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Has any one (other than me) seen the new MOT certificate ?<br>
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I got my car back and was wading through all the bits of paper that you seem to get these days looking for the cars new MOT. It was only after the third look that I realised that the blue piece of A4 I had on top was infact the new style cerificate !<br>
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It looks as though it's been run off a home PC has no embossed print or watermarks (I would imagine that it would be very simple to forge). <br>
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The only good bit seems that you now have a peel off bit that becomes a sticker for your windscreen to remind you when the next one is due - and it looks a very 70's retro sticker too, perfect for our cars. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :rollin --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... s/roll.gif ALT=":rollin"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END-->

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guess you only get one if you pass your mot <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :lol --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /laugh.gif ALT=":lol"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br>
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The blue lil expiry date sticker has been around a while, or are you on about somethign else?<br>
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Adam

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Had the Lotus MOT'd yesterday; old style certificate issued. Chap said 10 weeks before the new computerised ones come in and they just mean more work for him and a higher fee for us! He tells me the retail fee for MOT is now £42!!!

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1974 Dolomite Sprint<br>
1977 Dolomite Sprint<br>
1979 Dolomite Sprint<br>
1980 Dolomite 1500HL<br>
1998 Lotus Elise<br>
1999 Alfa Romeo 166</p><i></i>

Yes........ new ones will be on the DVLA data base too.... along with the current insurance details..<br>
So<br>
ANPR cameras will know when you are all above board...<br>
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1977 Auto Sprint<br>
1974 manual Sprint<br>
Rover 600 TI<br>
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Some garages have, and some will shortly have the new type MOT's. The equipment the ministry have supplied to garages has been stored for 3 years due to technical problems. Its all very old stuff as it was an out of date lot bought then.

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Was suppose to go live April this year.<br>
Think it was a April Fool joke as no one was ready.<br>
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New Cert's are a printed A4 Page with a Bar code.<br>
Seen one at my refresher course.

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Yep, i had i shock last week with the £42 fee! Tho i got the failure sheet due to leaking shock and knackered UJ. <br>
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Hopefully should have the new MOt cert this wk, tho the garage dont seem impressed with this new system. Apparently they can only do so many in a day and only between official working hrs, ie they have to log on when starting a MOT. Means he cant start one at 4.45 as it'll run past 5pm, snds nuts to me & a lot slower than b4.<br>
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Hopefully no fee for re-test, tho im sure that will change soon!<br>
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Jeff

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No, the sticker is different type and is made of paper (real bummer to un- peel from the glass work), it does look VERY old fashioned though (a good thing), it comes as part of the certificate and it peels off.

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I think free re-test are a thing of the past, as they have to take so long to re-do the test again. Not just the 5 minute check that was normal.<br>
Its progress, but not as we know it<br>
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They are removing scope for unscrupulous testers to issue certificates on a whim to mates/those that pay. A tester can only physically fit in so many tests in a day and now they can account for them!

<p>1973 Dolomite Sprint<br>
1974 Dolomite Sprint<br>
1977 Dolomite Sprint<br>
1979 Dolomite Sprint<br>
1980 Dolomite 1500HL<br>
1998 Lotus Elise<br>
1999 Alfa Romeo 166</p><i></i>

The MoT for my Acclaim was dated May the 4th. These new regulations should have been thought through a bit better although the basic idea is sound.

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I help out at MOT station, we can do proper MOT's no problem in 30 mins flat and issue certificates, so this compuerisation will imapct alot. Infact who I work for has now decided to open for longer hours so he can do the same amount of MOT's in a day, but in practice will do less than before.<br>


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Originally this:<br>
Computerisation is set to over the way the MOT is conducted i.e. certificates will not be issued anymore. It will all be held in a database, the dates are not exactly set but we have it on confirmation that it will be set to take over on September 2004.<br>
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Then it's this<br>
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After successful completion of trials VOSA began rolling out MOT Computerisation on the 18 April 2005 to all testing stations in Great Britain. All garages will be recording MOT results on the new centralised database and issuing the new receipt style MOT test certificates by October 2005. Along with this new MOT certificate motorists will be given an information leaflet ' Your new MOT certificate and buying road tax online' which explains these changes and the benefits of the new system.<br>
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Shortly followed by some other excuse late on why it's not up and running fully yet?.<br>


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does that mean if you put a v8 in your 1300 and keep it quiet theyll find out at MOT time and itll HAVE to go in the database leading to the DVLA finding out???<br>
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The database will be used also by the DVLA, VOSA, Insurance Companies and of course the splendid blues in blue (So I'm lead to believe).<br>
So some of those little nNova's Corsa's and hot hatche's that havn't informed they insurance company's will be surprised when they premiums go UP. <br>
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1980 V8 Dolomite Sprint 3 Litre <br>
1996 Rover 115 Diesel<br>
2003 Hayabusa

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