This Auction Buy is a DEATH TRAP!!

[@gerardcasey8373]

Definitely. The mot station needs reporting what else are they letting go they could end up killing someone.

[@Brian-om2hh]

That's exactly the point. What else are they turning a blind eye to?

[@AnotherYoutuber460]

The tester would need in deep trouble rather than the station.

[@gerardcasey8373]

@@AnotherKZbinr460 The station could also lose its licence. Although probably get a warning if it’s a first offence.

[@MarkFord-ho8vi]

Corrosion can only be appealed against within 3 months , Nothing DVSA Can do even if they should .

[@robblack7560]

I lived in England before returning to Northern Ireland (UK). Your car here will fail the MOT if the radio isn't tuned into a local station.

[@LordFawlty]

That MOT station needs reporting.

[@gavinelden]

Why? It was last tested 9 months ago. Corrosion happens very quickly, especially in coastal areas. The whole vehicle under body is suffering from corrosion. Vehicles are tested as presented, as the law states

[@mrgrumpy9077]

James definitely report the mot station that is very dangerous , can you imagine a young family travelling at 50 when that broke

[@matthewwebber2225]

How about an elderly family? Power to the Aged.

[@1gerard47]

I was an mot tester in GLASGOW in the 80s ,got threatened a few times by 2nd hand dealers to pass certain cars,🖕that was my answer.

[@iangascoigne8231]

Imagine anyone driving it.

[@SgtSlapmaster]

@@matthewwebber2225How about a family of toddlers? Power to the young.

[@profrumpo]

Yikes the rot on that Aygo was horrific and the fact it passed an MOT is scandalous, the testing station should definitely be reported. Just goes to show that an outwardly decent looking car can be hiding all sorts of horrors underneath.

[@thisiszaphod]

Christ! Report on, James. Not seen something this bad with a recent MoT in a long time.

[@hugobloemers4425]

Yes, report that MOT station :(

[@justincase7471]

You could nick High Peak Autos catchphrase and just say I've massively overspent.

[@hughblack6831]

Changed a clutch on one of these (2006) during lockdown, jacked it up and found the front sub frame had dissolved like an aspirin. No MOT advisory or fails, just proves what a waste of time the MOT can be and it's no indicator of a vehicles condition.

[@Piner5074]

That MOT tester could have potentially killed somebody if it wasn’t for your intervention or if it’d gone to less scrupulous dealer. Who knows how many other people he’s put at risk or have been injured. Damn right you should report him.

[@danielsellers8538]

Chops, if people can't see how honest you are from this, then there's something wrong with them. You're a credit to your profession. 😊

[@stevie007]

👍👍👍👍

[@EppingForest304]

Unusual to see such severe rust on a 12 year old Aygo, they normally hold-up quite well. Maybe the car was parked by the sea in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@malcolmkempster7858]

BY LOOKS OF THAT SUBFRAME IT WAS PARKED IN THE SEA !

[@starbarrothschild6597]

Haven't seen corrosion that bad since my old MK1 cortina !

[@karencarpenter8275]

Also did 8 miles in 1 year 2 years ago after a fail. Might have been parked in the sea for most of that time! Testing station needs a visit !

[@JustTrumpeeh]

It's bad of the previous tester to have let that pass, but as you mentioned - imagine if that was someone's child's first car and they caught the edge of a B-road at speed. It's more than just letting rust slide, it's putting people's lives at risk for an extra couple hundred quid thrown onto the value of a car...

[@michaelisherwood8670]

Bent MOT and first registered in Glasgow which explains the rot.

[@terryroberts505]

Your right. Must be the bad weather many years ago a mate bought a ford cortina Mark 5 estate the car was 7 or 8 years old and came from Scotland by car auction it was a clean looking car until you open the bonnet and there was no inner wings rotten he was lucky he put it in a car auction in Woolwich and disconnected the bonnet catch and made a few bob on it

[@nickb5391]

Salt air has caused most of it, avoid buying 'coastal cars'

[@-DC-]

Always Always be very suspicious of anything with a Scottish Registration. Seen stuff like that time and time again.

