With the route clearly read, the appointment is the last, well-marked turn. You book a slot, arrive prepared, and follow the examiner's checks through to a stamp.
It begins with a booking: reserving a slot through the CSDD system means arriving on a day and at a station that suit you, with no queue and no uncertainty about being seen.
On arrival you present the car and your documents, and an examiner works through a set sequence of checks: brakes, lights, steering, emissions and the structural essentials.
If everything is in order you leave with a fresh stamp; if something needs attention you receive a precise list, and putting it right is rarely as daunting as it first sounds.
