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Jon Ison - 13/12/11 at 05:09 PM

Just a A4 piece of paper then ?

cerbera - 13/12/11 at 05:13 PM

Yep.

owelly - 13/12/11 at 05:19 PM

No. Its not a certificate anymore. Its a reciept......

jollygreengiant - 13/12/11 at 05:20 PM

Yes, and, No.

It is a piece of A4 paper that is supplied to the test centres by the Ministry, BUT, it is (more importantly to the powers that be), a multi agency checkable piece of centrally stored electronic (and to degree, personal) data.

Dangle_kt - 13/12/11 at 05:36 PM

yeah got mine done today, was a little disappointed. No sticker on it anymore for putting on the windscreen. I always forget about MOT's at the best of times!

britishtrident - 13/12/11 at 05:52 PM

Really annoying bit is the advisories are now printed on the main form.

Jed - 13/12/11 at 06:15 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Dangle_kt
yeah got mine done today, was a little disappointed. No sticker on it anymore for putting on the windscreen. I always forget about MOT's at the best of times!


Ah, but you can sign up for their text reminder service. But it will cost you...

Ninehigh - 13/12/11 at 08:05 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Dangle_kt
yeah got mine done today, was a little disappointed. No sticker on it anymore for putting on the windscreen. I always forget about MOT's at the best of times!


Last time I got one (and it stayed stuck all year) the ink had faded so I couldn't read it anyway!

froggy - 13/12/11 at 08:20 PM

quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
Really annoying bit is the advisories are now printed on the main form.



not if you run a test station it isnt

Mark Allanson - 13/12/11 at 08:23 PM

quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
Really annoying bit is the advisories are now printed on the main form.


And available online going back about 5 years, open to anyone who has had sight of any of those certificates!

Peteff - 13/12/11 at 08:42 PM

quote:
Originally posted by jollygreengiant
Yes, and, No.

It is a piece of A4 paper that is supplied to the test centres by the Ministry, BUT, it is (more importantly to the powers that be), a multi agency checkable piece of centrally stored electronic (and to degree, personal) data.


They have to buy their own now. My mate at the bike shop has a testing facility and has to supply his own paper and also toner cartridges although VOSA did supply the printer.

NigeEss - 13/12/11 at 10:16 PM

First thought that struck me when I saw the new ticket was "it looks sh*t" shortly followed by
how easy it would be to forge. Buy a piece of junk, "MOT" it and flog it on. Unless the buyer is
savvy enough to check on-line he thinks the car has a full ticket. The test stations even have a
facility to print blanks !

A stupid bit of costcutting in my opinion

Benzine - 13/12/11 at 10:50 PM

why is it annoying that the advisories are printed on the main form? seems a good thing to me unless I'm missing something?

coozer - 13/12/11 at 11:30 PM

Its on the Vosa computer now, so, its just a receipt..

PSpirine - 13/12/11 at 11:39 PM

Given the epic battles some of us go through to get some sheds/classics through an MOT, it's a bit underwhelming to receive one of the new "faxes". At least before one felt a bit more sense of accomplishment

MikeRJ - 14/12/11 at 10:09 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Benzine
why is it annoying that the advisories are printed on the main form? seems a good thing to me unless I'm missing something?


Good for buyers, not so great for people selling.