[@robblack7560]

I'm surprised more GB dealers don't purchase Northern Ireland cars. Our MoT here is vicious.

[@1gerard47]

Had heaps of scrap from England just motd sold at Glasgow car market in the 80s ,as a mot inspector I seen some scrappers cone from the north of England.

[@philldownes8685]

its not so much where registered , its where its lived.... if the coast then walk away... never mind the bodywork, its underneath where the rot will be. all them salty puddles and no protection on the meta other than thin coat of the cheapest black paint going.... = RUST & Rot.

[@chucky2316]

I had a rusty scotch car ragged it then weighed it in

[@solent7430]

Yes, as I found out many years ago with a Scottish Fiat Uno. The underside was shocking with rust. Even the oil pan rusted through causing a leak!

[@kevinmoffatt]

People constantly knocked British Leyland but no one can deny that the standard oil leak feature of their engine/trans. prevented widespread corrosion on all models; oh for the good old days.

[@chrispop99]

Austin/Morris 1100. They would fail MOT at 5 years with rusted rear subframe, and I've seen them at that age where the subframe mounting panel was so rusty, it wasn't an economical repair.

[@kevinmoffatt]

@@chrispop99 Absolutely correct, but I doubt one ever failed on front subframe corrosion. When I worked for a BL dealer in the early seventies I frequently had the great pleasure of replacing rear subframes (on the floor as lifts were rationed) and enjoyed an earful of hydralastic fluid and hours spent welding in heel plates for the mountings.

[@chrispop99]

@@kevinmoffatt 😀 That green stuff was evil!

[@marktaylor8547]

Report for sure. Disgraceful and deadly. If it is an employee doing it for a friend then they need to lose their job. This is happening far too much these days.

[@Orkneyudh8hggbvhh]

Car reg SB registered in Glasgow so that's what happens when you get plenty of salt air and rain from the sea and very little anti rust protection on a C1 used

[@philipbunker146]

Blimey that Aygo’s gonna end up like Triggers broom!

[@1DerangedWarrior]

17heads n 14 new handles mind you

[@owensteele1645]

"How the hell can it be the same bloody broom?"

[@1maico1]

Way back in 2016 when the car was only 5 years old the car had it's first advisory for 'nearside and frontside Front Lower Coil spring mounting corroded but not seriously weakened.' Walk away if you see that on a young car as its been subjected to extensive salt water.

[@peterfrazer1943]

One of my good friends has his own Garage and is a Car and Motorcycle MOT tester as well as a Repairer. When my Car goes in there is no mercy. As he said to me, it is peoples lives and my livelihood at stake.

[@rakeshtak]

Wow! I’ve noticed cars registered in Scotland tend to suffer from rust more than other areas, I know it’s not a hard and fast rule (and I know there are others), but just an observation.

[@JamesJohnson-xw9jn]

You always do the right thing James so would say 100% that you need to report the MOT station. I know mistakes happen in life but to miss all those issues is ridiculous and surely something dodgy has gone on

[@olliesgrandad]

I think alarm bells would ring as I believe number plates beginning with S are from Scotland originally.The last MOT was definitely dodgy.

[@Jay-B1750]

I had the rear beam wire brushed and coated on my Abarth when it was serviced last and they didn't mention it on the last MOT, I can't believe that Aygo got a legitimate MOT 😲 body looks very tidy, I'd keep it and get your moneys worth that way

[@lewlewis6511]

I'd be carefully checking the chassis numbers and /or service history prior to the Aygos first MOT, that looks like a 150k miler and/or it lived its entire life in Scotland bathed in road salt.

[@michaelisherwood8670]

Registered new in Glasgow.

[@lewlewis6511]

@@michaelisherwood8670 Does't surprise me, used to be much easier avoiding Scotish cars a few years ago when the MOT station location was available without access to the reg doc.

[@martindunford2291]

absolutely shocking...MOTs are the bedrock on which trust in car condition is based !

[@CON1FER]

The joys of older Scottish registered cars …. Won’t touch them without inspection especially blind from auction.

