As HJ points out, the MOT history of all vehicles is now online.
classics.honestjohn.co.uk/news/general-news/2015-1.../
mot-history.net/
You can see your old sheds ... erm, cars !, and if they're still being kept on the road by copious quantities of bailer twine and polyfilla !
I had a look at some of mine the other day. quite interesting as it shows reasons for failure and also advisories too.
I took one of my cars for MOT yesterday, it's 13th MOT and never had an advisory or failure.
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