Dont know if this is in the right place but will post here and see what happens…

I Have run into a bit of a problem.
I bought my Renault Megane Scenic two years ago from a reputable dealer in Granada. It came with a fresh ITV Certificate which has just expired.
I took the car to the Granada ITV Test Station for its recertification and shock, horror, it failed.
Not too much of a surprise though, given that six months ago some drunken pillock redesigned the rear left hand corner and bu**ered off without leaving a note.. No witnesses, my insurance company dont want to know, Trafficos dont want to know.
I patched up the damage as best I could, but it wasnt enough for the ITV inspector. He wants a proper repair carried out and I have arranged this through a local garage.

The other fail point however came as a complete surprise…
The vehicle has a complete tow bar installation minus the ball hitch. It looks as if its been there since the year dot and looks like original equipment. The installation however is not listed on the vehicle permisso de conducir.
It passed the ITV test last time, (before I bought it), but the ITV chap is insistent upon its removal.

Does anyone out there know if this is standard original equipment?

Its no big deal to remove the towbar and indeed I have asked that the garage do so when doing the bodywork repairs.
I’m just curious to know how come it was OK the last time but not this…

Any Scenic owners out there?

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foxbat - 28 June 2008 06:19 PM

given that six months ago some drunken pillock redesigned the rear left hand corner and bu**ered off without leaving a note.. No witnesses, my insurance company dont want to know, Trafficos dont want to know.

Don`t you just love the crime free Spanish culture. 😡

I’m just curious to know how come it was OK the last time but not this…

You may find if you take it to another ITV station it`ll pass, along with the damaged body work, if you get a Spanish friend to take it you maybe supprised at the result.

My understanding is that the retest must be carried out at the station that failed it initially.

As for the prang itself, these days I wouldn’t expect anything else in the UK!

The car was parked under a streetlight, we were in bed asleep and knew nothing about it until I went out to the car the following morning.
My one consolation was that a couple of days later I saw an extremely damaged Seat Ibiza in a local Gruas yard. One of the bits that I recovered from the bits of broken plastic near my car was an almost perfect fit on the Seat. The Gruas however would neither confirm or deny that the locationor time of the recovery…They did however confirm that the driver was very drunk…

Where we used to live in England, the chances are that the offending driver would have also nicked the wheels/tyres for good measure!  (Thats if the car itself wasnt nicked within 15 minutes of being parked…and subsequently torched…)

In Spain you can always get around the rules.

In the Uk a neighbour dented our rear car door one night, they left a note through our letter box and told us personnaly.

In Spain I sold my new car because of the damage before we lost money.

Its ok you don`t need to defend the country you moved too, you I`m sure made the right choice and you should be the only one to criticise Spain and there drunken pillocks.