MOT in Tunbridge Wells, booked and handled

How an MOT works with a mobile mechanic

The test itself is done at a test station, by the station, under the DVSA's rules, and no mobile mechanic can change that. So the honest version of an MOT service from a man with a van is this. You tell Andy the reg and when the test is due, and he books it. If you would rather not lose a morning to it he collects the car from your home or your workplace, takes it in, waits for the result, and brings it back to you with the certificate or the fail sheet. Before it goes in he can look over the things that fail cars for silly reasons, a bulb, a wiper, tread on the limit, a number plate light, and put them right on your drive so the car is not failed on something that costs a few pounds and a retest. If it fails on something bigger, brakes, suspension, a leak, he tells you what it failed on in plain words, what it will cost to put right, and whether it is worth putting right on a car of that age. Then he does the work, and the car goes back in for its retest. The whole thing takes a phone call from you and none of your time off work.

Before the test

Bulbs, wipers, washer fluid, horn, the plate lights, tread depth and pressures, anything loose or rattling underneath. These are the cheap fails, and a look over on the drive the week before saves a retest.

After a fail

The fail sheet says what is wrong. Andy reads it with you, tells you what is worth doing, does it on the drive where it can be done there, and gets the car back in for the retest.

Collection and delivery

If you want it, Andy collects the car and brings it back. If you would rather drop it to him, that works too. Say which when you enquire.