Car Failed its MOT today

[Haggis]

the Glastonbury sticker in the front window. Obscuring vision apparently.

I wouldn't mind, after all rules is rules, but it was a 2007 sticker, meaning it PASSED last year!

[tazzyb]

lol did you tell them that?

[DaveMac]

the Glastonbury sticker in the front window. Obscuring vision apparently.

I wouldn't mind, after all rules is rules, but it was a 2007 sticker, meaning it PASSED last year!

[Haggis]

same garage. Wouldn't know about the mechanic, we get someone to make sure it will pass then take it down for us

[alemart]

the Glastonbury sticker in the front window. Obscuring vision apparently.

I wouldn't mind, after all rules is rules, but it was a 2007 sticker, meaning it PASSED last year!

[adamski]

Still got my 2007 sticker on, it's a right pain to get off! No problems with the MOT though.......

[Okky]

Woo I guessed right!

[parsonjack]

the Glastonbury sticker in the front window. Obscuring vision apparently.

I wouldn't mind, after all rules is rules, but it was a 2007 sticker, meaning it PASSED last year!

[amfy]

They would've failed my other half's on that same thing last year, so they just ripped it off and threw it away, and passed it.

I was furious! I don't understand how they thought they had the right to just dispose of it without permission!

[Sipperana]

My 2007 car parking sticker may well be still on the windscreen - I wouldn't know as I don't have the car anymore. It was on when I sold it. All I have on my current car is an End Of The Road car park ticket form this year

[John Bunnell]

I had the exact same thing! Last year I had Glasto and Reading stickers 2007 on my windscreen... MOT passed. This year I added a Reading 2008 sticker, top left hand corner not obscuring my vision in anyway... failed.

[Halcyon]

got both 2007 and 2008 stickers on my front windscreen. Not sure it'll legally take a third to be honest, not with tax disc and work car park pass down the left hand side.

Any tips for getting them off and not wrecking them? (so I can put them on the side windows)

[rachmac]

I had to take my 2005 and 2007 off before this years as I couldn't get a 3rd on and I was 'advised' to remove the 2007 at my last MOT.

You can get label remover which is really good - Although I forgot to wash it off before I put this year's on and now it's gone all bubbly! But unless you put it on cling film and blue-tack it in the window there is no way I know of, of taking out the sticker and keeping it. (Other than something really extreme like replacing the windscreen and keeping the glass)

[meatyparson]

I had to take my 2005 and 2007 off before this years as I couldn't get a 3rd on and I was 'advised' to remove the 2007 at my last MOT.

You can get label remover which is really good - Although I forgot to wash it off before I put this year's on and now it's gone all bubbly! But unless you put it on cling film and blue-tack it in the window there is no way I know of, of taking out the sticker and keeping it. (Other than something really extreme like replacing the windscreen and keeping the glass)

[Binky]

They would've failed my other half's on that same thing last year, so they just ripped it off and threw it away, and passed it.

I was furious! I don't understand how they thought they had the right to just dispose of it without permission!

[alframsey]

whoo hoo welcome to the club! my '73 VW camper also failed in July '07 on the technicality of the van sticker behind the rear view mirror obscuring the view....the MOT fella wound me up good and proper that it was going to cost me a fortune to get it through...until he handed me a razor blade and told me all i had to do was scrape it off!

my how we laughed....

[staggerlee]

Jack is your avatar of Pink Floyds Roger Waters?!

[mynameisearl]

But unless you put it on cling film and blue-tack it in the window there is no way I know of, of taking out the sticker and keeping it. (Other than something really extreme like replacing the windscreen and keeping the glass)

[ministe2003]

Petrol is a very good way of getting the stickers off, it melts the glue or something. generously pour some petrol on a cloth and wipe the sticker down, leave for a little while then scrape off. should be easier.

[amfy]

would you be even more angry at having to rebook and a 25 pound retest fee??

[george424]

That's pretty funny actually!

[Bonedaddy]

Some tips for attaching these to your windscreen without the ballache of having to blade it off afterwards!...

- Ideally, use a clear 'display' self cling material, stick the sticker to that, and then that attaches to the windscreen perfectly. Trouble is, display self cling is sort of a printers material so not sure where you could get some from. I used to order A4 sample sheets from paper merchants like Antalis etc

- Use domestic cling film and stick the car park pass to that, but leave about 10% of the area free, i.e. the corners, so that they can be used to stick it to the window. This should then be peelable off without too much trouble or having to knife it off.

It's worth saying that both of these go against exactly what Glastonbury want you to do with the sticker! Because the whole point is that you can't remove it and pass it to someone else to gain access. I'm kind of agree with that, but then i don't want to wreck my car for the sake of their revenue protection really!

[K8P]

Somebody on last years forum said that he laminates them

And then keeps them with all the festival programmes.

[duggie20]

the Glastonbury sticker in the front window. Obscuring vision apparently.

I wouldn't mind, after all rules is rules, but it was a 2007 sticker, meaning it PASSED last year!

[chris northwest]

looks like uve found a stroppy mot tester! never had an issue with glasto stickers in the windscreen, this year there will be 4 stickers in my van!

each one holds atleast 1 special memory that makes me smile of a morning when i'm pissed off about having to go to work! i'd definately consider taking the motor to a different garage for the next mot!

Edited May 1, 2011 by chris northwest