Huw Davies
Owner and MOT tester
Huw opened Taff MOT in 2010 after fifteen years as a tester and workshop manager at a main dealer. He still does most of the tests himself, and he will show you the problem on the ramp rather than describe it.
About us
Two bays, two testers, one rule.
The tester never sells the repair. That rule has been on the wall since the day we opened in 2010, and it is the reason a third of our customers come from more than ten miles away.
Why the rule matters
An MOT station that also does repairs has an obvious temptation: fail a car, fix the car. Most do not give in to it, but you cannot tell from the car park. So we separate the two. The tester tests to the DVSA manual and writes the sheet. If you want a quote, the sheet goes to the workshop bay and a different person prices it, and you are free to take that sheet anywhere. Our pass rate is above the national average because we do not invent failures, and our workshop is busy because people come back.
The bay
A four-post lift, brake rollers set into the floor, a headlamp beam aligner on rails, a gas analyser and a diesel smoke meter, all calibrated on the DVSA schedule and the certificates on the reception wall. The viewing window is there on purpose: you are welcome to watch every minute.
What we will not do
- Charge more than the published fee for anything.
- Write an advisory to make a sale.
- Pass a car that should fail because the owner is a friend. The ticket is ours and the testers' livelihoods.
- Keep you waiting without saying how long.
The people
Three of us.
Ffion Rees
MOT tester and diagnostics
Ffion qualified as a tester in 2017 and runs the diagnostics side: the engine lights, the ABS faults and the airbag warnings that are an automatic fail. Trained on hybrid and electric systems.
Owen Lewis
Reception and bookings
Owen runs the desk, the diary and the reminder list. If you have had a text the week your MOT is due, that was him. He also makes the coffee, which gets its own mentions in the reviews.
- 16years testing in Treforest
- 38,000+MOTs carried out
- 81%first-time pass rate
- 4.9average rating
Book your MOT.
Pick a day and an hour slot online, or ring the desk. Car MOT £45, free retest, and you can watch it from the window.