Got busted for no NCT today..

[newsh]

Good point on the insurance, if there was an accident caused by mechanical failure they would have a good reason to void the policy. The thing is NCT's have only recently been enforced by law, they did have the right to take the car off me so it could have been much worse.

On a related note how do they test suspension/brakes in the mot? The NCT test centers have basically a dyno they use to test the brakes one axle at a time, doesn't look very torsen diff friendly too me

There's no power being transferred through the diff so its no problem.

[mcandmar]

Fail!

Almost passed, failed for tracking, headlight alignment, and bulging front brake lines.

In knew the first two were wrong as i spent the last two days fitting S2 front struts, five stud hubs, new disks, rear bushings, and a few other bits and pieces. Really cant complain as a proper alignment needs doing anyway.

On the plus side it sailed through the emissions test which was my big worry. 7A engine with ~300k miles and no cat produced .04% Co and 28ppm HC. Way below the limit of 3.5% and 750ppm. Seems there is plenty of life left in the old girl

Mark

P.S. They did a road test for the braking due to the full time 4wd, never heard my car from the outside, sounds great

[Fat Audi 80]

I once did this as a mistake...Took the car and got an MOT and went and handed it in and never heard nothing about it...

Me too!

The BiB just looked at the expiry date on the NEW Mot and waived me on my way, even though the NEW Mot was NOT valid the day I was pulled!!! Lucky boy

[HPmuirt]

On a related note how do they test suspension/brakes in the mot? The NCT test centers have basically a dyno they use to test the brakes one axle at a time, doesn't look very torsen diff friendly too me

This is one of those myths that appears regularly on here and really bugs me

- The brake test runs the wheels at only 4MPH.

- Audi state that the vehicle CAN be towed with either the front or rear wheels lifted, but warn that this should not be at more that 30MPH for more than 30 miles, due to centre diff lubrications issues.

- Many Audi dealerships use standard roller tests for all TORSEN quattros

- All those Scandinavians who have fun in the snow and ice will be spinning their wheels up with a greater than 4MPH differential (no pun intended) between the 2 axles for much longer than the 10 seconds of a brake test.

- My guess is that all of our cars were tested on rollers before we bought them and I also suspect that no one on here has ever heard of a centre diff failing at 4mph

Cheers n

Si

[macspring]

Mark,

" p.s. Never heard my car from the outside, sounds great ! "

Give it to me and I can assist you further.

Kind regards.