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A car failed its MOT on Thursday Oct 19th and i still need to fix it
When is the last day for the retest? Is it tomorrow or Thursday this week?
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Dez
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Depends on the opening hours of the test centre in question. If they trade Saturdays, it counts as one of the 10 days. If they don't, it doesn't. Sunday's are generally always excluded as everywhere is shut.
It's essentially 10 working days, not 10 calendar days, as they can't expect you to re-present a car if they're shut.
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Last Edit: Oct 31, 2017 9:49:16 GMT by Dez
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Oct 31, 2017 10:16:32 GMT
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Ha, yes. When I left he said I had two weeks. I think I will assume tomorrow is the last day
Thanks
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ChasR
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Oct 31, 2017 10:27:59 GMT
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Depends on who tests it. Some give you a week, others give you two.
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Oct 31, 2017 11:34:37 GMT
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Ring your MOT place and ask them to confirm? AFIK the 14 days isn't up to the garage - part of their MOT licence (from gov'ment / VOSA / etc) says the garage can retest for free up to 14 days, after that the *garage* has to pay for a new test (so they pass the fee on to you) I went through this last month when I couldn't find the parts I needed in time to get the car repaired & retested in the 14 days. I had to pay for another test - my fault not theirs  |
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Oct 31, 2017 11:41:18 GMT
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Ring your MOT place and ask them to confirm? AFIK the 14 days isn't up to the garage - part of their MOT licence (from gov'ment / VOSA / etc) says the garage can retest for free up to 14 days, after that the *garage* has to pay for a new test (so they pass the fee on to you) I went through this last month when I couldn't find the parts I needed in time to get the car repaired & retested in the 14 days. I had to pay for another test - my fault not theirs Yes i'm just being lazy. Which is partly why i haven't done the work I'll pull my finger out and get it to them tomorrow. That will sort it out |
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Oct 31, 2017 16:24:39 GMT
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Depends on who tests it. Some give you a week, others give you two. Not now it's all automated. It's entirely down to the DVLA system. You have 10 days, excluding saturdays and sundays to get it in for retest. |
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ChasR
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Oct 31, 2017 17:58:08 GMT
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That must have been a recent change.
During when computerisation first happened the original tester I used to use would only give a week. He was unsurprisingly quite cheap.
The new place I started using and still do to this day gave me 2 weeks but he may have mentioned 10 days. Sure he was a bit more money before I got to know him. I used to pay £45 normally, although now he charges me less and I can be with the car. One thing I do know is that my cars started failing far far less with him.
It's not long before one of my cars is due a ticket. He does have some old perceptions though at times.
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Oct 31, 2017 18:36:16 GMT
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Hello Chas,
I haven't been on in ages so nice to see you're still around.
Drop me a message if you've time as I have a video somewhere of the display lap of Coventry Motofest 2015 taken from Bagheera following you around in your Escort Turbo. If you're interested I'll track it down and despatch you a copy.
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Oct 31, 2017 19:00:59 GMT
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I used to take it somewhere that gave me 2 weeks (10 working week days) it was a shock when i moved and took it somewhere else and the b4stard only gave me 10 actual calendar days including sunday, gave them a miss after that bullsh1t and found another place that gives 10 working days.
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Oct 31, 2017 22:24:51 GMT
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Depends on who tests it. Some give you a week, others give you two. Not now it's all automated. It's entirely down to the DVLA system. You have 10 days, excluding saturdays and sundays to get it in for retest. Is it ten days including the day of the initial test or does it start the day after? Thinking about it, it is probably from the time of day the fail sheet is written. So if it written at 11:00 am on a Thursday, you have until 10:59 am on the Thursday two weeks later |
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Depends on the opening hours of the test centre in question. If they trade Saturdays, it counts as one of the 10 days. If they don't, it doesn't. Sunday's are generally always excluded as everywhere is shut. It's essentially 10 working days, not 10 calendar days, as they can't expect you to re-present a car if they're shut. It doesn't matter if the garage is open 7 days a week it is 10 old fashioned working days which is Mon- Fri. |
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I used to take it somewhere that gave me 2 weeks (10 working week days) it was a shock when i moved and took it somewhere else and the b4stard only gave me 10 actual calendar days including sunday, gave them a miss after that bullsh1t and found another place that gives 10 working days. Its not upto the garage to decide how many days they give, its a rule set by DVSA. |
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It would be so much damn simpler if the rule was just x number of calendar days, not so easy to confuse it then.
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It would be so much damn simpler if the rule was just x number of calendar days, not so easy to confuse it then. But then you fall foul of public holidays and weekends. Here, I am supposed to register my car the first week of January but, depending on how the days (and any extra "non-working days" they may throw in) fall, you can wind up with only two or three actual working days to play with. |
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Last Edit: Nov 1, 2017 10:02:00 GMT by georgeb
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Not now it's all automated. It's entirely down to the DVLA system. You have 10 days, excluding saturdays and sundays to get it in for retest. Is it ten days including the day of the initial test or does it start the day after? Thinking about it, it is probably from the time of day the fail sheet is written. So if it written at 11:00 am on a Thursday, you have until 10:59 am on the Thursday two weeks later Retests are 10working days from the day after the initial failure. I know this as a tester and it is also printed on the failure sheet itself  Nowt to do with the garage as said above, it's all on the computer system. It will either let you retest or do another full test. The testing station can only charge up to half the price of the full MOT test for a retest, if they charge for retests that is  |
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Is it ten days including the day of the initial test or does it start the day after? Thinking about it, it is probably from the time of day the fail sheet is written. So if it written at 11:00 am on a Thursday, you have until 10:59 am on the Thursday two weeks later Retests are 10working days from the day after the initial failure. I know this as a tester and it is also printed on the failure sheet itself Nowt to do with the garage as said above, it's all on the computer system. It will either let you retest or do another full test. The testing station can only charge up to half the price of the full MOT test for a retest, if they charge for retests that is Ok so the clock starts ticking from midnight the following day? If it fails at 11:00am on a Thursday have i got the whole of the Thursday two weeks later to bring it back? Wouldn't it need to be before 11:00am? |
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I'm taking my daily in for a retest tomorrow too, its only been 2 months and 3 weeks since it failed, you think I will have to pay?? 😁
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