Noggin wrote: ↑Wed Jul 10, 2024 5:04 pm
Just annoying that it's 75€ for a basic scan of a bike that probably doesn't even check it's actual road worthiness!
I'm totally happy to take my mates bike for one, but if it's as basic as I suspect (and you've said) then that's a lot of money for very little!!
Tbf though doesn't the initial CT for bikes last 3 years?
It's 4 years here for all vehicles.
Then test every 2
Noggin wrote: ↑Wed Jul 10, 2024 5:04 pm
Just annoying that it's 75€ for a basic scan of a bike that probably doesn't even check it's actual road worthiness!
I'm totally happy to take my mates bike for one, but if it's as basic as I suspect (and you've said) then that's a lot of money for very little!!
Tbf though doesn't the initial CT for bikes last 3 years?
It's 4 years here for all vehicles.
Then test every 2
Wow, so in France and Spain you have a pretty useless overall safety test and its not even annual, its biannual?
'Safety' is arguable though innit? One UK MOT Tester often produces different results to the next.
But yes, IME the French CT is of a lower standard to the UK MOT, and less frequent. But on the other hand you have to get a new CT before flogging your vehicle on, which is different and arguably 'safer' that the UK.
Wow, so in France and Spain you have a pretty useless overall safety test and its not even annual, its biannual?
It's very strict here.
You've enough ex-pats there, rebel and hoof the spanish out and get that St Georges flag flying over the new MOT stations!
They might need to form an axis with the other expats and invent a new flag (apparently - to my surprise - Italians, Koreans, Cubans and Romanians make up 13% of the population!).
Could form irregular troop divisions from the 3 million tourists pa. Use 'em as cannon fodder.
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Noggin wrote: ↑Wed Jul 10, 2024 5:04 pm
Just annoying that it's 75€ for a basic scan of a bike that probably doesn't even check it's actual road worthiness!
I'm totally happy to take my mates bike for one, but if it's as basic as I suspect (and you've said) then that's a lot of money for very little!!
Tbf though doesn't the initial CT for bikes last 3 years?
I thought it was 2, but could be three - it's not so bad once I realised it was 2 (or 3?) years!! LOL
Life is for living. Buy the shoes. Eat the cake. Ride the bikes. Just, ride the bikes!!
Finding a wallet at the side of the road. All the cards gone except a store card for a DIY place. There's €40 plus change and a £10 note.
A wee bit of detective work and I was able to find the guy on Facebook, contact him and tell him where I was so I could reunite him with his wallet.
Noggin wrote: ↑Wed Jul 10, 2024 5:04 pm
Just annoying that it's 75€ for a basic scan of a bike that probably doesn't even check it's actual road worthiness!
I'm totally happy to take my mates bike for one, but if it's as basic as I suspect (and you've said) then that's a lot of money for very little!!
Tbf though doesn't the initial CT for bikes last 3 years?
I thought it was 2, but could be three - it's not so bad once I realised it was 2 (or 3?) years!! LOL
Neighbours up the road have a couple of peacocks, as well as other fowl, and it amuses me to see them roosting on electricity poles or the house chimneys. They just look so incongruous.
They also frequently strut and display in the road.
Having a lazy day,just lounging in the chair out the back,when a little tortoiseshell cat makes an appearance,jumps onto my lap and settles down purring.