[@mikes747]

That's awful! I had that with a Mondeo I had once. I bought with a clean MOT from a dealer. After using it for a couple of weeks it cracked a spring. When I took it to my trusted mechanic it was full of holes right next to the rear shock top mounts. It was lethal! The dealer I had gone to was horrified and tracked down where it had been tested. Turns out the MOT tester was already under investigation and was prosecuted for much dodginess! The dealer refunded me in full and went after the garage through the courts!

[@elliottpeters2996]

Looks like the sump pan has almost rotted out as well James.

[@simonpartridge9683]

Has that been parked in the sea for the last year?

[@mikeburnitt403]

I was about to post the same thing.

[@Wyrm1701]

It's been registered in Glasgow, so probably coastal. Look at that MOT history; repeated fails even with the blind man doing most MOT work.

[@robertwillis4061]

Registered in Glasgow is one thing. But where was it kept? Where were the previous MOTs done? That's a better guide to the area the car has been in. Most people don't travel far for an MOT. Or as you have a serious problem, you could ask if the DVLA can give you the Postcode area of the Previous Owners. You may find somewhere that's is a coastal town or a rural area with higher snowfall, so the roads are gritted moreoften

[@robblack7560]

In Northern Ireland we don't have "independent" MOT stations, you can only book with our official Government test centres.

[@steveturnbull9542]

Sounds like a better system

[@robblack7560]

You MUST book online and there is a 3-month waiting list but Police give a waiver provided road worthy while waiting. You can only apply 30 days' ahead, the MOT Centers have 6 lanes and you are given a time and lane. Inside is a conveyor belt mechanism with pits.

[@stevie007]

I think we need that here in the UK after viewing this,

[@robblack7560]

Northern Ireland is UK, just organised.

[@spaniel1a]

Spain the same government stations

[@dipeshpankhania]

Needs reporting but it’s a 61 plate Scottish car, it’s probably been there all its life 🙈

[@klausschwab9507]

Yes definitely report them!! If a garage passed something with a light not working or the wipers not clearing the screen properly that's fine. But a subframe in that condition could be deadly

[@bordersw1239]

Coming to the conclusion that the majority of MOTs are just looking for easy work. Had an MOT on my car today, the previous 2 MOTs - last one advisory on front discs pitted and worn, previous year worn bushes/ pins. Somehow last year the bushes and pins magically healed themselves, today both the brakes and bushings magically healed.

[@keithhooper6123]

My pick up had play in the steering column bearing one year,not next,then it back,then it's gone.First three years,same garage.

[@bordersw1239]

Yep, same for our other car, previous advisories magically healed. I’m sure some is based on the garage knowing that they haven’t got time to repair - or know that in the same time they will make more money just testing more cars.

[@squeakmillward]

yes both my front wish bones had an advisory for slight play in the bushings last year took it to the same garage this year and they have magically fixed themselves!

[@STORMCLOUDGREY]

Totally agree. There's no way that level of rot would not have been obvious last summer. DVSA should be looking into this. People could lose their lives letting cars like this on the road.

[@fredflintstone1]

report the MOT station, if that failed then not only the driver is in danger but all other road users from that

[@emlyngriffiths5428]

ive serviced cars that have come from scotland and found them to be very rusty ubderneath, dealers down in the south east seem to buy them cheaper

[@MrGrtx]

Great video and interesting to see the condition of the aygo I will be keeping an eye on my daughter and grandaughters c1 as they both have one👍🏻👍🏻

[@robblack7560]

In Northern Ireland you are not permitted to speak to the MOT staff. You get out of the car, the examiner gets in, they drive it into the examination lane and the testing doors come down. You sit outside in a waiting booth and the examiner brings it back.

[@Mitch-Hendren]

I prefer it though . You know your car is safe and theyre not doing a " this was wrong so we fixed it an passed it u owe us £100... What do you think of the idea in stormont this week of letting garages do it to get waiting list down ? Mitch (Craigavon)

[@robblack7560]

I agree, MOT Centers are useful. My MX5 passed the MOT on Sunday and sold Monday afternoon, the buyer came up to Portrush from Dromore, didn't argue with the price either thanks to having the Test.

[@starbarrothschild6597]

Back in the day many old Escorts, Cortinas etc had MOT's written out for cash. Disgraceful really. And of course some blank mot certs were stolen.....

