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MNer with at least one car in your household? Take this survey

26 replies

LucyBMumsnet · 21/12/2020 16:31

This survey is now closed.

We'd like to find out about your previous experiences of car servicing and MOTs.

This survey is open to all MNers who have at least one car in their household.

All who complete the survey will be entered into a prize draw where 1 MNer will win a £100 voucher for a store of their choice (from a list).

Please click here to complete the survey

Thanks and good luck!
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BackforGood · 22/12/2020 21:26

Q18 needs an option of "This doesn't make any difference to me."
It isn't that I wouldn't like to see it, nor that I am "unsure", I just don't feel it makes a difference to my experience and that option isn't given

I couldn't move off the survey after Q37. Hitting 'next' just left me on that page. In the end I just closed it down so doubt if you now have my replies. Don't know if this is an issue with the survey or something going wrong this end ?

rollinggreenhills · 22/12/2020 21:48

Oh dear. Not all that easy to answer some of the questions, as the answer options were so biased.

ThinkWittyThoughts · 22/12/2020 23:29

Are you made or female?
Then six options to chose from. Irritating.

What type of relationship: using combinations of male & female.

Pick. If gender interests you, ask. If sex interests you, ask.

Also agree with PP - some questions are clearly trying to reach a specific answer.
This was a very poorly designed survey.

Giraffey1 · 22/12/2020 23:48

I thought the questions were poorly phrased and weighted., with your desired outcomes quite clear

Olinguito · 23/12/2020 00:30

As mentioned above, I don't care if my car is serviced by a male or female mechanic, but there was no option for this.

Bixs · 23/12/2020 17:10

Done 😊

IloveJudgeJudy · 23/12/2020 20:55

No option for saying you have new cars that don't need MOTs and haven't had their first service

MsAdoraBelleDearheartVonLipwig · 23/12/2020 21:41

When did you last Mot your car? More than three years ago? I hope not, that would render it illegal being on the road. Presuming an Mot has happened before and therefore it isn’t too new. Does the author of this survey actually know much about cars?

HailFairy · 24/12/2020 06:34

That was a weird survey. I’ve never thought so much about the mot process in my life before, nor do I care as much as the possible answers obviously wanted me to.

leafygarden42 · 24/12/2020 06:40

done

Agree that there needs to be more female mechanics but now that I'm old I don't give 2 hoots if the mechanic patronises me - give it back in spades to 'em

BarefootInTheMoonlitSnow · 24/12/2020 08:01

Confused by MOT or service? An MOT is done at specialist MOT centres in NI, services are done by mechanics/garages.

So I know my mechanic but won’t know MOT centre staff and any work done on the car will only be by mechanic, MOT test centres just test, they don’t work on the car at all.

Made it v difficult to answer the questions!

QueenOfLabradors · 24/12/2020 12:08

I couldn't care less if my MOT tester or mechanic self identified as a badger, as long as they were qualified.

louisethedisease · 24/12/2020 22:36

Done

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Calyx72 · 25/12/2020 10:17

Done

ThinkWittyThoughts · 25/12/2020 19:57

@QueenOfLabradors

I couldn't care less if my MOT tester or mechanic self identified as a badger, as long as they were qualified.

Love this.

I quite fancy identifying as a badger...

rottiemum88 · 25/12/2020 22:34

@IloveJudgeJudy

No option for saying you have new cars that don't need MOTs and haven't had their first service
This
PronkWine · 25/12/2020 22:45

You should have just asked us what colour we wanted our pretty little car to be 🙄 it was all a bit patronising because a delicate woman couldn't possibly deal with a powerful motor car...

BarefootInTheMoonlitSnow · 26/12/2020 12:24

I used the ‘other’ box quite a bit to explain what my answer was, and why, so that’s an option on some of the questions, if you want to explain why their survey is flawed your answer more fully or why its a stupid question and you won’t be answering it.

Wolfcub · 26/12/2020 17:57

I think this survey carried a heavy assumption that women have problems dealing with "technical" car issues or find it a hassle which I didn't appreciate and that they overwhelmingly anthropomorphise their vehicles. I suspect I'm probably not the target audience for whatever brand is about to promote a "treat you car like you treat your pet" maintenance service.

Wolfcub · 26/12/2020 17:59

@QueenOfLabradors

I couldn't care less if my MOT tester or mechanic self identified as a badger, as long as they were qualified.
I think I might be more inclined to use a garage where the mechanics identified as badgers
ChrissyCarol · 26/12/2020 20:55

it's only ever replaces 'it is'. If you can't substitute, then use the term its

PinkyPinkerton · 26/12/2020 22:21

Tried to complete this, and dealt with lots of irrelevant answers till I got to "if your MOT was carried out by a women" (which it wasn't) and it wouldn't let me proceed without selecting one of those options, none of which was true.

CarryOnFestiveNamechanging · 27/12/2020 08:21

Yes, I just picked one answer at random there because none really applied.

FawnDrench · 28/12/2020 18:12

Very badly designed survey.
Answers will not be reliable, as far too much bias in one direction or he other, no scope for "not applicable" or " not relevant".
Some questions were daft, and about our "relationship" with the car, not it's servicing.

Some people living in households are NOT parents, believe it or not - most strange how you decided to categorise by "parenthood" - either singly or dual or whatever.
Dreadful.