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Saab Number Plate Light
I've had to replace the right-side number plate light on my Saab 900 - the whole thing, not just the bulb. Found one easily on the internet and it should be such an easy fix, but I've fiddled about with it for ages and I can't get it to work, though the new one works in the left housing so there's nothing wrong with the product. I've checked the fuse, so can anyone think of anything else that it might be? I assume just having one number plate light working is an MoT fail, which is so frustrating as it's due quite soon. Thanks
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Well, Tony, you know that weekend of fiddling I mentioned? It was only about an hour today and I bleeping fixed the thing! Having tried in vain to reach the electrics, I pressed the two terminals that the new light fits into quite hard towards each other and......hey presto. Very relieved I don't have to ask the garage to do it before the MoT, and am going to try a garage in a different village, see if their customer relations are any better than the last lot.
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Think about your MOT like this: you're on the Motorway, it's raining, you're being sucked along at 75 in traffic, it's dark and you've got family on board - there's an emergency and all the traffic stops suddenly......think of this and you'll hope that the tester finds anything there is to find - he or she has to think this way...
Think about your MOT like this: you're on the Motorway, it's raining, you're being sucked along at 75 in traffic, it's dark and you've got family on board - there's an emergency and all the traffic stops suddenly......think of this and you'll hope that the tester finds anything there is to find - he or she has to think this way...
Absolutely agree, Rob, safety is non-negotiable. My problem is with the garage I've used for the last few MoTs. The car failed the last one because of a problem with the rear of the exhaust - and they'd fitted two new pipes at the rear the previous year to get it through the MoT! When I pointed this out to them, they didn't even apologize (they hadn't fitted the clamps properly), though they did fix it without charge. I've had other issues with their customer service which I shan't bore you with, so time to try somewhere new - limited choice as I live in the country.
By the way, do you think anyone actually stands in the 'Viewing Area' (which I guess they have to provide) and watch it taking place? Would be like torture!
By the way, do you think anyone actually stands in the 'Viewing Area' (which I guess they have to provide) and watch it taking place? Would be like torture!
I was thinking as I nervously went for a walk (including sitting on a bench in the village churchyard!) while the MoT was being done, that as there are over 30 million cars on the roads in UK, and, say, 20 million are 3 years old or more so need an MoT at around £50 - that's £1 BILLION every year - and the government takes a cut of it all!
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