It's that time of year that i need an MOT for my car and it's time to get ready for getting my car made legal in Portugal.
Yesterday i went to a local Portuguese garage where the owner speaks no English but he is very well respected by those of the English community who i know. You pay for what he does unlike another garage who does what he thinks and charges for it. A number of things need attention. I have fitted new headlights because now i am driving on the other side of the road to what we do in the UK so i needed new headlights. These need adjusting also the garage found that a steering joint needed to be replaced and a leak from the rear box on my exhaust. Not bad but as always a but. In Portugal you need matched pairs with your tyres on each axle both tyres must be the same make and size. As both tyres where new but different makes this is a blow but i will have two spares now and not one. Also the tow bar on the back has to come off for the Test. The reason is that you can't have anything past the front or rear bumper. So for the test the tow bracket has to come off, after the test the tow bracket can be put back onto the car.
While i was at the garage someone who was speaking to the owner explained to me about the regulations about tyres and the tow bracket. It turns out he is an inspector from one of the local test stations. He is a friend of the owner and as the owner speaks no English and I speak no Portuguese he stepped in to explain things. It's good to know from someone who knows what he is talking about instead of someone answering questions on one of the many Forums
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