If you have the registration number then you can look up old MOT's online, it's a useful way of checking the history of a car - I'd expect to see comments about rust in previous MOT's if it's now bad enough to require welding for e.g.
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If you have the registration number then you can look up old MOT's online, it's a useful way of checking the history of a car - I'd expect to see comments about rust in previous MOT's if it's now bad enough to require welding for e.g.