Stuart Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 Just to square the circle chaps (in case anyone is remotely interested) this turned into a bit of a saga. Arrived at Autoglass and the first thing the guy said was old car already had screen replaced = potentially rusty screen surround. If so then it has to go to body shop to be sorted and we've had an awful lot of these recently. I then told him it was an MoT failure but I thought it was wrong so be b*ggered if I'm going through that hassle. His mate then measured it and said no way should it have failed. So I bit the bullet and phoned the testing.station and took it back Tester tried to bluff it for about 20 seconds until he reailsed I knew what I was talking about - he then capitulated and actually apologised so good for him. I had already replaced the caliper so he whizzed it straight in for a retest. Bingo, 12 month ticket. Load of aggro overall but the right result in the end. Hats off to Autoglass too - they couldn't have been more helpful and didn't charge me a bean for the cancelled order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Colonial Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Nice outcome...plus one more MOT garage to put on the "Avoid" list! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s2rrr Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Good outcome, common sense prevailed at last Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
housebeautician Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Good luck to you I normally just get stiffed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave the Sparky Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 its like feckers who moan when there car fails on brake pads or ball joints who really feck me off ,i have seen ****s who have posted on another forum i use saying its passed the last two years with advisories on the ball joints ,and they have failed it now on them ,well that says to me what a incompetant pr**k of a owner who shouldn't even be allowed to drive a car , endangering others lives with his own selfish perthetic attitude to car repairs ,people like this should loose there licence , believe me i have seen cars inspected by the police after they have been involved in serious accidents ,they go through them like a dose of salts brakes,joints,tyres everything ,and any half serious things that are wrong they will throw the book at you Mate of mine has a few motor factors, he has just had his worst 6 months ever, says people are holding back on shocks, brake pads, discs etc saving a few bob, he's heard people say well it's only the wife's car we thought we'd wait till we could afford it and then bang it fails on the way to school with the kids! Im sure same people can find money for a takeaway and a bottle of wine on a Friday!... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistonbroke Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Great result and very glad to hear you got justice in the end :yes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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