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The good thing about mot only places is they don’t have any on selling incentives to advise expensive repairs to make some more profit. The best is a good garage that will do a mot and will advise only if necessary. I’m lucky I use one of those. Normally advisories free but this year failed on a bearing which to be honest I knew about. It sounded like a London bus.

I was a bit surprised when i recently got an advisory for a tyre at 3mm- i thought they only advised if it was 2mm?

James, Northern Ireland (UK). There are no independent test centres, only 6 Government centres. The next guaranteed local test date I can get is 27 August. You can drive without provided the car is safe.

Pot hole damage all day long

The 1.2 TSI Polo's can jump the chain by simply doing an oil change..... Apparently the tensioner empties itself of oil when draining the oil so when you restart theres no tension until the tensioner fills itself again but by then its too late. Doing the oil change with the engine stone cold is recommended as the oil supposedly stays in the tensioner....even the main dealers are having problems with them.

6:00 Regarding the seatbelt, just melt the frayed edges with a lighter......job done. Fraying, rips, worn out patches are MOT fails.

I took a car to moors garage once, drove it there to have some carb tuning done and had to collect it with a trailer. I bought my own gas analyser after that and sorted it myself.

I had a Dyane that I hand painted in desert cam back in the day - no issues could leave it anywhere. Looking at the few survivors now I'd expect I couldn't just abandon it now as it would be a theft magnet

Frayed seatbelt? Use a fabric shaver 👍🏻

So a bit late now but perhaps you should have sent one to the other mot place and the rest to the new place then you could compare even more as they were all around 2015/26 plates but good you have a few done quicky james👍

Nice video James, enjoyed that one, some nice new stock there. I'm glad you're quiet too, thought my phone had broken 😂 I'm putting it down to people spending money on holidays this time of year.

I took my minor years ago to a guy near me with no drum on the front as i was waiting for parts.just cable ties holding the cylinders in place.😂 he passed it for me knowing id fix it. Few months later his garage got shut down by the ministry.. go figure🤣

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hi chops i love all your content i wish you was near me theres no honest kind garages.

You really should replace that Ka seatbelt…. Standards!!

What do you use underneath for rust

Here in Spain we don't have ripoff garages trying to make work by failing cars on the test. The state organisation that does our test (ITV here) is very good and gets through them quite quickly.

Had a weird experience with a test-only no-repairs MOT station. Online I can see they failed it but then passed it during the same visit, for a "twisted brake line". At the time they handed me a pass certificate without telling me they'd also just failed it - "There you go, clean pass mate". The brake lines were new before the test and fitted correctly, and as they don't do repairs anyway I've no idea what happened. Nobody has commented since on the brakes. Following year, the same test station gave an advisory for indicators bulbs not being orange enough. I put new ones in and they look exactly the same. Leaves me wondering what the deal is these days - seems very inconsistent.

Another cracking video 👍🏾

In winter over here in Australia , ( we get snow ) they don’t salt the roads so corrosion isn’t as bad … it’s rusts because of the councils trigger happy with salt because of ice and snow in the uk.

Hi I've been on to my local ford garage and they say head nothing about ford coverage of eco boost engine extend warranty. Car you give me any advice, thanks

I'd get a used belt off e Bay bud for that ka, people will be thinking it'll break, doesn't need anything to put folk off, especially if it's a dad purchase for their offspring, they go absolutely crazy.

Ecoboom! warranty

Give em a quick pre mot yourself bud, up on your ramp with a torch, waggle wheels, tyres, pads state, discs, all easy things to check, makes it look better than an easy fail, people are completely checking fails, advisory as you know, with that vehicle score thing it marks down previous fails, even when works been done, you can't beat a clear, non advisory pass straight thru, unfortunately that's all people are looking at, things like say tyres are obvious, I do them prior, when the job was easy people accepted stuff, they were glad to even get a car due to shortages, it's definitely not like that now.

I use a mechanic who doesn’t do MOT work. He sends the cars to a garage for MOT, this garage who MOT his cars, know they won’t get the work if they fail it on stupid stuff. I’ve never had an issue since using him to get my MOT done.

