Vindi_andy
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| posted on 23/4/09 at 03:44 PM |
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SVA Birmingham First time pass
Well we did it. Drove all the way there, 61 miles, mix of country roads and Motorway and she behaved perfectly.
Got to test station with big silly grin to start with. There was even nearly an accident involving a guy on a motorbike who nearly fell off turning
road to look 
Met dave my tester really nice guy and he had a look round and appeared impressed with the standard of build and trim I think the fact I told him Id
driven it 61 miles impressed him with my confidence in the car.
One silly, I'd forgotten 2 nuts on the handbrake linkage Doh! which he let me put on while it was on the lift.
5 or 6 minor points one of which was missing anti vibration clip on front caliper (wife ran down to nearby ford dealer to buy one) a brake pipe
running too close to the steering column not actually rubbing but was too close in his opinion.
1/2 hour ish later in the carpark at the end of the test where we gathered a crowd of MOT testers who were on their lunch during their refresher
training course again admiring looks, dave came over looked at what we had done. pronounced he was happy and would just go off and fill in the
certificate.
Even bigger silly Grin. 
Paul had a robin hood that had been dormant for a while and when he saw ours wandered over to dave and asked if he wanted to swap tests to which dave
politely declined.
Thats the good part now for the bad part. Driving home with a silly if slightly disgruntled grin ( DVLA birmingham wouldnt register me as no
appointment available) all was well back along the M6 and th M69 and the M1 just accelerating off the roundabout on the A46 went to grab 5th gear and
the gearstick went loose. Managed to get off the main drag had a quick look underneath and it looks like part of the gearstick extension arrangement
has fallen off 
Oh well at least I have until the reg docs come through to get it sorted. Wife ended up towing me home as it was stuck in 4th gear. Good job we took
a support vehicle
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blakep82
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| posted on 23/4/09 at 03:51 PM |
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happy days (except for the broken bit  )
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Pdlewis
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| posted on 23/4/09 at 04:37 PM |
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Good work first time pass is great isnt it
Build Photo Album
Updated 05/02/2009
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chris_smith
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| posted on 23/4/09 at 04:53 PM |
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fantastic news well done
iv got the re-test on monday
chris
The secret of success is to know something nobody else knows."
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 23/4/09 at 04:57 PM |
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Nice one 
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stevec
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| posted on 23/4/09 at 05:12 PM |
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Well done, Dave did my test a very nice bloke.
Have you got to take your car to Elmdon for built up inspection before registration?
Steve.
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Vindi_andy
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| posted on 23/4/09 at 06:12 PM |
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no steve will go to nottingham for registration as they are my local office.
Will submit the forms tomorrow and wait for an appointment.
Yes it is a great feeling and so was the drive even without windscreen or deflector until the linkage broke.
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vindicator
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| posted on 23/4/09 at 09:09 PM |
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fantasic achievement to both of you, like the colour scheme on your web site and can't wait until we are all together for a run out.
Just to say that 4 Vindi's past this week, all first time.
See Kitcar mag, guess who is on the front cover.......
see you soon.
TimR
timr.spaces.live.com---build blog
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Vindi_andy
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| posted on 25/4/09 at 05:07 PM |
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Nice one tim bought the mag this morning.
Great write up for the sprint.
Im thinking of writing to them to see if they want to try mine as soon as its registered given the turbo tomcat version they are talking about is
Pirans and its not passed SVA yet lol
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