As ive mentioned in previous posts, I planned to get my car MOT'd prior to the IVA. I got her all booked in and was so excited about driving it on the road. After days of minor minor jobs, I got up early to.....
A think hard frost with the road visually iced over!
After de-icing the wifes car, she followed me down to my local centre just 8 miles away. After a few miles I noticed the speedo wasn't working. Pulled over and noticed a single wire and come loose. No tools with me so carried on and got to the MOT test. I was 1 min late so "missed my booking" but managed to get every single employee outside to have a look and chat to me about the car - FOR 20 MINS!!! They said id been re-booked for 1330 and to come back later.
I was actually quite happy with that as I got to drive the car again!
Anyway, returned later that day and they put it through:
Emissions - PASS
Brake efficiency - PASS
Headlight alignment (needed tweaking) but - PASS
Tracking - Not able to conduct due to the kit they had
A professional look over and they said it was very well built, so much so they said it was a pleasure to work on that day and the test was free!
All in all, very happy and drove home a happy boy. Turns out its a thirsty car though so pulled in at the local petrol station for some fuel. Once topped up and paid, I tried to leave but she wouldn't start. Nothing I tried worked. After stripping the dash it turns out Id blown a fuse - swapped for a new one and she fired up and I drove home.
Got a handful of minor jobs to do now and only one weekend to do them (due to work) before the test. Long range weather looks cold but I just hope its not snowing or raining. Anything else I can cope with.
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