......and yes, it did fail. BUT.....NOT because of my leaky weld!!!! It was because of the missing exhaust mounting, which the garage cured for £1.80 (presumably with some sort of universal rubber mount, there's no way that I can see that they could have got an original mount on there). It also failed on smoke, which puzzled me- I've never seen it smoke at all. That was cured with some Redex and a quick high speed blast. And....a failed sidelight which I should have spotted
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So, one slightly overpriced oil and filter change and two hours labour later the Clio's set for another year for a total of £244.
So the government can stick their scrappage scheme up their arse, as far as I'm concerned.