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Some public references, just google connected mot equipment
https://www.bostonequipment.com/news/connected-mot-equipment
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mot-centre-approved-testing-equipment...
Cameras will record and store 4 weeks of logged on testing time, the data will be checked for anomalies and can be used in appeals, it won't be live monitored unless certain trigger points are hit or the test station is under investigation.
It's not hard to pass a test conducted properly...
Equipment will only have to upgraded when new stuff is installed for the next few years, then it'll become mandatory to have it by 2025 ish , Halfords and kwik fit are upgrading regardless.
the problem is the amount of dodgy tests carried out is increasing year on year, so it was inevitable...
On the emissions side the gas analyser will communicate with DVSA while being plugged into the OBD port so no shoving the probe up the exhaust of Dorris' Honda Jazz parked next to the 800hp Evo 7 you're testing, also cameras live linked to swansea and brake rollers connected too.
MoTs are going to be harder to fiddle in the future so it's likely people are literally selling the ability for their car to be used on the road,
fair enough if the car is genuinely being broken for parts .....but not just for a quick few quid.
Was offered a type r for £2.5k in 2008 when the economy was s**t, needed an interior as it was stripped ready for a track conversion but owner lost his job, unfortunately I was also skint and not sure was happening with my job so left it.
I give it to nearer the end of the year before all the...
The older Halfords Professional stuff was really good quality, the ratchet spanners were made by Gearwrench and until the latest generation of Snap On ratchet spanners were probably the best around, the Torque wrenches were and still are made by Norbar which makes stuff for lots of brands and...
I know Cummins/Paccar did an interesting case study for the Department for transport with regards to whether Bio methane would be a possible alternative fuel for compression ignition engines but after many thousands of miles of testing they found the methane slip ( unburnt methane escaping...
I would say these are a much better buy, especially when they have a -20% voucher
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sealey-TBTP02-91-Piece-Socket-Set-1-4-3-8-1-2-Square-Drives-in-Foam-To/153536832701?epid=26033930337&hash=item23bf8224bd:g:1MUAAOSwtRRdDBCl
When the Blue point sets are on offer they're good value, halfords don't do a big enough range in my opinion to be a professional choice, lack of long and flex ratchets and soft grip handles and the screwdrivers are turd, it ok for diy but not much more
Anyone else think Halfords are pricing themselves out of the market, prices just keep going up and they're at point now where you could get a Snap on blue point set for the same money.
It's the Italian way, I was in a Iveco dealers workshop last year and the transporter dropped a brand new van off with a crate engine in the back because the one fitted didn't make it off the production line and they couldn't be arsed to fit another so left it for the dealer.