[@highloughsdrifter1629]

Same in the Republic (though it's called NCT). I miss testers who would show you what's wrong, though they do outline the rust holes in yellow crayon... . Toyotas rot. I sort of expect it on my 00 Yaris, it's a bit crusty underneath, but I was a bit surprised when the wife's 08 needed a patch thus year.

[@michaelnaughton1393]

You know exactly what needs doing and if you don't report it you are not the upright moral character we believe you to be. Action needs to be taken. James, we know you will do the right thing

[@matthewwebber2225]

Perhaps YOU could report it too. Just to make sure.

[@john1v6]

@@matthewwebber2225 I'm sure he would if he knew which one it was! It wasn't disclosed in the video.

[@adriansutherland7948]

I had a mk1 Nissan Micra (1987)which was the school & shopping runabout for years. Sold it to my friends father who had it for 4yrs before dying from rust from wheels up rotting the whole underside of the car to MOT Death at the age of 14.(other than that on the outside upper body it was still OK bar the odd scabby wheel arch) I've found that Japanese cars in general all die the same way, from the ground up. Personally I don't think the Japanese prioritise rust proofing to protect against our winter salt covered roads.

[@markwills145]

Do you think it's lived by the coast? Also I noticed the Scottish number plate.....

[@Julian.shears]

James you 100% need to report this mot station! Probably let it go for a ‘regular’ customer, maybe a dodgy trader? Either that or a visit to spec savers is required!! Great show and content as always 👍

[@leeholden8658]

We got burned on our first car (Honda CRV MK2). Advisory free MOT and said advisories on previous MOT had been sorted. Took car on test drive (my friend drove it) but noticed a whistling noise and dealer said it was either sunroof or roof bars. Paid a non refundable £250 deposit as this covered for a service and MOT in case we backed out on buying it. two days later we were back to pay the difference (full asking price) insurance sorted,6 month road tax. Drove it all the way back from Burnley to South Manchester but still the whistling. Took it to an independent Honda specialist just 10 days after picking it up to find it would have failed on a seized calliper,rear discs (scored) rear pads (1.5mm) a leaking front strut and the drop links from the previous MOT hadn’t been done. It also had a loose bolt on the middle exhaust. Since then,we racked up a bill of over £3,000 in repairs. Ok things like aircon Condenser, compressor and regas is a luxury, but it’s also had a new CAT,2x o2 sensors, third gear sensor, 4x tyres. We get a new car next week (Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross) but can’t help feeling sad getting rid of our first car. It’s taken us to places we never would have thought of visiting

[@squeakmillward]

What garage was that in Burnley? Curious as I live nearby

[@leeholden8658]

@@squeakmillward Sandygate, across the road from The Range. Forgot to mention that they sold us the CRV as an AWD, but the rear prop shaft had been missing from a previous MOT back in 2019. So basically a FWD only.

[@squeakmillward]

@@leeholden8658 I know where that is I will put it on my "avoid" list

[@paultaylor9652]

If that's the original plate, it's a car from Scotland, it's pretty normal up there.

[@cabottaxi]

MOT done by S.Wonder garage servicing and repairs. Originally registered in Glasgow area so its had plenty of salt thrown at it.

[@thindo]

Chops overworking the "Elder Statesman"... the legend that is Pete... Good to see him back on the Channel 😊😊😊

[@ChopsGarage]

Lok

[@leem2362]

If your vehicle has passed but you do not think it should have, you need to report this to the DVSA within 3 months of the test if the fault is a corrosion-related problem or within 28 days if the fault is for any other defects.

[@GryphLane]

Bunch of cowboys that gave that car an MOT

[@tardeliesmagic]

Oh yeah! I just checked it.

[@1gerard47]

Backhander

[@dimebarcocker]

I'm always wary of any car with a number plate starting with an S. Scotland! It rains more there and the battered roads in the winter means more stone chips and ultimately it means rust!

[@robblack7560]

Again in Northern Ireland, our MOT Center has a bus stop, no Advisories, if it fails it stays, you order a tow truck.

