4 2 2 for Mot's coming?

When I was in South Africa, you only needed their equivalent of a MOT (roadworthyness certificate) when you bought the car. It was up to the new owner to get it done. That was it until it next changed hands. That was a ridiculous system. I bought a 3 lite Capri and my manager took it to one of his mates to do. Plenty of things wrong with it such as a sand blown windscreen, faulty seat belts, washers etc but it still got a certificate. That was 1982 though so things may have changed now.
 
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Will probably just be the emissions.
The proposal is for everything that CAN be reported. In particular, anything that would trigger a warning light - ABS, ESC, Lane Keep Assist, Advanced Emergency Braking, intelligent cruise control, etc. (As well as emissions, obviously)!
 
Personally, although I'm as tight as they come, I think £35 for a detailed annual check and report on the safety of my 15 year old car is a bargain. On my last one I hadn't noticed that the side repeater on the mirror had failed and the one of the tyres had some hard to spot (without a ramp) damage on the inner sidewall. Especially when I don't "service" the cars - I do fluids and filters etc but don't really check all the bits underneath as should be done on a proper service. Having said that, I'm struggling with the emissions on both my diesel cars since they tightened up the requirements for older cars and could really do without that.
 
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