Looks like my car has been taken a run after the mot today. Was wondering if any you guys know where I stand with this?

 

Not worth the hassle this just keep getting messed about over these cars. Just getting fed right up.

how can you tell? milometer?

Its a normal MOT practice to road test the vehicle.

Its a normal MOT practice to road test the vehicle.

 

i dont see why? an mot consists of safety checks and emmisions all of which can be taken place in the workshop, sorry if im wrong

Once we were on the motor way and my dads supra went sailing past us easly doing 140mph when it was having its mot.

 

I wouldnt worry about it mate. whats done is done :wink:

3 years ago me and dad were in the office of the mot we said to each other "oh that sounds nice" then we turn around to see what it is and are supprised to see it is our car being taken out for a run (obviously didn`t know we were there) and dad went mad:taz::gunsmilie:

Looks like my car has been taken a run after the mot today. Was wondering if any you guys know where I stand with this?

 

Not worth the hassle this just keep getting messed about over these cars. Just getting fed right up.

 

take it as a compliment mate that they found it worthy of a test drive...btw my tester on my last zed for 5 years tested the brakes by smoking it up the road and back:thumbup1:

my car is booked in on the 13th to see the mot inspectors oppinion of the hicas play before i waste money putting it in, i said i will take him for a blast in it, might help swing it ay

i dont see why? an mot consists of safety checks and emmisions all of which can be taken place in the workshop, sorry if im wrong

 

Not necessarily mate!!

 

Technically if a car is equipped with a limited slip differential (LSD) then the garage should perform the brake test on the road and not on the rollers!

 

I heard that it can damage the diff in extreme circumstances.....:huh:

 

However not all garages realize this - maybe this one did it right. Our very own PaulC will know for sure; he's a qualified tester....

 

Richard:thumbup1:

as said above, if the car has an lsd then the brake test should be conducted on the road

Road test isn't part of an mot vinz. I'm just really pissed of about this. My hard earned cash doesn't go into a car for somebody else to hammer around the roads.

As far as i am aware, it is down to the MOT garage if the car warrants a "road-test" as it may be near the limits for pass/fail, but in my eyes, it's the guy in the MOT station thinking "i want to get that out in the road.....oh yes!!!".

 

Al.

Not necessarily mate!!

 

Technically if a car is equipped with a limited slip differential (LSD) then the garage should perform the brake test on the road and not on the rollers!

 

I heard that it can damage the diff in extreme circumstances.....:huh:

 

However not all garages realize this - maybe this one did it right. Our very own PaulC will know for sure; he's a qualified tester....

 

Richard:thumbup1:

 

cool, so has mine got an lsd?

Road test isn't part of an mot vinz. I'm just really pissed of about this. My hard earned cash doesn't go into a car for somebody else to hammer around the roads.

 

would you have been pissed if it had passed;)

would you have been pissed if it had passed;)

 

I would still feel the exact same whether the car passed!

It's the fact it was a wet day also etc anything could have happened

How do you know its been taken out mate? Whats actually happened? Has it failed or passed? If so whats it failed on?

Not necessarily mate!!

 

Technically if a car is equipped with a limited slip differential (LSD) then the garage should perform the brake test on the road and not on the rollers!

 

I heard that it can damage the diff in extreme circumstances.....:huh:

 

However not all garages realize this - maybe this one did it right. Our very own PaulC will know for sure; he's a qualified tester....

 

Richard:thumbup1:

 

Bang on mate - LSD vehicles like the Z32 should be tested with a tapley meter to measure braking efficiency. (Unless like us you have a nice plate brake tester! But not many garages do).

 

"Vehicles not to be tested on a roller brake tester

 

Certain vehicles should not be tested on a roller brake tester, eg vehicles with:

 

More than one driving axle permanently engaged

Limited-slip differential

Belt-driven transmission

Brakes for which the servo operates only when the vehicle is moving

These vehicles should be tested using a properly calibrated and maintained decelerometer or a plate brake tester designated as acceptable for the statutory tests, see Sub Section 3.7 B, page 25, and C, page 26.

