Quote:
The tester will want to know the weight of the car for the brake test.
As for taking a classic car to Kwikfit, one has to ask why on earth would you do that? Personally I wouldn't take a child's toy pedal car to them.
My MOT station has a sheet on the wall displaying "test condition" weights for classic cars, separate to the one for moderns. AFAIK this is standard equipment. I've not checked the Elan (why would I?) but if you're interested, it has the Toledo down as 980kg (no listed difference between 2 and 4 door) and the 1850/Sprint as 1170kg. These figures assume a driver, half a tank of fuel, a full complement of tools and spare wheel - and "accumulated road dirt"!
If that's not enough (as on my Toledo which is considerably lighter than when it left the factory) the brake testing rollers also weigh each axle automatically as the car is put on them, the 2 axle figures combined being the actual tested weight of the car.
On KwikFit, I know that forum etiquette says "if you can't say anything nice, say nowt" but in this case, I can't resist the old standard;- You can't get thicker than a ThickTwit fitter!
Steve