Well, Monday arrived. Alarm set for 04:30 and it duly went off. Must admit I had slept better. So I duly had some breakky and packed for what I thought suitable. My build up file, with all my purchase receipts. A tool kit, consisting of a few sockets, pliers, screw drivers, allen keys, etc. A bag of what covers, cable ties, rubber trim, dremmel and emery tape. I then made a flask of coffee and some sarni's and loaded the car. Drove the car out of the garage, flicked the lock over on the garage door and closed it.

First major problem of the day, I am now LOCKED out of the house with no keys to get in.

God bless my understanding wife who rescues me after I ring the door bell.

So at 06:00 I set off for Nottingham SVA centre.
Just as I arrived at the station I started to get a few spots of rain on my visor.
and at 08:05hrs (after getting lost for 20 minutes, I missed a left turn) I arrived at the Centre (before a lot of the staff)

Before SVA

At about 08:30 the test gets under way.

Item 1
So you were all right about the foam insulation, it fails because it goes soggy and fall apart.

Item 2
I have a sharp edge to the rear of my Aerocap fuel filler, although it is recessed, I left it exposed to the rear so that any fuel spilt around it would run off to the rear rather linger over my boot cover.

Item 3
The rivnuts that came through from the passenger side front bulkhead constitute a sharp edge.

Item 4
My adapted wide reflectors below the rear lights have sharp edges.

Item 5
CO reading high (4.6 I think it was. no wonder it seemed to use a lot of fuel getting there, about 2 gallons for 70 miles approx).

Item 5
Head lamp aims.

The one that I was really panicking over was the speedo reading. This he said was abosutely spot on. 30 @ 30, 40 @ 40, 50 @ 50, 70 @ 70. so I have no margin for error.


Self centering was fine, although I have obviously built a lardy version for it weighs in at GVW 1250kg.
Braking performance was spot on. The fronts locking up well in advance of the rears. with only a 15% front imballance.

So that was about it. Over all a FAIL.





However he had a quick twist and pull on the head lights ( checking security of mounting ) and low and behold the were magically aligned.

A couple of quick turns with the allen key and that bought the emissions down to 1.7%.

About another 20 minutes of throwing more rubber wear at the car ( a length of heater hose cut along its length and then cable tied is Ok for a pass where I had the foam insulator. A nut cover split and with a strategic hole in the dome is ok for the bottom threads of the headlamp mounting where the cable comes out of it. Some 5mm id fuel hose is ok for the rivnuts and some rubber edge trim lipped under and up the edge of the Aerocap is also OK.

The end result was that at 10:57 hrs I was presented with a MAC certificate.

After SVA

This certificate I duly secreted into my inside coat pocket for safe and secure keeping.

On the way back home it rained. As soon as I got in the first thing that I did was to put the heating on and DRY out the Certificate. Thankfully it has only run a little bit on the reverse.

However despite the poor weather on the way back,................the road back was the reverse of the way there, nice and twisty. A delight to drive.

[Edited on 23/3/09 by jollygreengiant]

Congratulations!

Although I do believe that you've mis-interpreted the GVW - I can't imagine that you're far off a wet weight of 600kg.

Well done!

David

Oh - and don't forget to scan your MAC, as you won't see it again once you've registered the car.


[Edited on 23/3/09 by David Jenkins]

Congrats car looks good.
Cheers,
Bob

quite a few dulys
well done!

Well done Clive, I had been wondering all morning how things were going and apart from the house keys - very well indeed! Congratulations mate, Brilliant!
geoff.xt

congratulations, car looks great.

Sounds like a day to remember, just as it should be.
Well done.
Steve.

Congratulations Clive….Its a fantastic feeling holding that MAC .

I still have a colour scan of mine as they take it off you at the DVLA.

We Must organise a drive out this summer now that our leader is on the road.

Paul

congratulations clive!!! ive been wondering how youve been getting on all morning - very pleased for you.
bec & pete

You lucky man! I just hope the tester is as kind at my test!

well done sva at nottingham is fairly painless and worth the extra miles if its not your closest centre

Well done!

It sounds a bit like my SVA a few weeks ago, a fail then a pass all in the same morning.

It's a great feeling isn't it! You'll have a big grin on your face for a few days yet.

Well done clive CONGRATULATIONS on the pass.
Hope to see you all soon.
Regards Bill.

Awww well done Clive!

Chuffed to monkeys for you!

Excellent news indeed!

ATB Fozzie

Well done!!!!!!!
Looks good

Nice one! Sounds like you'll make Stoneleigh?

adrian

Congratulations! The car looks sweet, and the right colur choice too

JB

well done clive,looks like you done a lot of work after i left on saturday,car looks great top banana
wayne

Excellent news.

Glad the SVA experience wasn't too bad

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Originally posted by Paul (Notts)

We Must organise a drive out this summer now that our leader is on the road.

Paul

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Stopped grinning like a fool yet?Had me worried at the start of the post.Nice one,
Mel

congratulations.
car looks really nice.

andy

Congratulations

Congratulations, only room for one passenger now and maybe the little pink bbq. have lots of fun driving and we will see you at the next meeting, hope the weathers good.

JGG SVA

Great news, well done.

congrats, car looks grand!

wish I was going to notts but it was full on the dates I needed so it's derby bound for me. I hear they are quite strict there.

Congratulations now you can bolt all the none sva bits on and remove all the stupid sva bits.

Welldone clive. Hope your having some beer to celebrate.

Well done Clive, another first time pass, but that was the easy bit, you've got the DVLA to deal with next!

Geoff

Well done clive,
hope you can help with the info for my impending test there,
top man
John

Well done Clve. How many luego's on the road now?

Good show Clive, well done.

I wish mine only used 2 gallons of fuel to do 70 miles.

David

Well done....

Now take it easy learning how your car drives.
You dont want to have to do a summer rebuild job.


What 35mpg ANDa 12 Gallon tank
Try living with 25mpg at best (sedate cruising on the motorway) and a 6 gallon tank

Yea... looking forward to seeing the car at Stoneleigh.

Congrats

Congratulations Clive

Sorry for the late reply Clive, well done mate, hope it keeps a smile on your face all summer.
Have you taken the mother-in-law out for a spin yet? No? Oh well, no pleasing some people is there!

[Edited on 25/3/09 by Browser]

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Originally posted by Browser
Sorry for the late reply Clive, well done mate, hope it keeps a smile on your face all summer.
Have you taken the mother-in-law out for a spin yet? No? Oh well, no pleasing some people is there!

[Edited on 25/3/09 by Browser]

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Just noticed your excellent pass, very well done.

Same SVA station, same colour Viento....your pics brought back some nerve racked memories

looking forward to seeing you and your fine machine at the next meet.

cheers

dave and Elaine.

dunno how i missesd this

well done clive!

see you on the road

Just saw it....outstanding - well done Clive. You must be chuffed!

I reckon you should make your fuel tank smaller though, to be in sympathy with the rest of us....90 miles maximum in mine

Rich.

I really should pay more attention. Well done Clive!! Hope to see you out and about soon.