Undertrays

I don't really care what they want I cover my own ar5e at every opportunity because at the moment dvsa couldn't lay straight in bed let alone give a straight answer !

I enquired under comp 1 when we were told it was being removed,message no 111499559 issued by a clair thomas,28/04/2015,message reads -we advise that best practise is to submit an advisory for any covers obscuring components.aint seen it rescinded yet.....

the main manual ones I use are covers-not there,tyres perished/splitting-not there,balljoint cover severely deteriorated?inappropriate in most cases,deteriorated will do,brakes imbalanced/uneven-not there and you need to go thru so many screens to access the ones that are that you could have typed it out manually twice over quicker,widespread under body corrosion-ditto,wherever possible/practical/accessible I use the pre allocated stuff but so much of it takes so long to find or is inappropriately worded when you do find it that it ends up a waste of time.have got a fairly good handle on whats there and what aint,how about an advise for emls?why weren't that added when they put in a cut off date?reverse lamps?airbag lights inop?abs not following sequence?seatbelts poor retraction?these and far more I use on a pretty much daily basis.EVERY failure shud have an appropriate advise next to it,aint too many items that cud only fail as opposed to being an advise

Brake pipe corroded, covered in grease or other material is another annoying one. Should be two separate advisories, one for corroded and another for covered in grease or another material in my opinion. 

Surely you don't think that career shiny arses could get it wrong do you ! .... unbelievable 

I use that one a lot and I agree it's terribly worded.
But in the "manual wording" box underneath I always add either slightly corroded OR covered in paint or grease.
That makes it clearer. But I agree I should'nt have to do that there should be two seperate advisories. Same for worn but not failing tyres.

Regarding undertrays, engine covers and sill covers I have a sort of "halfway" approach to them. I don't put them on the tickets as a manual advisory but I do make a note of them on my checklist which I keep for three months along with the emissions test printout. If there is a problem later then I can produce that.
I know it's not official but I'm happy to deal with it that way.

Hmmmm..... DVSA "About Matters of Testing Official advice and information for MOT testers and the MOT industry" .....MOT Testing Guide > E - Tester > E3 Ongoing Requirements > 2a. studying all relevant Special Notices (and acknowledge on MTS when required), the MOT Testing Guide, Matters of Testing, emailed messages from DVSA and appropriate Inspection Manuals and their amendments (page 90). Also I like reading your reply / comments on Matters of testing.

I assume youre talking about the blogs,the actual publication I have little interest in,so someones seen a rotten transit or wooden brake pads,big deal.anyone at my end of the trade sees that sh1te every week,keep in mind also that my posts on the blog are the ones that HAVENT been moderated out of existence for no other reason than for asking awkward questions,i only post on there in the hope(normally vain)that I might get some sorta official answers/guidance on the day to day stuff that we need answers on cos the helplines a lost cause,you will of course have noted that on even the surviving posts most never get answered