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20/05/2008, 20:15 gers32 Joined on 10/07/2006 cambridge and gers 32500 Posts 37 m o t hi can any body tell me is the french mot as strict as ours or is it more strict ? pete    Report

20/05/2008, 20:24 Jay Joined on 26/09/2007 Posts 54 Re: m o t Yes    Report

20/05/2008, 20:32 Anton Redman Joined on 23/08/2004 Gironde Posts 1,921 Re: m o t Broadly I would say it was harder to pass a CT than a MOT with welding on a vehicle. As CT stations cannot be owned by garages you do not tend to get fails to generate work. You will find both MOT stations and CTs which understand the car has to pass the test based on the standards when the car was first registered. In general if you check the car for trivial faults and it is road worthy it will sail through either     Report

20/05/2008, 20:55 ErnieY Joined on 05/12/2006 Nr Prayssac (Lot) Posts 2,952 Re: m o t Not sure if thats a cryptic answer or not Jay Based on my own experience of the CT's (MOT) for my own cars and things I've read I'd say they were roughly on a par with a possible tendency towards leniency on the French side. I say that because it's quite possible to come away from a CT test with a pass sticker even though you may have minor faults which in UK would definately earn you a fail. You are supposed to fix them within 2 months I think it is. Whatever the letter of the law I think it's fair to say that some French CT testers will sometimes exercise a degree of latitude which you would not find in a UK MOT test, or at least not since the system went fully online.     My doctor said one drink per day, I can live with that !    Report

21/05/2008, 9:57 cooperlola Joined on 05/05/2006 72 - Sarthe - home of les 24 heures du Mans Posts 6,315 Re: m o t Although the CTA is not done by garagistes, mine will do a pre-test check on the car, and take the thing along to the centre for me (gratis as he services our cars).  Removes all the hassle. Healthcare Issues Site    Report

21/05/2008, 13:00 Sunday Driver Joined on 07/10/2005 Deux Sevres (79) Posts 2,752 Re: m o t You can find details of all the items tested together with those which may be subject to a mandatory retest from HERE   Waddya mean it's only Saturday......    Report

26/05/2008, 9:35 Bones Joined on 23/08/2004 Posts 405 Re: m o t Apparently the CT has only been around about 15/20 years and they're easing in the standards - which seems common sense. The latest tightening up - including shock absorbers and other items - came into effect around DEC 2007. I took my 205 in just before the latest testing/failure amendments and she flew through. I was amazed! Rear axle is (well) on its way out, common fault. Exhaust needs replacing, needs a tune up but still managed to pass the emissions test. The list of recommendations they attached to the certificate was as long as your arm. So, she's roadworthy but seemingly everything needs replacing!      Report

26/05/2008, 10:37 ErnieY Joined on 05/12/2006 Nr Prayssac (Lot) Posts 2,952 Re: m o t  Bones wrote: So, she's roadworthy but seemingly everything needs replacing! Doesn't quite gell with my understanding of 'roadworthy' Judging by the state of some of the old bangers you frequently see around the place if the CT were as rigidly applied as the UK MOT there would doubtless be thousands of cars instantly put off the road   My doctor said one drink per day, I can live with that !    Report

26/05/2008, 11:08 Sunday Driver Joined on 07/10/2005 Deux Sevres (79) Posts 2,752 Re: m o t I wonder how they can be 'easing the standards' at the same time as 'tightening up'?      Waddya mean it's only Saturday......    Report

26/05/2008, 11:52 Bones Joined on 23/08/2004 Posts 405 Re: m o t Read it again carefully SD... (Loving the opportunity to patronise SD, just loving it!)    Report

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