I had the PUC certificate and car insurance with me. I hired an RTO agent and paid him a whopping Rs 16,000 to get all the work done.
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Getting my i20s Passing renewed at MH RTO
Hello all,
Since my i20 was registered originally way back in January 2010, I had to get the re-passing work of my vehicle done since as of now I do want to retain the car, also since MH has the cheapest and easiest process of getting re-passing work done at RTOs it’s a no-brainer choice given you have the intention of retaining your car. I genuinely hope it remains the same even in the future.
Anyways coming back to the topic, since I personally had a busy schedule I avoided preparing the paperwork and other necessary stuff thus hired an agent for it and I have to say they charge quite a bit for their services with little scope of negotiations. In total for a 2010 Hyundai i20 Asta, I had to shell out 16k to the agent for the complete work, rip-off I know but I really didn’t want to loiter around the office every now and then since we all very well know how things go around in here.
I was given the slot during the afternoon for the fitness test, nothing much to prepare beforehand, the usual PUC, Insurance stuff and the car should be in a rather presentable condition, just that. A few other cars like City, WagonR, Punto etc of similar vintage were present there for the fitness test along with my car.
I don’t know if it was mandatory or not but there was a person saying it’s mandatory to put reflective strips around the car for passing the fitness test. Since I saw all the other cars had stuck those on their bumpers (2 white strips on either side of the front bumper and 2 red strips on the rear bumper), I allowed it, at first the person was demanding 200 Rs for it, just called my agent and they had a small conversation and I didn’t have to pay him for the tapes.
Coming to the actual test, it was rather too simple IMHO, there were 2 RTO inspector officers (ladies) who asked me to start the car, move it back and forth, apply brakes, and check if the headlights, taillights, blinkers and wipers are in order or not, cross-checked the VIN and voila, the test is done and my i20 has passed with flying colours!
The RC was submitted too and the new updated RC would soon be available to me as a soft-copy while the hard copy would be dispatched by post as usual.
The next visit of mine to RTO now would be around March/April 2027 for my Honda Aviator’s re-passing and again around September 2027 for my dad’s WagonR albeit the latter visit would be at JH01 DTO.
Other cars of similar vintage undergoing fitness tests and certification.
Thank you
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