle. This could be due to excessive storage or recovery costs, etc. "
This is directly from the DVLA and the ABI after a friend was left smeared around the inside of his new car by a lorry driver.
Well that's an interesting read, and I'll go all the way through it once I'm home, but from skimming it it was a mis-logged as a Cat C write off.
I knew about the VIC checks for cat Cs so it's basically a case of getting to a cat b before the crusher gets it. Interesting.
Cat B's you don't normally even see that chassis as it's crushed for scrap. And Cat A's are usually too much of a mess to bother with.
Our old C15 is dead (boo!)
But it went on for another 8 years and ended up at 223,000 miles (yaaay!)
"Thats a Cat C robdob so can go back on the road after a VIC and MOT"
Read the thread. It was a Cat B.
Unfortunately you are wrong. Cat B can go back on the road. Categories are just for insurance purposes only.
Insurance companies have no jurisdiction to determine whether a car is suitable for repair or not.
my old vw t2 appears to be toast... 🙁
the last MOT showed the extent of corrosion i worried about....
If you read it - he bought it as a Cat C so under VOSA/DVLA it was fine to be bought and repaired.
He'd already repaired it, VIC'd it, MOT'd it and insured before being told it was a CAT B.
The fact he had a Log Book was the only reason he got round it - because it was sold/marked as a Cat C.
The insurers do have that jurisdiction though as they own the vehicle once it is categorised/paid out on and their assessors make that call at the time of inspection.
The ABI "Code of Practice" becomes a legal document when insurers sign up to it so its in their interests to ensure that they comply to it. Part of that is ensuring that V5's are returned to DVLA and the vehicle noted as scrapped.
The "issue" is with dismantlers who pick up the vehicles on behalf of the insurers and all the documents - inc the V5 who then don't pass that on.
It's a practice that is rife and worth so much money that its turned a blind eye too. Ex-BiL was a senior risk analyst for RSA and was involved in loads of investigations over the years before he retired. Every time it went upwards in the chain - it got closed down.
Jef Wachowchow - Member
Nice to know my old 1971 VW Fastback is still going. Was my first car.
This comment made me chuckle 'Non standard tyre sizes fitted due to suspension being very low'.
Good to hear its still being run in the same spirit!
Cool.
Mine never got any comments like that, even though it doesn't actually have any suspension travel at all 😆
^ I sold my Fastback 24 years ago when I was 20. I'd love to know where it is now. I would probably offer to buy it.
Front end was always sat on the bump stops, it made for a little understeer.
Can't wait to get home and find the picture of my Vauxhall Nova Invader to get the reg!
Well checking my current car it appears somebody somewhere has cloned its Reg and taken it for a MOT in Feb(which it initially failed)and the mileage is totally different,
which tallies up with me receiving a letter after taking it for is MOT in March asking for details as there appeared to be a discrepancy on the DVLA's system.
The wifes car apparently failed on a worn CV joint at its last MOT but then apparently didn't according to there details (And nothing stated to that effect on my paper MOT at home.
Think theres a few bugs in the system.
Should I be worried that my car doesn't show up on the system?
If its more than three years old, yes!
Point of order; the VIC test scheme ceased to exist about a month ago. As you were
Evening. The 07 Xsara Picasso that I paid 1500£ for and drove from Manchester to Germany via Brugges and back passed its recent MOT no advisories. It was the best car I owned (and I've owned 3 Subaru's). Anyone who says French cars are unreliable etc is daft. French people buy them in their droves. It's VWs that are costly.
Interesting to see the old Pug I had still continues on with endless problems with the exhaust & emissions, plus a pile of other costly issues now 😆
I was glad to be rid of it. Current Honda on the other hand is bliss. Only thing the MOT ever shows is the usual advisory on tyre wear.
My old Passat estate's still going too, now got 250K on.
I knew I shouda kept it!