Just now, Offski said:

Posting your Registration Number would be all that was needed and we could read it ourselves.

OK, EJ07 YAH

Harsh or grating. 1.6.2e

As expected.

 

Perhaps time for a thread title edit?

Edited 3 May, 20188 yr by Wino

So, to sum up,

 

The vehicle was failed by an authorised/certified examiner for something within the parameters of the MoT: "harsh" or "grating", rather than "loud" or "raucous" as described by the person putting it through the test. 

 

The person putting the vehicle through the MoT disconnected the offending item to obtain a pass certificate, then reconnected an item that he knowingly caused him to initially fail, once he was away from the MoT centre.

 

All the while posting what he had done along with the vehicles VRN on an open forum. 

 

Interesting..... 

& not that a replacement horn should cause an accident, might make theft of more desirable, or vandalising of the vehicle,

but then it will be a modification from the standard fitment and not like for like, maybe even not EU type approved so needs declared on a Insurance proposal / declaration, 

or maybe not...

Four pages on an aftermarket horn MOT fail? Thank heavens the OP didn't have an air freshener dangling from his internal mirror as well, or much spluttering and seizures could have spread through Briskoda.

1 hour ago, P6bJOHN said:

Four pages on an aftermarket horn MOT fail? Thank heavens the OP didn't have an air freshener dangling from his internal mirror as well, or much spluttering and seizures could have spread through Briskoda.

You may laugh at this, but an air freshener hanging from the interior mirror is a fail. Give me a minute and i look up the code.

 

The fail code is 8.3.1 e, A windscreen sticker or other obstruction encroaching more then 40mm. Note the interior mirror in not in zone A otherwise it would be 10mm, the check is carry out sitting in the drivers seat.

 

I have a bit of common sense as a tester and take them down from the mirror and leave them on the passenger seat, save's a lot of hassle from the presenter of the vehicle if thats the only fail, i also do it with phone holders or sat navs, if it won't break them.

 

You do get some silly people glue them on the screen. 

 

Any Tester recently qualified (or at least in the last 2 years) are NOT DVSA trained anymore, all MOT training is now in house by kwick fit, halfords F1 auto centres or ATS, or independantly trained, but they must signed off by a DVSA inspector. It leaves the company's to train them how they want them to test, not a good idea i think.

 

I was VOSA trained 15 years ago (yes i've been testing 15 years and sometimes still need to refer to manual) so had to prove  i could use my common sense and test in fair and competent manor.

Edited 3 May, 20188 yr by Ju1ian1001

20 minutes ago, Ju1ian1001 said:

You may laugh at this, but an air freshener hanging from the interior mirror is a fail. Give me a minute and i look up the code.

 

It is as well as say a dash cam mount as it’s the line of vision or swept area of windscreen.

 

Davy

20 minutes ago, Ju1ian1001 said:

You may laugh at this, but an air freshener hanging from the interior mirror is a fail. Give me a minute and i look up the code.

 

I am aware that it can be construed as a fail, and I can imagine the letters sent to the Daily Mail by Briskoda members about it. 

Just now, P6bJOHN said:

 

I am aware that it can be construed as a fail, and I can imagine the letters sent to the Daily Mail by Briskoda members about it. 

As a tester i think it's a stupid fail, couple of seconds to take it off and no fail then.

Just now, Ju1ian1001 said:

As a tester i think it's a stupid fail, couple of seconds to take it off and no fail then.

 

You think as a tester it would be common sense just to remove it and maybe stick it as a advisory or advise the person just for next time.

 

My late grandfather had a picture of my gran who died not long after he got his Yaris at the time taped to the windscreen like where the old Mot Stickers,  would be placed, nothing was mentioned until the mot but the inspector simply removed it from the windscreen and told him about it.

 

Davy

I can’t comment on other testers, but I remove them, just my life easier as a tester.

FWIW, today, this is what I and my wife witnessed as I drove from home to a garden centre, from there to a hospital, and then from  Uxbridge  to home:

 

-  I stopped before a pedestrian crossing to let one guy cross from the RHS - and then a very "stupid" woman just walked off the pavement on the LHS without EVEN looking to her right whilst LOOKING DOWN at her phone - she looked "slightly surprised" when I blew the "horns" (ALL of them!). MAYBE she might not do the same again, but I doubt it!

- at a traffic-light controlled junction, a "twit" just walked from the RHS to the LHS without looking LEFT  because he was talking to his mate to his right - the guy in front of me must have blown his horn, because the "twit" finally realised that he was indeed a "twit"

- On the way home, the traffic coming from the other direction was a total stop - because the young lady in the car at the front was obviously "on her phone" - unfortunately I blew MY horn(s) rather too late to actually "awake" her to the fact that she was (probably ever will be) a real "road twit".

 

Therefore I have absolutely no regrets about the horns on the Octavia - I can only hope that I manage to use them in time to stop some people being TOTALLY STUPID when they are crossing/using the roads that we all share and thus  "meeting their maker" rather earlier than "planned"

 

Tru story, bro. 

Edited 3 May, 20188 yr by Guest
Not as down wiv de kids as I first thought!

I hope your louder horns made them jump higher..................Otherwise a waste of time IMO, lol.

 

Although, if the sound of your horns is grating, then at least you got your own back for them grating on you, walking in front of you or whatever.........

 

I know my horn is loud as fook IMO, as standard, but then i am not hard of hearing..........

Edited 4 May, 20188 yr by Tilt

On 03/05/2018 at 22:41, jeallen01 said:

-  I stopped before a pedestrian crossing to let one guy cross from the RHS - and then a very "stupid" woman just walked off the pavement on the LHS without EVEN looking to her right whilst LOOKING DOWN at her phone - she looked "slightly surprised" when I blew the "horns" (ALL of them!). MAYBE she might not do the same again, but I doubt it!

 

You sounded your horn, whilst stationary, at a pedestrian using a pedestrian crossing, because they didn't look at you?

 

Do you only allow one person to cross in front of you on the crossing before sounding your horn?

37 minutes ago, silver1011 said:

 

You sounded your horn, whilst stationary, at a pedestrian using a pedestrian crossing, because they didn't look at you??

Absoiutely, because she was (probably ever will be!)  a complete ******g  **** who has no "self-preservation" instinct - and SWMBO (sitting beside me) totally agrees with me

Clunkclick has been very quiet recently. 

 

Hmmmmmm....... 

Just now, Fin69 said:

Clunkclick has been very quiet recently. 

 

Hmmmmmm....... 

 

I had a similar but nastier thought about 3days while reading this.

 

Clunk or.....

 

 

(Offnote) he whispered quietly to avoid drawing attention..

Yesterday while i cycled in a 20 mph zone @ 15 mph looked back & i put out me hand indicated right, cycled to the right to turn right and a tw-at in a Honda Civic passed me at about 40 mph sounding the horn.

So looking forward to seeing what the Tw-at says this morning when i am at his workplace, i will just ask WTF that was all about.

I never normally post the video footage but since it is so clear, flashing crossing light shows and and the roadside sign shows his speed i think i will with this footage.

 

Big brother is everywhere these days.

Edited 10 May, 20188 yr by Offski