 

A roller brake test is also not appropriate for vehicles with damaged, under-inflated or studded tyres."

Craig , i know its easy for me to say it , but is it worth getting your self worked up over this , go round and have a go at them or put it down to experience , and tell others not to use that garage

Hope they aint gone through any speed cameras on the chip shop run or you'll be getting the letter from the DVLA instead of the apprentice mechanic

I will sleep on this probably came down in the morning, give zedworld a ring.lol.

It's just annoying that something ur hard earned goes into can easily be taken away by some **** trying to have fun. But sounds like its been done right

Bang on mate - LSD vehicles like the Z32 should be tested with a tapley meter to measure braking efficiency. (Unless like us you have a nice plate brake tester! But not many garages do).

 

"Vehicles not to be tested on a roller brake tester

 

Certain vehicles should not be tested on a roller brake tester, eg vehicles with:

 

More than one driving axle permanently engaged

Limited-slip differential

Belt-driven transmission

Brakes for which the servo operates only when the vehicle is moving

These vehicles should be tested using a properly calibrated and maintained decelerometer or a plate brake tester designated as acceptable for the statutory tests, see Sub Section 3.7 B, page 25, and C, page 26.

 

A roller brake test is also not appropriate for vehicles with damaged, under-inflated or studded tyres."

 

R u serious !! A rolling road is Fine for lsd,s if used correctly.I never had any trouble when i was testing.Tapleys are shit full stop.As they dont give any individual wheel performance,you could clamp a rear brake pipe off and still pass a tapley test.In a 280hp car id like to know each wheels caliper is doing its bit.Because zeds dont suffer from caliper problems do they.

Edited September 7, 201015 yr by jimmer

R u serious !! A rolling road is Fine for lsd,s if used correctly.I never had any trouble when i tested them and that was a fair few.Tapleys are shit full stop.As they dont give any individual wheel performance,you could clamp a rear brake pipe off and still pass a tapley test.

 

Yup - I am serious! That is quoted from the MOT testers guide. I too have tested in the rollers but VOSA state this must not be done!!

 

There IS risk of damage - I agree it is unlikely but you should still not test in rollers as per the instructions listed in the testers manual!!

BTW - you could still check the front wheels in the rollers & test for balance - the rear wheels are not tested for balance anyway!

But you do test them for uneven application dont you.And a tapley wont prove this.LSD,s as long as your careful its fine.Trust me.

Bang on mate - LSD vehicles like the Z32 should be tested with a tapley meter to measure braking efficiency. (Unless like us you have a nice plate brake tester! But not many garages do).

 

"Vehicles not to be tested on a roller brake tester

 

Certain vehicles should not be tested on a roller brake tester, eg vehicles with:

 

More than one driving axle permanently engaged

Limited-slip differential

Belt-driven transmission

Brakes for which the servo operates only when the vehicle is moving

These vehicles should be tested using a properly calibrated and maintained decelerometer or a plate brake tester designated as acceptable for the statutory tests, see Sub Section 3.7 B, page 25, and C, page 26.

 

A roller brake test is also not appropriate for vehicles with damaged, under-inflated or studded tyres."

 

Cheers Paul; very useful mate as always - does that mean that permanent 4x4s should also not be brake tested on the rollers?

 

Richard:cool3:

But you do test them for uneven application dont you.And a tapley wont prove this.LSD,s as long as your careful its fine.Trust me.

 

As I said - I know cos I have done it myself! Its still wrong to test a vehicle with an LSD in the rollers! Trust me! :tt2:

 

If VOSA checked on the tester carrying out the test they would get points against them. We could argue all night abouth if it is possible to do it & yes I know it is possible,but it is still not the correct way to test as instructed by VOSA!