It does make one wonder though, I took my Ford focus in to the main Ford
garage (where I always go) six months after its MOT to have a couple of
gas struts fitted to the tailgate along with an intermediate service.

The guy on the reception desk told me that there were some 'rubber
bushes'? failing in the rear suspension which would have to be done before
it would pass its next MOT, IIRC I was quoted somewhere around £280 with
VAT, being a bit skint at the time and as it apparently wasn't a safety
issue I told him I'd leave it until I had the next MOT done.

Came the day and the wife says don't forget to tell the mechanic what
needs to be done, which of course I didn't and guess what, it sailed
through the test without a mention of any problems with the rear
suspension, it will be interesting to see if I'm quite so lucky next year.

At it's last main dealer service at 72,000, they told me the lower bushes on
my 206 needed replacing urgently and it wouldn't pass it's impending MOT.
But, it did pass it's MOT an an independent garage at 85,000 without
comment, and has just passed it's 2nd MOT at 115,000 with just an advisory
on one bush!