Hello All,My first post and its a question :)My lodger has two Mazdas, she bought the first about 12 months ago - a mark 1 and about two weeks later bought a mark 2 the mad girl.The Mk1 has sat for a year in a garage and is now due for another MOT - why she hasnt gotten rid already I dont know but non the less.She took it for an MOT and it failed on some small welding job that needs sorting out - she has taken the car back to the garage from the test centre and has asked me to find a welder for her which I have done.The car needs to go from the garage to the welder ( a journey of about 7 miles or so) and then return to the test centre for a free re-test before a 10 day period expires (quite generous as I dont think they are obliged to do that).The Car is Insured, and I believe it still has a little MOT left but I dont think it has tax as she let it go after wasting about 11 months worth sat in the garage.I dont want her to get fined however so is there something that must be done, is this repair journey permitted as long as there are no detours (which there wont be) or is this a compulsory put it on a trailer job.Many ThanksAndy (Cybermat)

I've just sold my car on auto trader to a local guy. He came to view twice and seemed pretty happy with it. He knocked me down on price from £700 to £500 for a 2001 peugeot 307, because it needed 2x tyres and had a blowing exhaust? He was quite knowledgable on cars and seemed to know what he was talking about. The problem came a few days later when he said he had done an online check for mots and "found out" it had had some welding done for its last mot. I did put this on the advert but didn't mention my ex had sorted it for me on the cheap. I originally took it in for an mot and it failed on 3 corrosion points and had some advisories. The quote to fix was more than the car was worth so I phoned my ex and asked if the welding could be done cheaper elsewhere. He's not just a diy guy, he is a trained mechanic. He offered to do it for a lot cheaper and then take it to a garage for it's mot. I agreed and the car was fixed. The new mot was done at a different garage and had none of the advisories that the old fail sheet had. My ex simply said the garage I took it to was keen. I drove it for another 6 months then decided to sell it because it had a couple of dings (small ones) and wasn't looking as nice as it used to. Have I done something wrong here? He's saying the mot was "bent" and I sold him a dangerous car. The 3 welding spots were on the 2 rear seat belt areas and one of the sills. It was undersealed afterwards. The advisories were for slight corrosion, a cv something and a tyre that was low but not illegal. What do I do now? Do I have to take the car back? The tax is due to run out at the end of this month, the v5 has already been sent off. Its going to take about 2 months to get the paperwork sorted with the dvla. I also don't want to take it back if it's going to come back in a condition that I can't resell ie 2x extra keepers, short mot, no tax and stood for 2 months. He's sent a few nasty texts and e-mails saying I'm a liar and other things. Help would be great, thank you.