Lochside Vehicle Services
Unit 5, Orchard Bank Industrial Estate, Forfar, DD8 1TD
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Forfar. Site number 6262BQ.
Unit 5, Orchard Bank Industrial Estate, Forfar, DD8 1TD
The maximum fee for a class 4 car MOT is £54.85 and £29.65 for a motorcycle; many garages charge less. You can book up to a month (minus a day) before the current certificate runs out and keep the same renewal date. Take the registration; you don’t need the V5C.
Details are from the DVSA register published 30 Sep 2026 (source). Phone numbers and ownership change, so ring first.
Cars and light vans tested in the DD (Dundee) postcode area failed 32.4% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 9.8 points above the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 126,145 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 14.72% | 8.93% |
| Brakes | 11.85% | 6.1% |
| Lights and electrics | 8.81% | 6.95% |
| Tyres | 7.59% | 5.95% |
From DVSA’s anonymised MOT results for 2025, by the postcode area of the test station. The data has no garage identifier, so these are figures for the area, not for any one garage. An area with older cars fails more for that reason alone. Every area compared.
53 Dundee Road, Forfar, DD8 1HY
Queenswell Road, Forfar, DD8 3HZ
Queenswell Road, Forfar, DD8 3JA
15 Queen Street, Forfar, Angus, DD8 3AJ
Castle Garage, Victoria Street, Forfar, DD8 3HU