Great video James as always, still number one seller. 👍👍👍👍

Chops..... your channel went political for a moment !!!! Keep up all the good work

some parts of the country the council offers just mot service to the public, keeps the centre they use for their own stuff busy i guess

I appreciate it's a busy time but I'd have hoped a cursory check of the Kia Sportage would have saved an MOT fail darkening its history (as well as costing time and money). I know there are some who put vehicles in for MOT to find out what they need but I always think it looks better for straight passes. If I see cars with fails for tyres, lights, wipers, insufficient windscreen washer fluid, etc. it gives me the impression of neglect - i.e. if someone isn't paying attention to those little things, do I have confidence that bigger things will have been attended to? Having watched Chops for years I would have no hesitation buying a car there but if it were someone I didn't know then it's something I would have picked up.

A used seatbelt would definitely be worthwhile fitting - just to make it look loved :)

HI James put a lighter on the seat belt where it is frayed,it will burn the frayed bits,done this loads ofd times,regards Dave

Knew 2 mot centres that my van would pass with advisory s for a small fee.lol. It’s rampant and anyone who says different is a fool. Corruption is rife in every sector of society iam afraid.

Here in France, all the test centres are independent and carry out no work. The testers are very strict and most cars have advisories. The French don’t give a toss…I do try to get the bits and pieces done before the next test but they will always find something on my 17 year old CRV. Note, the test is every two years…

Always goes quiet before a general election

James, the seatbelt on the Ka should be replaced. I realise it could be used as a point of negotiation, but as a major safety item, it would put me off if I was the customer.

Hi James, geat to catch up with your world of car dealing. I think the issue is of MOT stations is down to the teaster as I have just successfully got MOT passes with no advisories for my 1997 Range Rover P38 and my 1989 Porsche 928.

Hi james what would you recommend to underseal a mazda 2 baught my son one first car its a little bit crusty underneath so looking for something to do it with Cheers

Ooo did he mention EcoBoom

Ford KA cambelt in 2020. Wasn't that belt due replacement last year? 3 years/36000 mile replacement on those??? One of the last few cars with low mileage cambelt changes.

The best and only place to take your car is exactly a place that doesn't do repairs, it is and always has been a conflict of interest where convenience is cashed upon - the lazier people are with their decisions, the more they will pay ;)

My 23 year old TT went through another MOT. 3 advisorys, rusty rear subframe, rear brake pipes frontto rear, corrosion? And a small oil leak. I was welll happy with it.

For all those saying use a lighter on the seatbelt, wake up you bodgers , you can see it’s more than a small fray , the webbing is damaged. PAUSE AND ZOOM THE IMAGE UP . Put a replacement belt in job done.

James just a tip from me, if you develop a relationship with them, if something is going to pass with advisories then ask them to fail it on a wiper or sidelight bulb or something, it gives you the opportunity to get the advisories done and knocked off on the retest. Saves paying for another full test. Ive also done it before when I've booked it a day early by mistake and would miss the 30 day window if they passed it, but if they retest the following day then it gets the 13 month ticket. My fault when that happens but they look after me! Obviously some places may not be happy to do it illegitimatly so you may just need to remove a bulb or two :)

Great video and content. You got some great stock in James. Keep up the good work.

i like this garage i won a Mercedes clk AMG 500 off him next week .I have disabled road tax every year so i lost out .

Frayed seat belts, I run a lit lighter along the Fray, so also stops it getting worse. Martin

How in the hell can the belt be. even advisory...You could a car with that belt....

Great video bud

My neighbour took his Swift on an 08 plate owned from new no advisory's last 2 MOTS this time he had 8 mostly corrosion on suspension parts and brake discs.

Just a quick comment about the Kuga battery light James. Have a look at the battery monitor (fixed to the battery negative terminal). For it to work, it needs a further connection to battery positive (often a single strand of wire with a ring terminal attaching it to the battery). If the connection to positive is accidentally left off .. when changing a battery for example .. the battery light will always stay illuminated. I see this quite a lot so it's worth checking before spending on a new alternator.