Heads up re MOT for your kit

[Kingster]

11 minutes ago, Martyn Vann - Joint Warwickshire AO said:

The guidance in the testing manual is very clear with regards to Q plate, be it a kit car or otherwise it is treated as registered pre-1975 so the applicable test is visible smoke only.

I did argue that and stated that surely this trumps all the other “kit car” notices. 

13 minutes ago, Martyn Vann - Joint Warwickshire AO said:

BTW, not sure how the brake question arose because I would expect your car to have dual circuit brakes anyway?

Yes he must have thought they were single - but either way it passed!

[Martyn Vann - Warwickshire AO]

I'm glad it passed but it does indicate the problems across the MOT industry when a tester does not know what may be a testable item or not and cannot ascertain whether a vehicle has single or dual circuit brakes. The second point is critical when carrying out brake performance testing as the procedure and the measured limits are different and therefore the result of the test may be incorrect!