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Originally Posted by HPsauce

Thanks heavens for the full-size spare, for a small amount of extra cash (offered by me, they didn't want anything) they checked the spare, swapped it over and issued a re-test pass on the spot.

Well done on another clear MOT, but was intrigued about the re-test. So intrigued that I decided to look up the rules for re-test in Great Britain, and from what I can find, because the car didn't leave the premises (or within 10 tens), it is done for free.

For a similar scenario in Northern Ireland, we would have to pay £18.50 for the privilege, which would involve leaving the building, parking up, go into the office and booking a re-test, and hope they would do it straight away.

On a much lighter note, I just put the S8 through the MOT on Sunday. A pass with no advisories, but a bit hairy. Our MOTs are done in government run buildings, and go through four sections, which cover the various aspects of the test. The tester does the driving after the second section and we proceeded to the third one, which are automated testing machines that test the brakes and the suspension. He put the front wheels on the rollers and tested each of the front brakes in turn. He then 'attempted' to move the car forward to get the rear wheels onto the rollers, and we ended up about 20 feet beyond them before he got the car stopped. Just as well the buildings are long.