[@Mr330d]

Your full of shit 😂

[@5ebra1]

Great work in doing a proper job. So much for Toyota having a brilliant reputation for longevity. If you don’t report the MOT station and someone dies from a similar dodgy MOT it will be on your conscience.

[@jdmguy44]

These things are Czech built for the Euro market. It's not a proper Toyota.

[@5ebra1]

@@jdmguy44 No excuses. It was sold in Toyota showrooms. I know it was also sold as a Peugeot and a Citroen but if you bought a car this bad you would not consider another Toyota.

[@johncarroll1666]

Good morning Ref your Toyota with rust issues You mentioned about replacing the brake pipes (front to rear) You should contact the Dealer - last year I had to replace the rear brake pipes on my 2010 Peugeot 107 Cost from was less than £20 including vat - cheaper than having to make them John (Surrey)

[@roystonvehicles9129]

Hi John, can't see how a dealer is going to do anything for 20 quid, I've just spent that at subway.

[@Finglesham]

All these blind MOT testers! BCA must have a lot of them. Your chap Pete is a godsend looking at the work he churns out. Awful rust for the year . My 2010 Piccanto looks nearly new! Lucky you. Great to see the real like of a small car dealer.

[@nigelheath7048]

BCA is the auction house they don't mot the cars they sell vendors cars. I'm not sure why everyone is blaming BCA. Don't get me wrong I'm not a fan of theirs I stopped buying from them years ago.

[@NotRubensDad]

Yes report it. Lots of older people, who are never going to climb under their car and see for themselves, will be relying on the MOT being done properly - if it isn't, the tester should not be allowed near another MOT test.

[@StephenParkes-e9y]

Being in the motor trade that thing is horrendous I was also a tester for many years, if the station is letting things like that go it needs reporting that’s dangerous, my premise has always been there could be children etc being carried there’s mot testing for a reason

Yes, you should report that MOT station. You could have missed that on a car with a long MOT and sold it on to a friend and got them killed. Even if it was standing on a beach for the year, it wouldn't have been that bad. Frightening. Would make a good loaner, though. You might even find someone likes the loaner and makes a reasonable offer once it's been used for a while.

[@davejones4804]

I had a Kia Sorento that had practically dissolved underneath between mots, couldnt believe how bad it had got in 12 months! Sold that one for spares or repairs

[@dustymiller7758]

That is horrific, been parked on the sea front somewhere.

[@roystonvehicles9129]

Sort of car mate where trading standards would do a criminal prosecution if you'd have not checked it out, your doing well to sort it, I'd have scrapped it. I mean front and rear subframes, alternator, manifold and shocks, well your a trouper mate, proud of you (!)

[@RobbieJohn-k5i]

Moral to this story ### stay well away from BCA 😂 Oh and RIP CAZOO hopefully cinch won't be far behind them

[@Blitz9287]

Cinch won't go. They are owned by Constellation which also owns BCA, Webuyanycar, Elmo and Marshalls Car Dealers. They are one of the market titans.

[@nigelheath7048]

BCA don't own the cars they are simply agents selling on someone elses behalf and that's often why traders sell through the auction.

[@RobbieJohn-k5i]

@@Blitz9287 all you say is true with the exception of marshalls constellation had to sell to Steven eagell as toyota were not happy with being tarnished

[@gerryattrickbiker]

​@@Blitz9287100% CORRECT, Constellation have every aspect covered buying, retailing and disposal.

[@roystonvehicles9129]

Totally right about not pushing sales, closing people is OK on say a brand new product, but a used car, well if it's buyers remorse they can make your life a misery.

[@RonSeymour1]

Many years ago I had a similar problem with my son's car. It was definitely passed on a nod and a wink and the MOT station was warned that their license was at risk.

[@colin4850]

Always nervous of buying parts on fleabay, those shocks will probably be shot by the next MOT

[@riptideblue]

Quality costs flea bay parts are cheap for a reason.

[@Interdimensional27]

If it's taken to the same place that tested it last time, that won't matter!

