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Grove Trading Estate, Dorchester

MOT preparation and repairs in Dorchester.

The cheapest MOT is the one you do not fail. We go through the car against the MOT checklist first, tell you plainly what would fail and what is only an advisory, and fix what you decide to fix.

A car raised on the lift in the MCHV workshop in Dorchester, being checked underneath
Going through a car against the MOT checklist in our own workshop, before it goes anywhere near a test station.

Due an MOT, or already failed one?

Ring us with the registration and the date it runs out, or send a photo of the failure sheet on WhatsApp. We will tell you what it is likely to involve.

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Why have the car looked at first

A failed MOT costs you a retest, a second trip and usually a rushed decision about repairs while the car is sitting somewhere else.

Going through the checklist beforehand turns that into one conversation, at a time that suits you, with a price you agreed in advance.

Fail or advisory — and why the difference matters

Not everything on an MOT report has to be fixed. A fail has to be. An advisory is the tester saying “this will need attention, but not today”.

Plenty of people pay for advisory work they did not need to do yet, because nobody explained the difference. We will tell you which is which and what it is reasonable to leave.

What we look at

Brakes and brake lines, tyres and tread, suspension and steering, lights and bulbs, wipers and washers, mirrors, seatbelts, exhaust and emissions, the body and structure, and the things that quietly fail a car — a number plate light, a split boot on a driveshaft, a perished wiper.

If it has already failed

Bring us the failure sheet. We will go through it line by line, tell you what each item really means, and give you a price to put it right.

You are never obliged to have the repairs done where the car was tested, whatever the impression given.

Where to find us

We are on Grove Trading Estate in Dorchester, a few minutes from the town centre, and we regularly look after cars from Weymouth, Bridport, Blandford and the villages in between.

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MCHV prepares cars for the MOT and carries out the repairs. The test itself is carried out at a DVSA-approved test station.