Petty!

[johnny_h]

Following a lorry which was towing away uninsured/non taxed cars this morning and a traffic police car was behind me following. They pulled me over and one of the coppers asked my why my rear windscreen wiper was missing. It was snapped off the other night while parked outside the house but still.....wtf!

[orionmojo]

well ossifa, errrr. i had to snap it off as i dint av a screwdriva to jam in the lock

 

pathetic . did they give you a crime number?

[Mrs O/H/C]

WASTE OF BLOO*Y TIME !!

[Chris!]

you dont even need a rear wiper

[johnny_h]

you dont even need a rear wiper

 

that's what I thought! When he asked where it was I should have said "I don't know, I was going to ask you Some pikey git snapped it off while it was parked outside my house and now your giving me grief about it?"

[Daggle]

replied by pm, friggin area bods that don't know traffic stuff if it came up and bit em in the arse!!!

 

No wonder we get a bad name when prats like that try and think they know what they are talking about , really pisses me off

[Finn]

Lad at work stopped by Police here in the Fens, you are not diplaying your rear fog lights " Sonny" The police car was in front of said lawbreaker, who had the teremity to point out that the plod could not see the rear of his car at any time, the lad was warned to "BE CAREFULL" I am the law, AKA Judge Dredd!

[mossy]

my 2001 vw passat doesnt have a rear wiper as standard!

[Toby]

my 2001 vw passat doesnt have a rear wiper as standard!

 

That's no excuse.

[Smudger105e]

Lad at work stopped by Police here in the Fens, you are not diplaying your rear fog lights " Sonny" The police car was in front of said lawbreaker, who had the teremity to point out that the plod could not see the rear of his car at any time, the lad was warned to "BE CAREFULL" I am the law, AKA Judge Dredd!

 

And I suppose my Anglias not having fog lights would be no excuse either?

[Toby]

Lad at work stopped by Police here in the Fens, you are not diplaying your rear fog lights " Sonny" The police car was in front of said lawbreaker, who had the teremity to point out that the plod could not see the rear of his car at any time, the lad was warned to "BE CAREFULL" I am the law, AKA Judge Dredd!

 

And I suppose my Anglias not having fog lights would be no excuse either?

 

Let's hope there's no fog or your in trouble SONNY - and leaving it in the garage when it is foggy is no excuse either.

[FredTransit]

Lad at work stopped by Police here in the Fens, you are not diplaying your rear fog lights " Sonny" The police car was in front of said lawbreaker, who had the teremity to point out that the plod could not see the rear of his car at any time, the lad was warned to "BE CAREFULL" I am the law, AKA Judge Dredd!

 

And I suppose my Anglias not having fog lights would be no excuse either?

 

Let's hope there's no fog or your in trouble SONNY - and leaving it in the garage when it is foggy is no excuse either.

 

 

my 72 Mk1 tranny wasn't built with a fog light, or hazard or reversing lights. I am waiting for the tug for that.

[orionmojo]

Lad at work stopped by Police here in the Fens, you are not diplaying your rear fog lights " Sonny" The police car was in front of said lawbreaker, who had the teremity to point out that the plod could not see the rear of his car at any time, the lad was warned to "BE CAREFULL" I am the law, AKA Judge Dredd!

 

And I suppose my Anglias not having fog lights would be no excuse either?

 

Let's hope there's no fog or your in trouble SONNY - and leaving it in the garage when it is foggy is no excuse either.

 

 

my 72 Mk1 tranny wasn't built with a fog light, or hazard or reversing lights. I am waiting for the tug for that.

lol. my corty dont have those either, and mine doesn't have any side mirrors

[FredTransit]

The first time I took it for the test I told the 21 year old tester not to waste his time looking for them......

 

He then took 3 attempts to get it on the ramp (had to get somebody else to do it in the end), had to be told not to do an emissions test (had the exhaust probe in his hand at the time), then fialed her for having a shock absorber on upside down.

[orionmojo]

muppet

 

i usually get "nice car mate" ut then they are all over it tryig to find something to fail it on. once they tried to fail it on the washers not working, i told them the pump washer was disconnected cos it wa crap and it now runs off a button on the steering column. he was umming and arring about it for 5 minutes. i was like "whats the f***ing problem???, it works better than the original! "

 

[Toby]

muppet

 

i usually get "nice car mate" ut then they are all over it tryig to find something to fail it on. once they tried to fail it on the washers not working, i told them the pump washer was disconnected cos it wa crap and it now runs off a button on the steering column. he was umming and arring about it for 5 minutes. i was like "whats the f***ing problem???, it works better than the original! "

 

 

It's a power thing I recon, you have to be a Jobs-worth-little-Hitler to be a proper MOT tester, it's part of the qualifications.

