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From: lewis sinfield on 29 Mar 2010 17:15
On Feb 24, 11:45 am, paulfoel <bertiebigbol...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Took car to Kwikfit for MOT (probably not best idea).
>
> Failed for a few things:-
>
> 1. Headlight not secured. I know one of the fixings for the headlight
> is broken but are they being overpicky here. Its definitely not loose
> because 4 out of 5 bolts are still holding it.
>
> 2. Exhaust mountings. They are saying the bit that hangs on to the
> rubbers has snapped off.and I need whole new exhaust. Can this be
> repaired/welded or something?
>
> I'm seriously thinking of going somewhere else and paying for another
> MOT as a second opinion.

What you don't relise is that what a car fails on the MOT has nothing
todo with kwik-fit, The tester is hired by VOSA. The test is carried
out by a VOSA employee, having worked for kwik-fit in the past i know
that nothing that the manager/supervisor/fitters say will alter the
MOT findings
From: Adrian on 29 Mar 2010 17:22
lewis sinfield <sinfieldl(a)gmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying:

> What you don't relise is that what a car fails on the MOT has nothing
> todo with kwik-fit, The tester is hired by VOSA. The test is carried out
> by a VOSA employee, having worked for kwik-fit in the past i know that
> nothing that the manager/supervisor/fitters say will alter the MOT
> findings

Are you seriously asking us to believe that load of bollocks?

Whilst I s'pose it's possible that Krap-Fit are unique in having VOSA-
employed testers kicking about, I don't believe it any more than I'd
believe anything Krap-Fit told me about my car.

Generally, VOSA don't employ testers - they work for the garage. Or, in
some cases (including the mate I was chatting with on Saturday), they own
the garage.

They're authorised as testers by VOSA, sure, but they no more work for
VOSA than the person bringing the car in does.

In fact, the person bringing the car in is MORE likely to work for VOSA,
doing an anonymous spot-check...

Here's a clue for you...
http://www.motester.co.uk/Trade/HowtobecomeanMOTTester.aspx
From: Duncan Wood on 29 Mar 2010 16:55
On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:22:03 +0200, Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> lewis sinfield <sinfieldl(a)gmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like
> they were saying:
>
>> What you don't relise is that what a car fails on the MOT has nothing
>> todo with kwik-fit, The tester is hired by VOSA. The test is carried out
>> by a VOSA employee, having worked for kwik-fit in the past i know that
>> nothing that the manager/supervisor/fitters say will alter the MOT
>> findings
>
> Are you seriously asking us to believe that load of bollocks?
>
> Whilst I s'pose it's possible that Krap-Fit are unique in having VOSA-
> employed testers kicking about, I don't believe it any more than I'd
> believe anything Krap-Fit told me about my car.
>
> Generally, VOSA don't employ testers - they work for the garage. Or, in
> some cases (including the mate I was chatting with on Saturday), they own
> the garage.
>
> They're authorised as testers by VOSA, sure, but they no more work for
> VOSA than the person bringing the car in does.
>
> In fact, the person bringing the car in is MORE likely to work for VOSA,
> doing an anonymous spot-check...
>
> Here's a clue for you...
> http://www.motester.co.uk/Trade/HowtobecomeanMOTTester.aspx

It does sound suspiciously like Clive....
From: Adrian on 29 Mar 2010 18:01
"Duncan Wood" <nntpnews(a)dmx512.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying:

>> lewis sinfield <sinfieldl(a)gmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much
>> like they were saying:

>>> What you don't relise is that what a car fails on the MOT has nothing
>>> todo with kwik-fit, The tester is hired by VOSA. The test is carried
>>> out by a VOSA employee, having worked for kwik-fit in the past i know
>>> that nothing that the manager/supervisor/fitters say will alter the
>>> MOT findings

>> Are you seriously asking us to believe that load of bollocks?

> It does sound suspiciously like Clive....

To be fair, it's summed up in "having worked for kwik-fit in the past"

The Tiscali fuckwit is generally a little less functionally illiterate
than this muppet.
From: Duncan Wood on 29 Mar 2010 17:07
On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:01:24 +0200, Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> "Duncan Wood" <nntpnews(a)dmx512.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like
> they were saying:
>
>>> lewis sinfield <sinfieldl(a)gmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much
>>> like they were saying:
>
>>>> What you don't relise is that what a car fails on the MOT has nothing
>>>> todo with kwik-fit, The tester is hired by VOSA. The test is carried
>>>> out by a VOSA employee, having worked for kwik-fit in the past i know
>>>> that nothing that the manager/supervisor/fitters say will alter the
>>>> MOT findings
>
>>> Are you seriously asking us to believe that load of bollocks?
>
>> It does sound suspiciously like Clive....
>
> To be fair, it's summed up in "having worked for kwik-fit in the past"
>
> The Tiscali fuckwit is generally a little less functionally illiterate
> than this muppet.

I think we'll have to agree to differ :-) But not by much.
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