Mine passes without baffle in, his words "So long as it doesn't cause a safety issue for yourself or other road users, I don't care"
Ah yes. You have an MoT God. So refreshing to find one who doesn't want to dot the i's and cross the t's wth pedantic, nit picking. Put a Blade next to one of Stobarts haulers and it would be a very close contest, yet who's going to put one of those big hunks off the road?