[@DGQ1Q2]

that condition at 49k miles. omg. My honda jazz 2005 has 176k miles. my trick to delay rust is use Neutrarust 661 one time by year and Lanoguard "Just before our motorways is sprayed with the salt". And it is so easy to apply yourself. if you buy a new car. "Protect it anyway". no wait when is to late.

[@bordersw1239]

Looks like the rear exhaust box has about 2 weeks left.

[@Mark1405Leeds]

My i10 had 2 advisories on last years MOT certificate! I ignored them both and this year it sailed through no problem or advisories!

[@roystonvehicles9129]

Your doing well on later stuff bud, I'd bin cheapies off, obviously I'm doing them but I struggle at over 3k(!) but you do well with later stuff.

[@Phil-1969]

One thing I have learnt over the years never by a car with Scottish plates , like this one , I had my fingers burnt with a vectra from Scotland it was like this underneath

[@liamnortheast6664]

I bought mini convertible cheap with the idea of selling on. The subframe was even worse than this. Previous mot had no advisorys

[@shaneq1932]

Once I see a Scottish plate I walk away

[@magnus9701]

is that racist

[@Mr330d]

No Scottish salt on the roads DESTROYS cars quicker than anything 😂

[@geoffnoyes520]

I lived in Aberdeen in the late 90s, and bought a little blue Fiat Cinquecento, it was still under 3 years old. We kept it for 2 years, and in that time we replaced,( rust damaged) front brake discs, handbrake mechanism, and even a rusted out and leaking petrol tank.! Seeing cars with rust holes big enough to put a plate of haggis in was an everyday experience in the streets of the lovely 'granite City'.😊

[@zaneclone]

Darn... I hope the rear wheel bearings are ok on the rear sub'... they can go- and can be right lil' sods to get off ! That front sub is a horror story- even for a 61- especially as the car looks really nice !! Hope it all works out ok...

[@sammytheseal2307]

Air chisel makes short work of those 🙂

[@MaxMax-th7uz]

I bought a Kia Sorento from auction , rotten as a peach ! Needed loads of welding …. Didn’t realise until when I went for mot ! Listed on Facebook with no MOT … Buyer came , test drove and amazingly it had a years MOT next day !

[@thomasfrancis5747]

Think I saw that Aygo on Just Rolled In... Dob the MOT station in - there easily could have been a major accident if the steering had failed through subframe collapse.

[@cloggsy1971]

Deffo report the MOT station! Shocking! It’ll make someone a lovely ‘new’ car 👍🏻😂🤣

[@markfoden765]

That mot station 💯 needs reporting for the state of that,it actually looks like it's sat in seawater for months/years,be interesting what it all cost you in the end and what it owed you,cheers james

[@Wiltshire-observer]

The anchor points on the chassis itself also look on the way out, but could be saved before the new subframe goes back in. MOT testers are very very fussy normally on any rust within 30 cms of the “defined area” around suspension and seat belt anchor points. I can’t see how that Aygo got through last time. There’s more than one hole, they don’t all appear simultaneously.

[@rbeamish6492]

Hidden rust seems to be a problem with Japanese cars. In my recent car search the 2009-12 Toyota Avensis was top of my list - until I checked the MOT records and pretty much all of them had rusty subframe advisories. Ended up buying a Skoda Superb which has lived up to its name so far.

[@rogerhanbury677]

I replaced the rear beam on a civic that rotten it snapped while being driven !

[@henktulp4400]

In the Netherlands most private workshops do MOT checks (unlike any other Eurpean country as far as I know!) but they do get Government checks…. and these Government Controls are not to be taken lightly!! Yes there are some cowboys (without exception the shops that end up with all the basketcases…. which makes them loose their licence even faster….) But a subframe like this would fail an MOT in 98% of our MOT-tests…. the 2% are the corrupt ones…. And yes I agree this subframe must have been an MOT failure 2 years ago!!!

[@kevinbennett2208]

😮that’s shocking there is no way that should have passed an MOT , I would report that mot station, 100 %

[@WarrenHobb]

Did a rear break job on my 2002 VW lupo after I'd done I noticed a small hole in my rear axle a quick tap with a hammer an wow it was cracked 70% hidden by a small amount of surface rust! Found a low mileage front car with a mint impact beam axle had to swop it out an redo all the brakes sorted surface rust hides trouble guys be careful out there!

