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General • RE: Bling Barge off for MOT (again)

Mole HD — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 13:13:25 GMT

Author: Mole HD
Posted: 29th Oct 2026 1:13 pm (GMT 0)

Had a minor drama as the tester drove the Bling Barge onto the ramps at the garage as the airbag warning light wouldn't go out. I mean...all I had done was drive the damned thing from the ferry to the garage...it was fine when I pulled up.

Anyway, since the airbag warning lamp is an instant MOT fail, the tester was a decent sort and offered to run a quick diagnostic, turned out it was the connector under the drivers seat throwing up the error, so, he sorted out the...

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General • RE: Bling Barge off for MOT (again)

Mole HD — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:17:02 GMT

Author: Mole HD
Posted: 24th Oct 2026 4:17 pm (GMT 0)

Doesn't seem a year since I posted this thread up...but MOT time again at the end of the month. Weather permitting of course...there's more gales due next week on the test day... so the ferries may be off.

I dropped a silly advisory for a slightly sticky rear caliper last year which irritated me no end. Since then I've replaced the disks and pads all round for EBC after market, power bled and flushed the brake fluid, done the usual full oil and filter servicing and checked...

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