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Jan 26, 2022 21:38:37 GMT
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There is a bit of nonsense in this thread when it comes to comments like ‘vosa take a dim view’, ‘you can’t do this that or the other, cos the computer says not’ & ‘it’s not worth failing a car, cos this will happen’. Let’s get real here, it’s illegal to sell drugs, does it happen? You shouldn’t engage in insider trading, do people? It’s not on for the people who run the country to tell you one thing & do another. Do they do it? If someone can feather their own nest at the expense of others, it WILL happen. They won’t all do, plenty will though, so let’s not pretend they are all squeaky clean Jeez, and I thought I was cynical!
Steve
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Jan 26, 2022 22:14:02 GMT
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There is a bit of nonsense in this thread when it comes to comments like ‘vosa take a dim view’, ‘you can’t do this that or the other, cos the computer says not’ & ‘it’s not worth failing a car, cos this will happen’. Let’s get real here, it’s illegal to sell drugs, does it happen? You shouldn’t engage in insider trading, do people? It’s not on for the people who run the country to tell you one thing & do another. Do they do it? If someone can feather their own nest at the expense of others, it WILL happen. They won’t all do, plenty will though, so let’s not pretend they are all squeaky clean Jeez, and I thought I was cynical!
Steve
Maybe you are, not me, I’m just a realist 😀
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If you expect the worst from people, they will rarely fail to live up to your expectations.
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If you expect the worst from people, they will rarely fail to live up to your expectations. I did say ‘they won’t all do it’. People do & will though & if you think that’s not the case, good luck in life.
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With an outlook on life like that, it's you that's going to need the luck! I wish you well with it
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With an outlook on life like that, it's you that's going to need the luck! I wish you well with it We are well off topic here but you actually think no one ever in the history of the world is gonna try & stiff you? When you get a email from a Nigerian Prince, it’s not real you know. That’s a bad man trying to dupe you. It will happen in every walk of life & to be honest the motor trade is probably one of the very worst out there & if you don’t see that then you are being very naive
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Last Edit: Jan 27, 2022 9:59:13 GMT by rattlecan
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Jan 27, 2022 11:21:33 GMT
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So by your logic I should treat everyone as though they're trying to stiff me, because at some point one of them will try? That's just not spreading a little happiness as you go by. But as you said we're well off topic here, so that's my last word on the matter
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Jan 27, 2022 11:31:24 GMT
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So by your logic I should treat everyone as though they're trying to stiff me, because at some point one of them will try? That's just not spreading a little happiness as you go by. But as you said we're well off topic here, so that's my last word on the matter Nope, not what I said & you well know it
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Jan 27, 2022 13:28:35 GMT
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Wow
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Jan 27, 2022 14:48:03 GMT
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Back on topic, my 1980 RS is now mot exempt. It’s pretty mint, not driven it, even down the street since 2005. If I get it out & drive it, it won’t be getting an mot 😀
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Jan 27, 2022 15:26:51 GMT
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MOT? Doesn't need one m9....
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Jan 27, 2022 23:23:36 GMT
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With an outlook on life like that, it's you that's going to need the luck! I wish you well with it We are well off topic here but you actually think no one ever in the history of the world is gonna try & stiff you? When you get a email from a Nigerian Prince, it’s not real you know. That’s a bad man trying to dupe you. It will happen in every walk of life & to be honest the motor trade is probably one of the very worst out there & if you don’t see that then you are being very naive Having been in the motor trade for better than 50 years and run my own garage for 30 of those, I find that deeply insulting. I always have and always will deal honestly with all my customers. I know that not all my "colleagues" have as many scruples as I have, but I prefer to sleep at night. I'm quite sure there are many more like me than there are bad-uns!
That too is my final word on this.
Steve
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Jan 27, 2022 23:58:58 GMT
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As with every group of people there will be a small minority who are dodgy. They are the ones who get talked about the most which can easily lead to the general public getting a false impression of the whole group. That's my take on it. May the deity of your choice bless you all.
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We are well off topic here but you actually think no one ever in the history of the world is gonna try & stiff you? When you get a email from a Nigerian Prince, it’s not real you know. That’s a bad man trying to dupe you. It will happen in every walk of life & to be honest the motor trade is probably one of the very worst out there & if you don’t see that then you are being very naive Having been in the motor trade for better than 50 years and run my own garage for 30 of those, I find that deeply insulting. I always have and always will deal honestly with all my customers. I know that not all my "colleagues" have as many scruples as I have, but I prefer to sleep at night. I'm quite sure there are many more like me than there are bad-uns!
That too is my final word on this.
Steve
Which is precisely what I said, so I’m not sure why your ‘deeply insulted’ by the fact that someone else other than you might rip a customer off.
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vanpeebles
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Like a lot of things in this country, mots are a great idea, but it shouldn't fall to a private company to carry them out. You could trailer the same car around the country and end up with a load of different mot outcomes. We shouldn't have to find a good garage to cling on too.
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Jan 28, 2022 10:39:22 GMT
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It's funny how people frown upon bent mots, but it's OK to have no mot. Thinking about it like that makes recent discussions almost irrelevant.
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Jan 28, 2022 11:19:45 GMT
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Like a lot of things in this country, mots are a great idea, but it shouldn't fall to a private company to carry them out. You could trailer the same car around the country and end up with a load of different mot outcomes. We shouldn't have to find a good garage to cling on too. Can you imagine MOTs done by civil servarts with the "we don't make mistakes ever" DVLA attitude; no Saturday MOTs? And in the light of recent events, one could expect far more corruption than is found in the private sector, not to mention vastly increased costs.
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Last Edit: Jan 28, 2022 11:27:18 GMT by etypephil
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vanpeebles
Part of things
I am eastbound in pursuit of a white Lamborghini, this is not a recording.
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Jan 28, 2022 11:24:43 GMT
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Twaddle.
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Jan 28, 2022 11:25:30 GMT
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Like a lot of things in this country, mots are a great idea, but it shouldn't fall to a private company to carry them out. You could trailer the same car around the country and end up with a load of different mot outcomes. We shouldn't have to find a good garage to cling on too. Ca you imagine MOTs done by civil servarts with the "we don't make mistakes ever" DVLA attitude; no Saturday MOTs? And in the light of recents events, one could expect far more corruption than is found in the private sector, not to mention vastly increased costs. I think I asked this question earlier in the thread. Isn’t that how they do it in N. Ireland? I’m pretty sure they are all ‘ministry’ run
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Rich
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Mot exemptRich
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Jan 28, 2022 13:08:42 GMT
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Seeing as the OP’s question has basically been answered and this thread is fast disintegrating into a flame war about how MOT stations are ran, time to latch the padlock.
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