Re: New cars failing their first MOT

"Ret." <xxx> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Obviously when they are 3 yrs old though.

It's mainly the froggy ones.

Which backs up the findings of the annual JD Power surveys where French
cars invariably come near the bottom for reliability.

Not necessarily.

A lot of first-test failures are on maintenance items like tyres or
"owner-fuckwittery" like lights, hooky plates or shit dangling in the
windscreen.
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