Sertac wrote:

I did some facelifting a couple of days ago.
All was possible thanks to the experience I gained on this forum.

The MOT is a bit like the Pink Slip!

Even Coast Auto Detailing can get your car looking good for registration!

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Sertac wrote:

I did some facelifting a couple of days ago.
All was possible thanks to the experience I gained on this forum.

looks great, well done

Andy131 wrote:

Thinking that the Aussie pink slip is the same as the UK MOT - fairly sure that the test is now timed in the UK, the examiner logs on with the car details and he can't actually give you a certificate for 50 minutes or so.

Only in that it occurs every 12 months! It really is only a basic safety check & takes about 15 minutes. A motorbike one takes about 5 minutes!  (Now Sold). 2008 Freelander 2 (Nazca Sand) SE TD4 Auto. Statutory write off & on WOVR for hail damage but still road legal.
171037Km as of 09/05/22
Superchips Bluefin Flash
Nanocom Evo II (also sold)

No mot in France for motorbikes period. Cars every 2 years once they are 4 years old.......So much for EU harmony ( as was ) !!!!!!

In NSW the Pink Slip (MOT) test for the brakes stopping ability, so as not to discriminate against olders cars, the braking ability test is based on the oldest road registered car in NSW.

Which is a registered car about a century old with well maintained leather brake pads.

So if you Freelander has a worse braking distance, you may have some brake issues!

It may even be the car parked near us. I will have to get a photo. It is actually quite sad to see such an ancient car left in such a state. Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

Acoustic insulation ARB TPMS 3xARB air compressors After cooler Air tank On-board OCD pressure air/water cleaning Additional 50L fuel Carpet in doors ABE 2x1kg Waeco 28L modified fridge Battery 4x26ah Solar 120w Victron MPPT 100/20 DC-DC 18amps 175amp jumper plug Awning 6x255/60R18

Picked it up from the mechnic. Again. A failed fuel tank pump. This is getting very painful. For my mechanic too. He was very tempted to cut an access panel in the boot rather than remove the tailshaft, diff, exhaust and tank to get to the pump.

I wish he had asked me - I'd have said go for it. MY11 SD4 SE Auto

Lightwater wrote:

In NSW the Pink Slip (MOT) test for the brakes stopping ability, so as not to discriminate against olders cars, the braking ability test is based on the oldest road registered car in NSW.

Which is a registered car about a century old with well maintained leather brake pads.

So if you Freelander has a worse braking distance, you may have some brake issues!

It may even be the car parked near us. I will have to get a photo. It is actually quite sad to see such an ancient car left in such a state.

NSW Pink Slip (MOT) benchmark!
 Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

Acoustic insulation ARB TPMS 3xARB air compressors After cooler Air tank On-board OCD pressure air/water cleaning Additional 50L fuel Carpet in doors ABE 2x1kg Waeco 28L modified fridge Battery 4x26ah Solar 120w Victron MPPT 100/20 DC-DC 18amps 175amp jumper plug Awning 6x255/60R18

Looks like the park brake failed then!

Some common sense reading here:

https://safetstop.com/current-brake-testin...oad-users/ (Now Sold). 2008 Freelander 2 (Nazca Sand) SE TD4 Auto. Statutory write off & on WOVR for hail damage but still road legal.
171037Km as of 09/05/22
Superchips Bluefin Flash
Nanocom Evo II (also sold)

I thought that stop sign had been rammed through the roof to stop it rolling backwards

Badger51 wrote:

Looks like the park brake failed then!

Some common sense reading here:

https://safetstop.com/current-brake-testin...oad-users/

After my wife passed away 15 months ago , I decided to keep her FL2 as my Hunting,Shooting, Fishing and chainsawing vehicle . Last week I looked at the car and felt sorry for it . Mud , feathers, pheasant feed you name it it was there . At the local BP station , 3 lads have taken over the car wash and are running a valet service . I took it to them today , £60 and 7 hours later later and the thing is cleaner inside than the day we picked it up from a main dealer 2009 GS Auto Zermatt Silver - Sold June 21 after 10 years of ownership

2016 Subaru Outback SE 2.0 diesel SE Premium Lineartronic Sold 2024 after 8 years and 80k miles . Best Car I ever owned !

2023 Toyota Hilux invincible X 2.8 Auto .

mot time , passed again no advisories, not bad for a 09 auto with 154.000mls on the clock, its never failed a mot a motor thats used a lot off road . just done a short break in the cairngorms 1000mls round trip never missed a beat .

some leather cleaning

When do you plan on doing it then?