Millie Master
Forum Member
The annual service and MOT were carried out on our daily driver car on Monday.
I had very thoroughly checked out the car before taking it, including stripping down and thoroughly cleaning all the brake calipers and fitting new "Green Stuff" pads (they are brilliant), having a new full set of tyres fitted indeed everything I could think of so as to ensure a clean bill of health................... But then on collection, there on the MOT sheet was an advisory notice for and about something I didn't have a clue about, it said:-
Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.2 (a) (i))
When I read this I was fuming as I honesty didn’t know there was even the slightest mark to the windscreen of this car, in fact on reading the advisory, it took me a very long time before I was able to see it and only then, by shining a high powered torch at an oblique angle, the reason being that this miniscule chip is less than 1 mm x 0.5 mm and with no discernable depth. Furthermore from a seated position in the drivers seat, even now that I know where the chip is, it is impossible to see !!
And yet, this vehicle for and which I take a personal pride in its safety and excellence of condition will now be blighted for the remainder of our ownership, as it has an MOT record with an advisory notice.
When I spoke to the receptionist/secretary at the garage about my concern for and about this matter she said words to the effect “oh that’s just him, he spends ages trying to find something to put down as an advisory”!
One thing is for sure now is that the garage have now lost a customer who used their services on 3 vehicles!
Phil
I had very thoroughly checked out the car before taking it, including stripping down and thoroughly cleaning all the brake calipers and fitting new "Green Stuff" pads (they are brilliant), having a new full set of tyres fitted indeed everything I could think of so as to ensure a clean bill of health................... But then on collection, there on the MOT sheet was an advisory notice for and about something I didn't have a clue about, it said:-
Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.2 (a) (i))
When I read this I was fuming as I honesty didn’t know there was even the slightest mark to the windscreen of this car, in fact on reading the advisory, it took me a very long time before I was able to see it and only then, by shining a high powered torch at an oblique angle, the reason being that this miniscule chip is less than 1 mm x 0.5 mm and with no discernable depth. Furthermore from a seated position in the drivers seat, even now that I know where the chip is, it is impossible to see !!
And yet, this vehicle for and which I take a personal pride in its safety and excellence of condition will now be blighted for the remainder of our ownership, as it has an MOT record with an advisory notice.
When I spoke to the receptionist/secretary at the garage about my concern for and about this matter she said words to the effect “oh that’s just him, he spends ages trying to find something to put down as an advisory”!
One thing is for sure now is that the garage have now lost a customer who used their services on 3 vehicles!
Phil