Taking the car for another MOT

[Nemoeinstein]

Car went in for an MOT today, got a call to say it had failed and had numerous big things wrong with it and a large list of advisories. Advised to not bother with the repair work (£1000+). Not issued with an MOT failure certificate and not charged for the work despite offering as apparently it took less than an hour to check. I asked them to write down the main things that were wrong with it but it looks fairly generic to me (corrosion, handbrake not performing well, steering leak fault etc). I’m a bit confused, should I not have got a failure certificate? Not used this garage before so now I’m concerned they just didn’t want to bother with the repair work or haven’t even undertaken the MOT properly. Is it stupid to go get another MOT done by another garage? Clueless about cars!

[quote EmilyEmmabob]@sunflowersandbuttercups read my post - just because you can doesn't mean that you are protected/blameless if something happens. I have already said that in the case of something minor then this wouldn't really be an issue (if you had a light out but didn't replace the bulb then this would be minor but you'd still be at risk of being in trouble for it! You'd be driving knowing there was a fault!).

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But it doesn't stop it being legal, which is my entire argument lol.

If a car is deemed safe to drive by a garage then it's perfectly okay for you to drive it, and it's completely legal to do so. Whether you'd be blamed in an accident or not is a totally separate point.