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ingram

Just to go back to Frank's first post:- It is important that your motorcaravan is registered as such and not as a 'panel van' ( or whatever the correct term is ).

If a tester is presented with a vehicle registered as a panel van I think he would be correct to insist on testing it as such, so you were correct, Frank to get your's changed and it was very poor of the convertor not to do so.

Mine of course *is* correctly registered although it didn't seem to help *my* tester much! Razz

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gaspode · Moderator

Hi Ingram

I don't think you're quite getting the gist of what Geo is saying.

As Geo says, all MOT testers have the ability to alter the description of the vehicle which the system brings up on screen when they log the registration number in for an MOT test. I've seen this many times recently as the new computerised system was being introduced where a car would be entered into the system with an incorrect colour, body style or model. I had the problem when I took my old Triumph Roadster in for its first computerised MOT, the system had no suitable category for it and listed it as the wrong model and body style - so the tester simply altered it to the most appropriate description available on the system. Unfortunately some testers can be pedantic and the best plan in that instance is to take your business elsewhere.

Geo

sallytrafic · Southern Rally Co-ordinator

Is there any difference in cost betweena class 4 and 7 MOT?

Regards Frank

Geo

Full Fees
Class. 4 £50.35 Class. 7 £53.80
Many class 4 test centres discount that fee by sometimes 50%
class 7 not many discounts around
Partial retest avialable at around £20.00

ingram

Gaspode and George,

I didn't misunderstand what George said at all Gaspode. I understood perfectly: actually I wasn't replying directly to his his post but referring to Frank's original point that his 'Motorcaravan' was not registered as such and that he has had it changed; and George, you misunderstood me.

When I said "If a tester is presented with a vehicle registered as a panel van I think he would be correct to insist on testing it as such." I was referring to the V5 registration document, not to what may 'come up' incorrectly on the computer. The V5 is the official document that shows the relevant information about the vehicle, so surely it must be taken notice of.

If I presented you with a Ford Transit with no windows, a bed, a small water storage tank and a washing up bowl, registered on it's V5 as a van, but told you that it was a motorcaravan, what would you test it as?

Harvey ( we are getting away from answering Frank's question perhaps Smile

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sallytrafic · Southern Rally Co-ordinator