Testing Times
Finally, after a long period of slow activity on the Twingo, it has finally passed it's first UK MOT. In the last blog, an inspection revealed that the front strut tops were badly worn; and that there were 2-3 areas of rust that required plating to pass an MOT. Strut tops came via Auto Doc within 2 weeks but it took a while to find a suitable time to get the car into the workshop at my employers; so they could be changed. With that sorted I had to get VIN insurance arranged so that I could drive the car on the road to it's prebooked MOT test. That proved difficult with several leading classic car insurers wanting silly money for cover, or were being at best extremely rude. One citing over the phone that " it's not a modern classic ". Funny that, because numerous classic car publications cite the 1st generation Twingo as being exactly that . Finally cover was arranged and a test was booked with a sympathetic MOT station in North Bristol. Cleevewood Garage specia