[sab6024]

muppet

 

i usually get "nice car mate" ut then they are all over it tryig to find something to fail it on. once they tried to fail it on the washers not working, i told them the pump washer was disconnected cos it wa crap and it now runs off a button on the steering column. he was umming and arring about it for 5 minutes. i was like "whats the f***ing problem???, it works better than the original! "

 

 

It's a power thing I recon, you have to be a Jobs-worth-little-Hitler to be a proper MOT tester, it's part of the qualifications.

 

Just as well my brother isn't a jobsworth little hitler MOT tester otherwise my cars will never see the road again

[Toby]

muppet

 

i usually get "nice car mate" ut then they are all over it tryig to find something to fail it on. once they tried to fail it on the washers not working, i told them the pump washer was disconnected cos it wa crap and it now runs off a button on the steering column. he was umming and arring about it for 5 minutes. i was like "whats the f***ing problem???, it works better than the original! "

 

 

It's a power thing I recon, you have to be a Jobs-worth-little-Hitler to be a proper MOT tester, it's part of the qualifications.

 

 

Just as well my brother isn't a jobsworth little hitler MOT tester otherwise my cars will never see the road again

 

I thought that response could happen only after I pressed the GO button

 

As long as I never need him to do mine!

[Finn]

The part that really freaks me is when said MOT expert finds a fault, there is a display of orgasmic delight, better than anything on DVD from Jenna Jameson, my favourite was when the brake pedal rubber had slipped off and lay in the footwell, Thats a fail! he boomed, F##k Off and shut the door was my reply!

[Muttley MK2]

The part that really freaks me is when said MOT expert finds a fault, there is a display of orgasmic delight, better than anything on DVD from Jenna Jameson, my favourite was when the brake pedal rubber had slipped off and lay in the footwell, Thats a fail! he boomed, F##k Off and shut the door was my reply!

Bloody hell you folks do find the worst kind of tester!! In 27 years of testing I have always given people the benefit of the doubt and contrary to popular opinion it gives me no pleasure to fail cars!! As a piece of advice, dont take the wrong attitude to start off with, give the guy a chance b4 deciding he is a twat with a Hitler complex

[Finn]

The part that really freaks me is when said MOT expert finds a fault, there is a display of orgasmic delight, better than anything on DVD from Jenna Jameson, my favourite was when the brake pedal rubber had slipped off and lay in the footwell, Thats a fail! he boomed, F##k Off and shut the door was my reply!

Bloody hell you folks do find the worst kind of tester!! In 27 years of testing I have always given people the benefit of the doubt and contrary to popular opinion it gives me no pleasure to fail cars!! As a piece of advice, dont take the wrong attitude to start off with, give the guy a chance b4 deciding he is a twat with a Hitler complex

I will say that you are quite right in what you say, the garage in question did 5/6/7 MOT's for me a year, so I was a regular customer. The tester I came up against definatly had something to prove, but I gave the garage the benifit of the doubt and took another blue oval for testing, different MOT man this time, failed on loose wheel bearing, and a couple of other bits, nothing major, I didn't alter the wheel bearing in any way, as there was nothing wrong with it at all,did the other jobs and returned for the retest, passed the car with the comment that the wheel bearing was a lot better. That was the last time I ever used their services, were management encouraging the testers to generate business, or did the 2 individuals not know what they were doing, or was it me?

[Muttley MK2]

The part that really freaks me is when said MOT expert finds a fault, there is a display of orgasmic delight, better than anything on DVD from Jenna Jameson, my favourite was when the brake pedal rubber had slipped off and lay in the footwell, Thats a fail! he boomed, F##k Off and shut the door was my reply!

Bloody hell you folks do find the worst kind of tester!! In 27 years of testing I have always given people the benefit of the doubt and contrary to popular opinion it gives me no pleasure to fail cars!! As a piece of advice, dont take the wrong attitude to start off with, give the guy a chance b4 deciding he is a twat with a Hitler complex

I will say that you are quite right in what you say, the garage in question did 5/6/7 MOT's for me a year, so I was a regular customer. The tester I came up against definatly had something to prove, but I gave the garage the benifit of the doubt and took another blue oval for testing, different MOT man this time, failed on loose wheel bearing, and a couple of other bits, nothing major, I didn't alter the wheel bearing in any way, as there was nothing wrong with it at all,did the other jobs and returned for the retest, passed the car with the comment that the wheel bearing was a lot better. That was the last time I ever used their services, were management encouraging the testers to generate business, or did the 2 individuals not know what they were doing, or was it me?

Without a doubt, many garages talk out of their arses and many testers do seem to overdo the failure bit. the point I am trying to make is that there are some human being testers out there and try to find one! Always remember that you have the right to appeal against any failures you deem unnecessary. Try by asking for an appeal form and see the look on the testers face!!