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PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 9:58 pm 
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United Taxis 11 wrote:
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my 55 plate/2006 Mondeo is now subject to 4 month tests+plates and costs me £170 extra to plate a year above the cost of a normal plate, its on 157,000 miles, the maximum allowed is 200,000 miles, its had all four coils, new struts, drop links, clutch, DMF, starter, aux belt and tensioner, new rear brakes, water pump but the 200K limit leaves me only 43,000 miles useage

good job ive got a laptop int it.....nudge nudge wink wink
how do the council know what millage you are on? is it through the taxi test


Yes and MOT/DVLA records.

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 10:20 pm 
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United Taxis 11 wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
my 55 plate/2006 Mondeo is now subject to 4 month tests+plates and costs me £170 extra to plate a year above the cost of a normal plate, its on 157,000 miles, the maximum allowed is 200,000 miles, its had all four coils, new struts, drop links, clutch, DMF, starter, aux belt and tensioner, new rear brakes, water pump but the 200K limit leaves me only 43,000 miles useage

good job ive got a laptop int it.....nudge nudge wink wink
how do the council know what millage you are on? is it through the taxi test


I have to present the MOT plus im having three tests a year with mileages recorded, just passed MOT at 158,000 no fail, 2 small advisories which will be done mid november (worn CV gaiter and ball joint cover, and ill have two rear tyres) so ive got 13 months MOT, im doing 20K a year now so ive got a max of two years but if i dont get a new contract come april it wont matter anyway

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 10:43 pm 
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wannabeeahack wrote:
United Taxis 11 wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
my 55 plate/2006 Mondeo is now subject to 4 month tests+plates and costs me £170 extra to plate a year above the cost of a normal plate, its on 157,000 miles, the maximum allowed is 200,000 miles, its had all four coils, new struts, drop links, clutch, DMF, starter, aux belt and tensioner, new rear brakes, water pump but the 200K limit leaves me only 43,000 miles useage

good job ive got a laptop int it.....nudge nudge wink wink
how do the council know what millage you are on? is it through the taxi test


I have to present the MOT plus im having three tests a year with mileages recorded, just passed MOT at 158,000 no fail, 2 small advisories which will be done mid november (worn CV gaiter and ball joint cover, and ill have two rear tyres) so ive got 13 months MOT, im doing 20K a year now so ive got a max of two years but if i dont get a new contract come april it wont matter anyway
up here we don't have an millage limit, but our taxi tests are carried out once a year they check everything and i mean everything in 2001 when i got my 1st Octavia it was brand new and it failed the test for the rear seats being to narrow, so i had to go and stuff the rear seats with newspapers and go back in and it passed, i was the one of the first to use the octavia in this area and the seats are more than satisfactory, but i think the guy was being wide.


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PostPosted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 5:52 pm 
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M reg Metrocab here!!..... No limit as long as vehicle is in good condition mechanically and visually with visual inspections every year after six years.....


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