Car test..The Polish equivalent of the MOT

drew128Threads: 3 Posts: 64 Joined: Jun 3, 07 ♂	Oct 5, 09, 17:18 #1
Just put my car through the Polish version of the MOT, 3 minutes and see you again in 2 years time.

dnzThreads: 25 Posts: 804 Joined: Dec 2, 07 ♂	Oct 5, 09, 17:33 #2
that explains why there are so many wrecks on the road, I know for a fact our maluch wouldn't pass a UK MOT,

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Oct 5, 09, 17:46 #3

I did challenge him on the time it took, his answer its a 3 year old car and the condition looks good, a car in bad condition or old would get closer attention. There was a car in before me and that was up on ramps and was still there when I left, so I assume they eye it up rather than follow a printed check list. All I got was rolling road for testing brakes, check to see if the lights worked and aligned.

I always enjoyed the British MOT at our local garage. The owner would spend 20 minutes complaining about everything under the sun, spend the rest of the test on his mobile, ask me to check the brake lights, then tell me its failed and will cost £1,000 to fix, laugh and give me the pass paper.

dnzThreads: 25 Posts: 804 Joined: Dec 2, 07 ♂	Oct 5, 09, 17:48 #4
I always thought cars due there first MOT often needed loads doing to them as they often havent been looked at for the first 3 years?

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Oct 5, 09, 18:03 #5

I would have thought anyone with the brass to buy new here would be looking after it. Mine was a crashed car from Germany, found one with a good repair to it, it has 20,000 km service intervals, so its gets a service every 2 or 3 months, our local mechanic is a very good guy, he advised buying this car after checking it, his word is good enough for me, so its a car that gets looked at a lot. Its not let me down in 79,000km I have had it and gone through the test, so this one at least is a good un.

dnzThreads: 25 Posts: 804 Joined: Dec 2, 07 ♂	Oct 5, 09, 18:04 #6
Fair point really, I suppose its in the UK where new cars get abused company cars, and leased cars in general.

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Oct 5, 09, 18:13 #7

I have to say some of the cars we looked at were shocking, I got this one last year before moved here, the wife and her sister bought second hand as well this year, so we did a fair old distance looking. We took our guy with us each time, pay him a good fee to pick the good ones for us. I would not buy a car without someone who knows their stuff along for the ride.

I had a look at new here in Poland, but they are silly money for the same thing you get back in the UK and I couldn't get the right toys in the Polish specced ones, so went second hand, so far so good.

delphiandomineThreads: 42 Posts: 9,954 Joined: Nov 25, 08 ♂ [Suspended]	Oct 6, 09, 03:10 #8
dnz: I know for a fact our maluch wouldn't pass a UK MOT, I still don't know how it passed a Polish one! Maybe they were too busy laughing to actually test it?

dnzThreads: 25 Posts: 804 Joined: Dec 2, 07 ♂	Oct 6, 09, 10:54 #9
delphiandomine: Maybe they were too busy laughing to actually test it? Thats probably the case actually, I've been too busy laughing at it to actually drive it so maybe they expect it not to cover too many miles in a year as not many drivers could get behind the wheel without laughing so much they are unable to drive. Inspired thinking by fiat :D

chief	Apr 16, 10, 14:13 #10
can i get a polish mot for my uk reisterd motorbike. thanks mike

maklikThreads: - Posts: 2 Joined: May 5, 10 ♂	May 12, 10, 12:08 #11
I am bringing a 1997 Volvo to Poland. It has been cared for and looked-after and has just passed a thorough technical screening in the Netherlands. Will it be necessary to have the car re-tested in Poland? I thought that EU vehicles could be reregistered in poland without the test, but obviously the recycling "tax" would be payable. Any knowledgeable readers out there? Fanie

dnzThreads: 25 Posts: 804 Joined: Dec 2, 07 ♂	May 12, 10, 12:15 #12
Apparently as long as it has a valid MOT (safety check) from an EU member state the polish registration organisation has to by law honour it so no retesting. It is worth bearing in mind that Poland is only in the EU when it suits them (ie recieving handouts) so they might try to make things difficult for you.

maklikThreads: - Posts: 2 Joined: May 5, 10 ♂	May 12, 10, 14:52 #13
Thanks, also for the warning. Looking at other postings, you seem to know a lot...I'll keep that in mind when languishing in jail!

delphiandomineThreads: 42 Posts: 9,954 Joined: Nov 25, 08 ♂ [Suspended]	May 12, 10, 14:53 #14
dnz: Apparently as long as it has a valid MOT (safety check) from an EU member state the polish registration organisation has to by law honour it so no retesting. It's not a problem for LHD vehicles, I mean, half the cars on the road are from Germany anyway ;)

dnzThreads: 25 Posts: 804 Joined: Dec 2, 07 ♂	May 12, 10, 16:37 #15
delphiandomine: It's not a problem for LHD vehicles, I mean, half the cars on the road are from Germany anyway ;) Or rebuilt write offs which shouldn't be allowed back on the road at all.

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