Hi

Anyone from the Northwest who has passed SVA give any feedback on which test station (Liverpool/Shrewsbury) I should put as my first choice

Any nightmre stories or good feedback from either much appreciated.

Aslo do any of the local DVLA offices near either visit the SVA centres for inspections as Chester insist on it being taken to the office and they have no car parking space.

Many thanks
Nigel

Thanks
Nigel

Is Liverpool still there Nigel?? Personally i'd use Manchester myself which is around the M62 / M60 at Chadderton.

[Edited on 15/5/08 by Paul TigerB6]

Hi Nigel,

I used Shrewsbury and found the inspector, Stuart, to be very fair and he certainly knows his stuff, he actually made the experience pleasurable, if SVA can be classed as pleasurable.

Regards

Bob

Another vote for shrewsbury and echo the enjoyable bit. Plus the journey is an enjoyable one rather than boring motorway's

thanks for replying all

looks like Shrewsbuy as first choice on the form then with either Liverpool (if it still exists) or Manchester as Second

Paul have you used Manchester? if you what were your experiences

Thanks again
Nigel

Liverpool definitely doesn't exist anymore!

I went to Manchester this time last year. Inspector was hugely anal on edge radii and said he'd only passed 1 kit first time in 6 years of testing or something. Perfectly reasonable about everything else though and provided suggestions to get a pass

2 years ago, Shrewsbury also had the DVLA guy on site at the same time to do their inspection. After the SVA I drove to the DVLA Shrewsbury (plenty of parking) and got my numberplate allocated and a form to authorise their make-up, the same day.

The DVLA office is only about 5 min drive from the SVA centre

where abouts near chester are you jabbahutt

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Originally posted by jabbahutt

Paul have you used Manchester? if you what were your experiences

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Been to Shrewsbury three times and can certainly recommend it. As Jos says the drive from Chester is a nice one.

Stuart is slightly easier going than Mark but both guys I felt were fair and professional (even though they both failed me).

When I passed around 2 years ago the DVLA inspector was only at Shrewsbury certain days.

Strange what you say about Chester as I applied there and the guy came to Crewe to inspect my car. Took about 15 mins and the documents arrived a few days later. I know most people flame the DVLA but I had no problems and it was dead easy.