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jules Member Since: 13 Dec 2007 Location: The Wilds of Warwickshire Posts: 5062 |
https://www.motortrader.com/motor-trader-n...11-01-2022
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13th Jan 2022 9:24 am |
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Steve D Member Since: 19 Jan 2013 Location: Essexshire Posts: 4109 |
Double post. Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
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13th Jan 2022 10:49 am |
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Steve D Member Since: 19 Jan 2013 Location: Essexshire Posts: 4109 |
Unfortunately, it's quite common and all to easy. At the moment, they are discussing the possibility of introducing ANPR cameras into test bays to cut down on this. Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
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13th Jan 2022 10:52 am |
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Andy131 Member Since: 09 Dec 2009 Location: Manchester Posts: 2187 |
I may be completely wrong, but I thought that the tester inserted a dongle into the OBD port so that it could get information about the revs & oil temperature. At this point it's not difficult to grab the CPU serial number. My guess is the garage is substituting the car "on test" with one from the carpark to get through the emissions test.
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13th Jan 2022 1:05 pm |
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jules Member Since: 13 Dec 2007 Location: The Wilds of Warwickshire Posts: 5062 |
Yes I saw that - but I doubt they are the only ones. Probably been at it years. Jules |
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13th Jan 2022 1:40 pm |
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trw999 Member Since: 04 Oct 2021 Location: Essex/Herts Border Posts: 98 |
No, they don't put a dongle into the OBD plug, neither do they have to coordinate the emissions test with the DVLA web site, other than to report its general pass/fail finding, as far as I know.
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13th Jan 2022 1:55 pm |
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trw999 Member Since: 04 Oct 2021 Location: Essex/Herts Border Posts: 98 |
Quite likely, once a wrong 'un, always a wrong 'un. Tim |
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13th Jan 2022 1:56 pm |
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Andy131 Member Since: 09 Dec 2009 Location: Manchester Posts: 2187 |
Must just be the garage that I go to, good on the old guy as he isn't revving the nuts off a car with cold oil - can see it displayed on the screen. Been going to the same garage for 15+ years, MOTs is all he does, no remedial work, should have retired years ago, but since his wife died he does it more for the company than the money. Headlights out of alignment - he adjusts them rather than fail, I always get grief about how LR products are, and then get a clean bill of health to his surprise. Tangiers Orange - gone, missing her Replaced by Ewok what a mistake - now a happy Disco Sport owner |
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13th Jan 2022 3:18 pm |
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Steve D Member Since: 19 Jan 2013 Location: Essexshire Posts: 4109 |
You don't have to measure the engine speed or oil temperature. In fact, it can be advantageous to NOT measure the engine speed as the engine can be held at the speed in which the CO and HC readings (on a petrol engine) will pass. That's on a BET. (Basic Emissions Test). If it fails that, you have to default to the full emission test which takes a bit longer and must be carried out at set engine speed ranges. Diesel engines just have a smoke test and a car can be passed by 'feathering' the throttle gently to raise the exhaust gas temperature (the only way the smoke meter knows the engine is being revved) instead of giving it a full pedal to the floor throttle test. Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
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16th Jan 2022 8:39 am |
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chicken george Member Since: 05 Dec 2007 Location: N. Yorks Posts: 13291 |
some gave a false mot to a honda goldwing trike my mate bought.
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16th Jan 2022 10:51 am |
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I Like Chips Member Since: 25 Jun 2017 Location: Ascott Under Wychwood Posts: 1545 |
I fail to understand the logic behind fake tests after all once the snide vehicle is out on the road it my be a loved one of the snide tester involved in an accident caused by the said vehicle. |
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16th Jan 2022 10:59 am |
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SYFL2 Member Since: 16 Jun 2012 Location: Sheffield Posts: 2597 |
They don’t think that far it’s all about the money. |
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16th Jan 2022 1:12 pm |
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IanMetro Member Since: 11 Sep 2017 Location: Somerset BS21 Posts: 3156 |
There have been always people with more money than sense. I was once on a Sea Navigation course, which seemed to include an (well attended) after class session in a local pub, when having asked the instructor if he knew why of the students had stopped coming to the course. He told us that the student, who was the owner of a rather nice large powerboat, had asked him how much it would cost to buy a Coastal Navigation Certificate, it seemed he was having difficulty understanding the course. On being told no, we did not see the boat owner again. It became a source of amusement among the rest of us, as we imagined him stranded on a rock by the receding tide, and waving his false certificate as a means of attracting attention. Surely, it is more important to have your car independently checked, than save a few bob. FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011) FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 77k+ miles) (MY2015) Metro in its 11th Year of (Extended) LR Warranty / Full LR Service History (Expensive, but Trouble/Worry free - hopefully?) |
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16th Jan 2022 4:40 pm |
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dorsetfreelander Member Since: 20 Jul 2013 Location: Dorset Posts: 4354 |
I was told recently that a local tester lost his licence. Apparently a guy with his family turned up at the end of the day and said that he was on holiday and had just realised that his MOT had run out and could he do something to help. The tester had a quick look around and said OK and started filling in the paperwork. Turns out that it was a Dept of Transport Inspector and the tester lost his licence. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
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16th Jan 2022 4:56 pm |
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