JMR
PCGB Member
Yesterday morning I was booked in at OPC Nottingham for the car's MOT.
Car has full OPC history, the last two being done at Nottingham.
I had the MOT done there last year, and took notice of the health check and addressed the comments where noted.
This year, booked in again, reasonably confident that the car would fly through the MOT.
Arrived at 850am and was greeted very warmly by Debbie on the service desk.
The technician, Wayne, who would be carrying out the work on my car was waiting for me for my 9am slot.
We had a quick chat and he took the keys off me and drove the car straight in to the workshop and onto the ramps.
I could see through the observation area, some beautiful cars in there!.
Debbie asked if I would like Wayne to show me the underside of the car while it was up on the ramps and advise of anything he could see immediately of concern, so of course I said why not.
Wayne came back through to the service area and escorted me through the workshop.
Right in front of us was Nottingham's resto 986!
Wow and what a cracking job they have done of restoring it ready to race this year.
Originally Lapis blue, its now white, with Martini stripes and red gloss wheels.
The bodywork and paintwork looked fantastic, done by Chartwells at Derby, and the wheels done by The Wheel Specialist in Nottm.
Wayne was fastest in the driving assessment at the Porsche Experience Centre at Silverstone so he gets to race the car on track at Brands Hatch!
Saw a brand new GT2RS that had arrived the day before - WOW! what a car.
Anyway back on to my car, Wayne seemed happy that the car looked in great condition, noting that you could tell it is a garaged car.
I must admit I'd washed it Thursday night before putting it back in the garage with the Meaco DD8L dehumidifier doing its job overnight.
The underside did look pretty tidy.
After a few minutes and not wanting to delay him any longer, the wife and I disappeared and left them to it for a couple of hours, deciding to pop to the Harvester up the road for a full English breakfast [
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When we returned, all my paperwork was ready for me, the car was waiting and I had a fresh MOT, no advisories and a Health check with no issues to look at.
All in all a very pleasant morning, and an enjoyable experience at OPC Nottingham.
10/10
Car has full OPC history, the last two being done at Nottingham.
I had the MOT done there last year, and took notice of the health check and addressed the comments where noted.
This year, booked in again, reasonably confident that the car would fly through the MOT.
Arrived at 850am and was greeted very warmly by Debbie on the service desk.
The technician, Wayne, who would be carrying out the work on my car was waiting for me for my 9am slot.
We had a quick chat and he took the keys off me and drove the car straight in to the workshop and onto the ramps.
I could see through the observation area, some beautiful cars in there!.
Debbie asked if I would like Wayne to show me the underside of the car while it was up on the ramps and advise of anything he could see immediately of concern, so of course I said why not.
Wayne came back through to the service area and escorted me through the workshop.
Right in front of us was Nottingham's resto 986!
Wow and what a cracking job they have done of restoring it ready to race this year.
Originally Lapis blue, its now white, with Martini stripes and red gloss wheels.
The bodywork and paintwork looked fantastic, done by Chartwells at Derby, and the wheels done by The Wheel Specialist in Nottm.
Wayne was fastest in the driving assessment at the Porsche Experience Centre at Silverstone so he gets to race the car on track at Brands Hatch!
Saw a brand new GT2RS that had arrived the day before - WOW! what a car.
Anyway back on to my car, Wayne seemed happy that the car looked in great condition, noting that you could tell it is a garaged car.
I must admit I'd washed it Thursday night before putting it back in the garage with the Meaco DD8L dehumidifier doing its job overnight.
The underside did look pretty tidy.
After a few minutes and not wanting to delay him any longer, the wife and I disappeared and left them to it for a couple of hours, deciding to pop to the Harvester up the road for a full English breakfast [
]When we returned, all my paperwork was ready for me, the car was waiting and I had a fresh MOT, no advisories and a Health check with no issues to look at.
All in all a very pleasant morning, and an enjoyable experience at OPC Nottingham.
10/10
