MOT Guides
MOT price cutting and fee discounting
We recently received this letter from a reader of the magazine – unfortunately too late for publication in the February ’15 edition, but we will include it in the May edition as we consider it to be one of the most important issues connected with MOT Testing in the UK at the moment – priceContinue reading "MOT price cutting and fee discounting"3rd February 2015
Jim Punter Editor
Diesel Particulate Filter Removal, and the MOT
Diesel particulate filters – and the MOT [Please note that MOT Test regulations have changed since this article was first posted – see below for revised regulations] In late September,...MOT Industry
11th October 2013
Jim Punter Editor
Brake Imbalance Debacle?
As Testers know, Special Notice 3 0 2013 took effect on 26th June this year. It mandated a new way of measuring and recording brake imbalance by using either ‘lock-up’...MOT Industry
5th July 2013
Jim Punter Editor
EU want MOT and repairs separated…
Last summer the EU Commission, just a year after their last load of MOT revisions issued a proposed new ‘Regulation’ about MOT Testing. Within their proposals were some good ideas...MOT Industry
9th April 2013
Jim Punter Editor
MOT Fee Discounting
Over last Saturday’s leisurely breakfast, I was reading the motoring section of the Weekend Telegraph and was intrigued by a column’s headline ‘STEERING YOU THROUGH THE TRIALS OF THE MOT’....MOT Industry
16th October 2012
Staff writer
“No profit” in the MOT
As we reported when the formal consultation for exempting classic vehicles from MOT Testing was published, the Government claims there’s ‘no profit element’ in the MOT Test. That statement was...MOT Industry
4th August 2012
Jim Punter Editor
A ‘service’ and an MOT – is there a difference?
Theoretically vehicle servicing should ensure the vehicle is maintained in accordance with the manufacturers’ recommendations. But it’s not that simple, the definition of a ‘service’ varies from one manufacturer to...MOT Industry
28th March 2012
Jim Punter Editor
Jim Punter
Jim Punter Editor MOT Testing Magazine, Past Chairman, MOT Forum Subject(s): The MOT IndustryMOT Industry
18th February 2012
Staff writer
John Ball
John Ball Managing Director, Motest Group. Subject(s): Service and Repair.MOT Industry
18th February 2012
Staff writer
