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Took the Doblo for its Spanish MOT (the ITV). There are just three places to take it to in a 30mile radius of me, and all they do is testing.

Made my appointment on line, got there a bit early as have to produce last ITV and the Spanish log book. They check my insurance on their insurance database. Hand over €51.60 and then move my car to one of the six lanes.

Called in to the bay after a couple of minutes by the young tester. He instructed me to stay in the car whilst he did a check of the tyres, then opened all the doors  and checked the inside, and lifted the carpet to check the VIN. He then requested  I switch on the lights, indicators, washers, etc for him to check, all the time fiddling with his phone.

For the emissions test, he attached some sensors to somewhere under the bonnet, then got me to rev it and hold it at 3000rpm (difficult!) for 15 seconds or so, then a couple of seconds at 4000rpm.  All good.

I then had to drive it on to the brake rollers, and apply the front brakes when he said, then move forward so the rear wheels were on the rollers to see the rear brakes and handbrake operated correctly. 

Finally moved forward over a pit where he seemed to swing off of all the suspension mounts-the car really shook as he did each one, and checked the brake pads too. He then instructed me to turn the steering wheel left to right several times. 

Coming out of the pit he went into the small booth, and stood behind a computer. Within a minute he was out, with my printed test result and a sticker for the inside of the windscreen. As he handed them to me, he said "Your car is A1. Perfect".

Twelve minutes start to finish. Next test due in two years.

TL:DR. My car passed the Spanish MOT.

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10 minutes ago, Jerzy Woking said:

Took the Doblo for its Spanish MOT (the ITV). There are just three places to take it to in a 30mile radius of me, and all they do is testing.

Made my appointment on line, got there a bit early as have to produce last ITV and the Spanish log book. They check my insurance on their insurance database. Hand over €51.60 and then move my car to one of the six lanes.

Called in to the bay after a couple of minutes by the young tester. He instructed me to stay in the car whilst he did a check of the tyres, then opened all the doors  and checked the inside, and lifted the carpet to check the VIN. He then requested  I switch on the lights, indicators, washers, etc for him to check, all the time fiddling with his phone.

For the emissions test, he attached some sensors to somewhere under the bonnet, then got me to rev it and hold it at 3000rpm (difficult!) for 15 seconds or so, then a couple of seconds at 4000rpm.  All good.

I then had to drive it on to the brake rollers, and apply the front brakes when he said, then move forward so the rear wheels were on the rollers to see the rear brakes and handbrake operated correctly. 

Finally moved forward over a pit where he seemed to swing off of all the suspension mounts-the car really shook as he did each one, and checked the brake pads too. He then instructed me to turn the steering wheel left to right several times. 

Coming out of the pit he went into the small booth, and stood behind a computer. Within a minute he was out, with my printed test result and a sticker for the inside of the windscreen. As he handed them to me, he said "Your car is A1. Perfect".

Twelve minutes start to finish. Next test due in two years.

TL:DR. My car passed the Spanish MOT.

Two years? And you get to play along. Sounds like fun 😂

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40 minutes ago, outlaw118 said:

Ooh nice. More pictures?

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6 minutes ago, Tim_E said:

Ooh nice. More pictures?

c8d7f07961594901b334be531b216e2c.jpgd7e475e1a448420da7f0cec038aacc7f.jpgd13d347788f8411a90f9570a7ad98d36.jpge36fbe67e0674006ac1562f64c899259.jpgCream leather and carpets, may not be the best idea for  a kid and dog wagon, but it looks like it's had an easy life, couple of smoll marks, and the alloys have scuffs; but I've never seen one with these style of wheel that havent been kerbed.

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11 hours ago, outlaw118 said:

c8d7f07961594901b334be531b216e2c.jpgd7e475e1a448420da7f0cec038aacc7f.jpgd13d347788f8411a90f9570a7ad98d36.jpge36fbe67e0674006ac1562f64c899259.jpgCream leather and carpets, may not be the best idea for  a kid and dog wagon, but it looks like it's had an easy life, couple of smoll marks, and the alloys have scuffs; but I've never seen one with these style of wheel that havent been kerbed.

Many buttonz ddfb9ab2b4ac486aaa5f4774b4e2a96d.jpg

is it the TDDi varient?

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2 hours ago, outlaw118 said:

c8d7f07961594901b334be531b216e2c.jpgd7e475e1a448420da7f0cec038aacc7f.jpgd13d347788f8411a90f9570a7ad98d36.jpge36fbe67e0674006ac1562f64c899259.jpgCream leather and carpets, may not be the best idea for  a kid and dog wagon, but it looks like it's had an easy life, couple of smoll marks, and the alloys have scuffs; but I've never seen one with these style of wheel that havent been kerbed.

Many buttonz ddfb9ab2b4ac486aaa5f4774b4e2a96d.jpg

This looks ace! MK3 Mondys here are rare, and the ones that tend to show up are nowhere near as well equipped as this one

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3 hours ago, outlaw118 said:

Phoooar one chodtastic Mondy you have there

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16 hours ago, outlaw118 said:

c8d7f07961594901b334be531b216e2c.jpgd7e475e1a448420da7f0cec038aacc7f.jpgd13d347788f8411a90f9570a7ad98d36.jpge36fbe67e0674006ac1562f64c899259.jpgCream leather and carpets, may not be the best idea for  a kid and dog wagon, but it looks like it's had an easy life, couple of smoll marks, and the alloys have scuffs; but I've never seen one with these style of wheel that havent been kerbed.

Many buttonz 

That looks nice and comfy! Good pics.

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Decided to take the morning off, with the kids back   in school I have caught up on work so fixerating cars is a possibility again. The day started well with a simple U-joint replacement:

 

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Next job on the list was a new differential pinion seal (which has been sitting awaiting fitment for 9 months) and of course it was the wrong part. New one ordered and hopefully here next week then I can try again!

 

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