The MOT problem

[sobrique]

My MOT is due. Well, ish. Due enough, because my tax ends this month, and need an MOT before then. (I think my MOT last year was about 2 days before the tax, but hey ho)

It presents me with a minor puzzle:
What is the most optimal way of getting my MOT done.

You see, I drive to work, and like to have my car to do this. After all, it's pretty hard to accomplish without. I need to get an MOT, which involves someone else having my car, for a period of time. I suspect what I will do is ring my favourite garages and see if they have a saturday slot, or failing that just bite the bullet and suck up another taxi fare.

However I was wondering if anyone had more creative solutions to the problem - is there somewhere near the University, for example, that I might be able to get to before/after work, or during a lunchbreak?

Does anyone do the 'come get your car, and then bring it back later' service when MOTing?

I shall leave aside the whinging of the cumulative pain that having done service, tyres, tracking, MOT and Tax will bring. Given that I'm on holiday the last two weeks. Well, _mostly_ anyway.

Edit: Final solution was to book a saturday morning MOT at BDK.

Comments

[ehrine.livejournal.com]

Green-Fleet is where I get most of my car work done. The guy used to run Green-Garage on Ball Hill (which he still owns but has someone else run most of the time I believe). I used to use Green Garage due to being just up the road from where I lived at the time :)

As said, he always seems pretty genuine to me. Only complaint I have is that he's a bugger to get an actual price out of in advance. He'll always quote "£xx labour plus part". You have to get him to look up the part price, then remember to ask him if that's with or without MOT (usually it is without which technically he shouldn't do as prices quoted to non-businesses are required to include VAT or be clearly stated as not including it).

Anyway, definately worth using and not that too far a walk from where Ed and myself reside :P