Garage Misdiagnosis: Error or Rip-Off??

[YorkshireBloke]

Hi All,

You may have read my thread on pre-MOT test today 11.4.17.

I had a new battery fitted and the friendly guys told me the 2 rears were "below MOT standard".

Today:- would pass, advisory (same as last year's MOT).

I paid for an inspection and got an estimate for suspension rebuild, MOT potential failure on anti roll bar bush.

Today:- "hardly worth mentioning bushes, don't recommend doing but have to say on form".

Belts over age but under mileage, need changing to avoid doom, destruction and poverty....

Previous inspection by some pals, looking down at belt say... Well, they look fine to us...

I am confused, is this just business? The MOT station today does LOTS of trade MOT testing, not looking for repairs but has a massive reputation for failing anything that needs failing (their mortgages depend on keeping MOT work...).

Where the garage gets work the worse it is...... The worse it is!

Am I too cynical??

Mechanics; defend your trade!

Robert