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So my car is going for her MOT tomorrow morning. I know its going to fail on one or possibly both front wishbones and a rear fog light bulb but do you reckon it'll pass otherwise or fail spectacularly?
Will it fail so badly that I end up buying another car to get to work for Christmas?
NB if it fails on more than £600 of work the choice of cars is a mk2 Mondeo Si V6, A V reg GTi6 and a 206 HDi 3dr.
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How well do you know the tester? :-P
Always fancied a go in a Mondeo V6... lovely sounding engine, and the ST200 is a peach.
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(This post was last modified: 19-12-2013, 03:01 PM by Dum-Dum.)
I dont know the tester but its the garage poodle works at, I'm not expecting an easy pass.
I've been out in a ST200 in imperial blue with a few tweeks (like a mustang throttle body) and it was utterly rapid.
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And bet it sounded sexy...
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will fail on the seat mounting fixing points 
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Mine passed remember be optimistic
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If it fails, replacement must be RWD.
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(19-12-2013, 04:23 PM)silverzx Wrote: If it fails, replacement must be RWD, diesel powered and boosted.
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(19-12-2013, 04:48 PM)mr_fish Wrote: (19-12-2013, 04:23 PM)silverzx Wrote: If it fails, replacement must be RWD, diesel powered and boosted.
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(19-12-2013, 04:23 PM)silverzx Wrote: If it fails, replacement must be RWD, petrol powered and boosted.
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The problem is finding something RWD diesel and boosted with a long MOT within my budget
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(19-12-2013, 04:50 PM)Dum-Dum Wrote: The problem is finding something RWD diesel and boosted with a long MOT within my budget
Let's not get fussy.
Anything RWD with a 2.0L+ is fine mate. 
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(19-12-2013, 04:50 PM)Dum-Dum Wrote: The problem is finding something RWD diesel and boosted with a long MOT within my budget
Merc W210 300TD?
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Just man up fit some decent p bushes and fix the fog light and it'll pass DumassDum
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f*ck the diesel thing and just get a e39 v8!
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Seeing as you have worked on it, it won't pass. It will be f*cked.
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(19-12-2013, 05:38 PM)Chris Wrote: f*ck the diesel thing and just get a e39 v8!
Shut up manning!
I recon 6 fails and 50071584 advisories
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(19-12-2013, 07:02 PM)Niall Wrote: Seeing as you have worked on it, it won't pass. It will be f*cked. Well thats what I thought. I have checked the lights/fluids/tyres and it has had a decent 6 beam fitted, springs, a full set of dampers, top mounts, new brakes fluid and braided lines all round since I've owned it and 2 tyres very recently but I just don't trust a quarter million mile £500 shit box to pass.
(19-12-2013, 05:37 PM)Piggy Wrote: Just man up fit some decent p bushes and fix the fog light and it'll pass DumassDum Yeah but a, that involves getting cold and wet and b, if I spend £100 on doing bits then it turns out to be terminally f*cked in some other way then id be really annoyed so I'd rather pay poodle to fit some bits when I know that they are the only fails.
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