£55 for an MOT... was I ripped off?

[Alex1975]

Hi All,

I use the same garage in our village for everything and have never had a problem with his work, he always seems to find me parts from recking yards if needed and so on.

My wife took my car for an MOT today and I thought £55 was a bit much... is it?

Al

 

[stevie_r]

http://mottesting.org.uk/mot-charges-costs-information.html

 

[Alex1975]

http://mottesting.org.uk/mot-charges-costs-information.html

Thanks very much

 

[stevie_r]

No problem

 

[Aztecs27]

Hi All,

I use the same garage in our village for everything and have never had a problem with his work, he always seems to find me parts from recking yards if needed and so on.

My wife took my car for an MOT today and I thought £55 was a bit much... is it?

Al

In short, yes.

The maximum you're supposed to be charged it £50..plus some pence. MOT charges are set by the DVLA or some other driving organisation and should be uniform across the board.

Places can charge what they want for an MOT as long as it doesn't exceed that amount. I usually pay £39 at the place I go to.

 

[richart]

Did your garage do the MOT themselves, or did they take it somewhere else ?

 

[chrisd]

The same as I paid at my village garage. At least I was able to wander home and have a cuppa while they did it and it also keeps the garage in the village alive



Chris

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Interesting as HID is taking our car in for its MOT tomorrow. I'll pass the link on

 

[BTatHome]

In short, yes.

The maximum you're supposed to be charged it £50..plus some pence. MOT charges are set by the DVLA or some other driving organisation and should be uniform across the board.

Places can charge what they want for an MOT as long as it doesn't exceed that amount. I usually pay £39 at the place I go to.

.gov link


The .gov link above says different value .... I agree with what you say, just not the figure you quote

 

[Aztecs27]

.gov link


The .gov link above says different value .... I agree with what you say, just not the figure you quote

Probably gone up since last year then, but you get my drift. He was DEFINITELY over charged by 15p though!

 

[BTatHome]

Probably gone up since last year then, but you get my drift. He was DEFINITELY over charged by 15p though!

Exactly, that 15p could buy a couple of tees for the weekend

I must say I have no idea when the last price change was, just seems strange to have 2 very official sites being different.

 

[fundy]

mine cost £25, you got ripped off

 

[Val]

I paid £55

 

[CallawayKid]

Mine cost me a score, pint of wife beater and a packet of hog lumps

CK

 

[DappaDonDave]

£30 or £35 I pay... £55 is a bit steep

 

[Imurg]

We pay nowt.
The garage we bought the car from MOT's it every year at the annual service for nothing - part of the deal.
My car's never more than 18 months old so that doesn't need doing either!!

 

[wull]

up this way the average cost seems to be around £53.

i took my bike to my mates garage in edinburgh at the start of 2010 and it cost me £10 for the mot,i think at that time the usual price for a bike mot was £30 roughly.

 

[Andy]

up this way the average cost seems to be around £53.

i took my bike to my mates garage in edinburgh at the start of 2010 and it cost me £10 for the mot,i think at that time the usual price for a bike mot was £30 roughly.

What you riding Wull?

 

[thecraw]

What you riding Wull?

Pervert!

 

[Andy]

Pervert!

You can ride pillion lol