[@petershepherd6889]

Salt on roads is a killer.Here in Portugal a twenty year old car will still have paint on chassis . I tried to report a dodgy car dealer who was selling a Toyota Hilux surf which had a cracked chassis and missing front prop shaft.contacted driver vehicle standards authority and they were not interested.

[@fools_opinions]

That would probably be a trading standards job rather than dvsa. Report it to the trading standards team that covers the dealers area.

[@petershepherd6889]

@@fools_opinions I did tell the person at the backstreet car dealers who was just the hired help and he said he would tell his boss. Went back a few weeks later under the cover of darkness and it was still for sale.had a patch welded on the chassis but still no front propshaft. Hopefully any prospective buyer would have noticed the problems. This all happened 12 years ago so hopefully the vehicle got recycled and is now a fridge.😁

[@garowen1757]

I'll be looking for a little japanese car for my daughter in a year's time when she's 17. Imagine I'd bought this before you did, James. You do a fabulous job

[@laurencebushby713]

where did the park it , in the sea! or are Toyotas rust buckets. i have a 20 year old honda and its fine underneath

[@2760ade]

Never mind the MOT station, I want to know how a 2011 car subframe is that rusty!! Was it parked in the North Sea or something?

[@john1v6]

Exactly. Both my car and my wife's are over 10 years old and totally solid underneath - also both on Scottish (Edinburgh) plates too I might add. Mind you their service histories showed they'd hardly spent any significant time up there and I did inspect them both before purchase - as I would do with any used car. Plates alone don't always tell the full story though. Many moons ago I used to get company cars from VW registered straight off the boat with Oxford plates (VW UK HQ was (is) in Milton Keynes). Mine never went anywhere near there while I had it.

[@Lexusman65]

And the MOT tester of the year goes to......

[@glenjones6980]

MOT testing standards vary so much a test pass is almost worthless in some ways. I had a fail one year on n/s brake pipes from front to back and no advisories, the garage delayed the retest so it had to have a full test 12 days later and they failed the pipes on the entire O/S. So from no advisory to fail in 12 days and it never even left their forecourt. That was the first and last time I ever went there.

[@craigfayers6735]

Bought a Street ka cheap as a parts car, had just run out of mot. In stripping it i found both chassis legs, had massvie holes in both sides!!!! No advisories on last mot 😢

[@ChopsGarage]

hell fire

[@davidsced7791]

Good reporting on that horrendous underbody

[@henrykravitz468]

Shame we didn't see what was missing as the camera was too low. Great content and video as always. Glad you sold 3 great cars.

[@geordie25tdi]

Yer a GRASS !

[@robertbardell9766]

Lesson learnt. Check all underneath of car before starting other work. Better safe than sorry .

[@DGQ1Q2]

And before buy lol. I agree the history of a car is underneath.

[@carlgrainger2053]

You bought a lemon there mate.

[@derekstocker6661]

Very well done on this guys, how does a thirteen year old car get into that amount of rust! I have seen forty year old cars with less than half the problems shown here, and I am sure many will have seen far older ones with less corrosion!

[@roystonvehicles9129]

Take a torch and a kneeling pad bud when your buying older cars, I bought a combo van last year, about an 07,looked OK underneath, when I got it back opened the bonnet and the strut top, inner wing was all gone, remember buying a vauxhall royal (!) the bonnet was actually supporting the inner wing from falling in, I opened the bonnet, the leg moved and you couldn't shut the bonnet again.

[@julien7464]

I was a mot tester and finally closed up as some people and some dealers were just wanting a pass ticket so it was legal, it appeared they were not interested in safety. I drive lorries now.

[@davecooke914]

James thanks fake mot definitely wud never past mot 👍

[@geoffreydowning6843]

That MOT station definitely. I think its one of those places that if you pay extra then they look less if you know what I mean. Alot of towns and cities definitely have one dodgy MOT station. They rarely get reported unfortunately

[@nickb5391]

My betting is the car spent a lot of time by the coast causing excess rust

[@riptideblue]

I like that ramp .