The car finally passed the MOT yesterday.

It needed a new brake caliper on the back which wasn’t expected, but that’s how these things work out sometimes. ( I was going to say “Them’s the breaks”, but decided I couldn’t be arsed with the pun)  I was quoted £280 to get the replacement caliper supplied and fitted, plus the £[whatever] for an MOT test.

The final bill somehow worked out to be £260 – including the MOT test and re-test (as it failed first time round due to the brake caliper) and also a check/fix on why my rear-washer wouldn’t work. (the bodyshop had fucked up and not reconnected the pipe somewhere along the line)  I’m not quite sure how that works out, but I’m not going to complain…