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happy cabs
PostPosted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 4:37 pm 
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Latest news from York on the testing front, if you want to put a new car on now, the Council are booked up and the wait time is 14 days.They have more staff now than they ever had a new testing station and the wait got longer, how?
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:47 pm 
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happy cabs wrote:
Latest news from York on the testing front, if you want to put a new car on now, the Council are booked up and the wait time is 14 days.They have more staff now than they ever had a new testing station and the wait got longer, how?

Because they can't cheat the MOT system anymore.

But the answer to your woes is to allow all MOT testing stations to do the taxi test. :wink:

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Sussex wrote:
happy cabs wrote:
Latest news from York on the testing front, if you want to put a new car on now, the Council are booked up and the wait time is 14 days.They have more staff now than they ever had a new testing station and the wait got longer, how?

Because they can't cheat the MOT system anymore.

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But the answer to your woes is to allow all MOT testing stations to do the taxi test. :wink:[/
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I agree with that Sussex, I found out yesterday that the council only pay the MOT going rate for our taxi test and thats £38.75, yet we have to pay the council £170 per year, that leaves £131.25 for admin :shock: :shock:
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You don't have to have a MoT.......... and you don't have to go through the MoT system..... but it still needs to be tested. :wink:

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MR T wrote:
You don't have to have a MoT.......... and you don't have to go through the MoT system..... but it still needs to be tested. :wink:


You do in Scotland, If you cab is under 3 years old you go through the test but only receive a certificate of compliance, once 3 you also receive an MOT certificate from the test station
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skippy41 wrote:
MR T wrote:
You don't have to have a MoT.......... and you don't have to go through the MoT system..... but it still needs to be tested. :wink:


You do in Scotland, If you cab is under 3 years old you go through the test but only receive a certificate of compliance, once 3 you also receive an MOT certificate from the test station
MOT is one year for a hack and three years for PH

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MOT is one year for a hack and three years for PH


Do you mean from new or as you quote :?:
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Do you mean from new or as you quote :?:
From new skip.

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happy cabs wrote:
Latest news from York on the testing front, if you want to put a new car on now, the Council are booked up and the wait time is 14 days.They have more staff now than they ever had a new testing station and the wait got longer, how?


maybe its because the taxi dept are on with other things, like advanced CRB's

as your name crops up in alphabetical order along with the PH drivers you will get a letter asking you to come in for an appointment to the Council offices with Enforcment officer and some other taxi staff,

you will be asked to bring in documents to identify yourself

bank statement, utility bill, passport, driving licence etc etc

you will be ushered into a private room for an interview, answer some questions, then fill out the form, oh nearly forgot, pay the fee, then they send off the application
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in dundee all hacks/wavs require an mot after they are one year old/from new,you are also advised to book your test one month in advance
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dundee wav wrote:
in dundee all hacks/wavs require an mot after they are one year old/from new,you are also advised to book your test one month in advance
All taxis require an MOT by law when 12 months old. It doesn't apply to PH which is 3 years, like any other car.

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We have to have ours MOT taxi tested from new, I even had the Carens delivered to the testing station from the manufactures compound on a 8 car transporter, and the tester just shook his head in disbelief. 8)
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skippy41 wrote:
We have to have ours MOT taxi tested from new,

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skippy41 wrote:
We have to have ours MOT taxi tested from new, I even had the Carens delivered to the testing station from the manufactures compound on a 8 car transporter, and the tester just shook his head in disbelief. 8)


In disbelief at someone wanting to plate a Kia?

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