Reply To: DVSA plans to increase MOT slot fee

[brad doulton]

TBH, no matter how much we moan about the cost of an mot, or that others seem to discount the cost to get cars through the door, until the whole industry is regulated nothing will change.
We need to have a bare minimum standard of qualification, insurance, mot price fix and many more things before this industry will stop dying on it’s feet.
We were all warned about a shortage in mechanics/technicians 20 years ago, and it’s come home to roost. I can’t hire a decent technician for love nor money. There are plenty of what i call grease monkey’s out there, but no good techs that are looking to move in the current climate. There are so many old school garages closing around here due to retirement or development, and the techs are just leaving the trade as they’ve had enough.
Show me another trade where you need to spend so much on tools and continuous training, but is so under valued with low wages. Just wait until the ev and hybrid markets take off and we see even more in the private sector, with very few of us that are properly trained.