Coupe MOT tomorrow...wish her luck as I'm skint and would like to avoid costly repairs.

Being done by good local garage as well as a small service -no time to get to a specialist (and I was rather disorganised in booking her in )

I thought you were selling it. Good luck with the MOT.

no turbo = easy pass

Still got potentially rubbish rear brakes though

Yeah, but it's not the turbo that fails, it's the car!

It'll be fine, easy peasy

The rear brakes should be fine - had new discs, pads and compensator thingy last year Slightly worried about the handbrake as the car had a roll a while back

I think there was an advisory on rusty brake pipes last year, I don't use the car much so this may be an issue.

Ref sellling, no, have decided to keep as I can't afford to upgrade...the punto is for sale however and will go back to the coupe plus pushbike

I've been living in Cyprus since November 2005 and out here all you do is give the garage £20Cy, they take it away, give it back 30 mins later with the MOT certificate every time, i've not known anyone to fail and there are some wrecks on the road out here, plus the MOT lasts for 2 years.

Even a full service on a 2 litre Petrol 4x4 (LWB 2000 RAV4) only cost me £45Cy.

how much is the average MOT in the UK these days?

£50 and a bit

is that "bit" for getting it fixed when it fails?

Good luck Vics!

Yes good luck Vickster, I think it will be fine

Had mine MOT'ed monday, she passed with flying colours.
The guys were impressed with her looks too

She's under the knife as we speak...fingers crossed

It passed...but I haven't had the bill yet...fingers and toes crossed now!

Wahey congrats, now sort out the next south east pub meet will you and if your bill is too much, I'll get you a coke

Nothing but new wiper blades, bill of £165 for MOT and service which is about the smallest car bill I've ever had Still got rusty rear brake pipe and a split exhaust rubber

Still need to get the AC sorted but doesn't appear to be the compressor (so there may well be a second hand one in parts for sale soon )

Pub meet tbc...

happy daze

Those rusty rear brakes lines is a fun job to do. Dependant on which pipe it is can vary in cost, but look at about £15 a pipe and a pain to do as it goes over the rear subframe and into the brake compensator

If it was that difficult a job wouldn't Keith have done it last year when he changed all of the other rear brake bits including the compensator?

That's good news! Got my MOT coming up next month, never had a car MOT'd in London, not to sure where to go? Pub meet sounds good, got some new dings from the meet in st Albans that need the dent mans attention!
Mr C

Possibly, but if it is the rear brake lines im thinking about, they wont rust that quickly, takes about 10 - 15 years to show up

Yeah, had mine done a year ago and changed the compensator at the same time.

Neil