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What is your advice on disconnecting a DPF from a diesel car and running it without one?
I bought a 2016 DS DS3 Cabrio a month ago from a main agent dealer. I've taken it to a local dealer who has given it MoT advisories for the auxiliary drive belt, windscreen wiper and perished tyres, and...
The rear door on my 18 year old Volkswagen Polo won’t open from the inside or the outside. Is that going to cause the car to fail the MoT? Other passenger doors have the same but intermittently i.e. could...
I have a 64 reg Hyundai i10. On the last MoT in August last year there was an advisory which said that both rear brake discs were ' pitted or scored but not seriously weakened'. Mileage then was 24,000-plus...
I declared my car SORN during Covid as I was working from home. Its MoT also ran. Now, I want to tax it and do an MoT. But I can't tax it without an MoT, how can I get an MoT done?
My windscreen has a star-shaped stone chip, 2cm diameter, at driver's eye level immediately in front of me. Would this constitute a fail in the MoT, due next week?
I have my Porsche 911 that's been SORN for a few years. Can I just insure it so I can drive it to my mechanics for an MoT or will I have to un-SORN it first?
Is there a minimum brake disc requirement on Vauxhall Vivaro vans or is it an upsell?
Is it an MoT fail if the parking sensor system on a 2004 Mercedes-Benz C230 is inoperative? If you switch it on with the dashboard switch it stays on for a few seconds, then beeps and goes back to red.
I have a 2016 BMW X5 bought from new. I want to sell it because I plan to move overseas soon. The MoT expires in mid July and it is due a service in May, my insurance is also due in May so I want to sell...
 

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