Expect the test fee to double to compensate for the frequency change.
Possible relaxation of MOT testing frequencies.
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They can't/won't do that if their reason for reducing frequency is to save people money. It just won't wash.
How are 'they' going to enforce what testing stations charge altogether? Would a test station be able to charge, say, the maximum official fee for the test procedure itself, plus some 'booking/handling' fee ?
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No. Testing stations are told what the maximum fee is. Currently £54.85. Most charge less. Some do it for free. They are not allowed to charge a penny more.
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To put this in perspective look at the sh*t show for MoT tests in NI
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-59985025
Not terribly up to date but it has not improved.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-59985025
Not terribly up to date but it has not improved.
Don't forget the deeper hole mr Khant will create next year by expanding the ulez to all London boroughs.This is obviously Boris and Rishi crying themselves to sleep these last few weeks, over concern for the very poorest in society - i.e. people whose cars are more than 3 years old...
Poor families and working families that can only afford an older vehicle will be forced to get into further debt by buying one of the slave built electric boxes aka electric vehicles.
The cheapest option is a lease, basically a debt for life that many cannot afford.
I'll have to scrap 2 fantastic cars in mint conditions perfectly maintained and looked after.
In the meantime he's going around in a gigantic 5 litre range rover escorted by 2 police cars.
There's a campaign to get the London borough of Havering back into the control of Essex because of that Khant.
Although the amount of car work I do now is hugely reduced, the ones that do come my way often have uninflated and worn tyres, knackered wiper blades and no washer fluid - which does show that many people don't give a toss about their vehicles, as long as it starts.
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From my experience I am convinced that many car owners truly believe that tyre pressures only need checking when the car is serviced & only think to refill the screen-wash tank when the washers don't spray.
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And yet, we do have a huge air quality problem in big towns and cities. We're killing about 10 times more people each year, simply by driving our cars, than we are by running them over or crashing into them. What's the answer?
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Surely there must be a market for them with buyers living in areas outside these controlled zones.
I've got 2 classics with a combined age of 58 years, but am fortunate enough to live well outside any such restricted areas.
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Surely there must be a market for them with buyers living in areas outside these controlled zones.
I've got 2 classics with a combined age of 58 years, but am fortunate enough to live well outside any such restricted areas.
Indeed. It's very much a "swings and roundabouts" situation. City dwellers get much better public services than rural dwellers. They get cheaper fuel, on average, they get public transport and they don't have to travel as far to get what they need, even if they choose not to use the public transport. However, they have less space. Parking is often a problem, they have lousy air quality and pay more for their houses, etc. I have a 33 year old car, and I accept that it wouldn't be a good idea to take it into a city centre.
Electric vehicles are, indeed, expensive right now, but the prices are coming down all the time. If you look at what ICE cars cost (say) 20 years after they started to emerge on to the market, electric vehicles are an absolute bargain by comparison! The problem is that people have started to just expect access to a private car as a fundamental human right, whereas when ICE cars were first introduced, they were only a luxury for the very rich. We need more people to buy electric cars to "prime" the second hand market, so that prices start to come down and ultimately, the people who buy £500 "bangers" now, will be able to buy £500 electric "bangers" in (say) 5 years time. What we then need, is for the garage trade to get to grips with working on EVs and for the non-genuine spares manufacturers to gear-up to produce affordable spares. EVs have quite a few "wins" already, when it comes to running and maintenance costs, but the batteries are cripplingly expensive. I have a cordless drill, for which I've recently bought a replacement battery. Chances are, it won't be as good as a genuine one, but it was a fraction of the price. I'm pretty confident the same will happen with EVs. (And, of course, in the meantime, if someone cracks the problems associated with hydrogen, we could, perhaps, even get to keep our ICE vehicles!
Some people never service, but rely on the MOT to point out things which need doing - others amongst us look after and maintain our vehicles properly. Fine for the latter to run two years in between, but imagine the prior running round for 23 months with a serious safety issue.
Even the humble Leaf has an 8 year battery warranty!
Sure, after 5 years, it won't have the same battery capacity as it did when it was new, but if you can live with the reduction in range, there's still use to be had out of the car. I also think a new industry will popup, catering for battery repairs and reconditioning.
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