Decat friendly MOT place?

[Weyro]

Hey all, so its my first MOT with the starlet soon, Just wondering if anyone can recommend a good place that will overlook the decat. Willing to travel.

Cheers

[StuDoc 72]

You normally need to know someone or its just a matter of asking about saying you have a de cat till someone goes "ahk doesny matter pal" lol

[steve-gers]

were abouts in scotland are you?

[pockrockgtti]

I find honesty is the best policy. Just go round and ask. Tell them the crack. Even offer to give em an extra £20, for the trouble. Your bound to find someone that will say yes. Also when you do find someone that says yes, dont go telling everyone about ti, keep it to your self.

[Flaminsam]

Lol ask for a vehicle specific cat test. They don't have starlet gt or glanza on the emissions testers in the uk. Therefore it gets tested as a non cat test. Says it in the mot testers manual.

[JTStarlet92]

^^ amazing!

[Weyro]

Aw ok i thought it had to be pre 1994 to qualify for the non cat test

[Flaminsam]

Nope, every vehicle is due for a emmissions test when it comes to mot. The vehicle may fail a cat test, but then after that the tester should look into a vehicle specific test. These are the limits the manufacturer has supplied to vosa when the vehicle was new. Problem is with imports, no specifications are given to vosa. So the vehicle must meet minimum requirements found in the testers manual. Hence a non cat test.

[H_D]

I can sort it out for you if your willing to drive to leicester!

[Snow]

but tbh not last mot but the one before I passed a cat test without one turbos burn pretty cleanly. not sure how I did last test as I didn't get the printout

[Flaminsam]

@snow the tester probably followed the manual.