Anyine taken a garage to court?

can you post details so it can be reported?

if not then you are also guilty of a crime.

Anecdotal, pet. Same as 99% of the stuff on here.

That is not an MOT failure MOT id concerned with safety. And emissions at the exhaust. Not emissions from the manifld

Indeed, but again the genuine MOT inspector confirmed that the car was safe to drive excopt for the state of two tyres - these he reckoned were cut endough to see the steel belting.

Ther were, just, if you took a magnifying glass to them.

None of the ones my mate sells are. We don?t have many merc taxis at all.

a lie?

Do diesel engines have spark plugs?

Actually, if you are dealing with unscrupulous dealers (which I appreciate you say isn't the case here) you shouldn't use a signed for service. Any cunning scrote would refuse to accept it thus providing them with proof of non-delivery. Send it normal 1st class mail and get a proof of posting. They will be deemed to have received two days later.

As others have said this doesn't stop them claiming never to have received it and courts will normally allow them to enter a defence but can get a bit po faced about it.

See above :-)

Methods of service

"(1) A claim form may (subject to Section IV of this Part and the rules in this Section relating to service out of the jurisdiction on solicitors, European Lawyers and parties) be served by any of the following methods ?

(a) personal service in accordance with rule 6.5;

(b) first class post, document exchange or other service which provides for delivery on the next business day, in accordance with Practice Direction 6A;

(c) leaving it at a place specified in rule 6.7, 6.8, 6.9 or 6.10;

(d) fax or other means of electronic communication in accordance with Practice Direction 6A; or

(e) any method authorised by the court under rule 6.15.

(2) A company may be served ?

(a) by any method permitted under this Part; or

(b) by any of the methods of service permitted under the Companies Act

What are you, some kind of grass?

You would not last long on the inside.

Just to say that at close of play last night I got a call.

"***** Vehicles here, if you get a new propshaft we will pay you for it and fit it".

Immense relief.

They used to have glow plugs :)

Love to know how you could have emissions within tolerance with a blocked cat. And that's what the engine management light is telling you.

Merely reporting what I was told. And have no reason to think it a lie. If you are so incensed about it, you can report it to who you want.

Stll do.

Well our Citroen diesel doesn't have a warning light or a startup delay ... I thought newer diesels (common rail ?) didn't need them ?

F***ed meter ? I know they're *supposed* to self-calibrate etc etc, but there's always a new way to fail ...

Direct injection probably don't need one as they have high compression ratios so the air will be hot when the fuel is injected.

That's why I asked for the details.

You can appeal an MOT pass you know.

Not a problem, I am not expecting to last much longer outside. I am already 12 months older than they gave me.

Its failed because the light is on. It doesn't actually matter why its on, it fails if the warning lights do no behave as though there is no fault. This usually means they come on when you turn the ignition on and go out after the car is started and may involve pressing the brake pedal to check the switch. This is why a failed warning lamp can be a fail. I don't know what they do in a car with computer display of faults and warning lights if they disagree but its probably a fail.