You won't pass the Finnish MOT test with a loose bumper end, or at least won't if the inspector is in a nasty mood. Dangerous to pedestrians or some nonsense like that. My 340 came with a nasty bump on the side that one of the previous owners made. At that point the bumper end came loose. And there's an old MOT test report - failed, because of that loose bumper end - nothing more. So the previous owner took some self-drilling screws and just screwed the bumper on to the wing, bastards
But after that it apparently passed the inspection.
On a related note, once in the past I drove my (thankfully not mine for a long long time anymore) Peugeot 309 into a traffic sign at about 40 km/h impact speed. Dead center on the front. Bumper broke in half, radiator came off its mountings and hit the engine, and promptly leaked all water out; also the signpost bent under the car and did some nasty things to it e.g. nice bump in the sump. The front was bent so much that the front light pattern was noticeably changed. Bonnet dead, bonnet locking mechanism dead, etc.
Being a cheapskate, and at that point a poor student living on bread crumbs, I made pretty much the bodge of the century and I patched that Pug back into drivable condition. Well, as good as any FWD crap ever becomes, that is. The car was white with white bumpers. Found a cheap bonnet at a scrappy that was red and slightly rusty, painted it quickly with the cheapest paint available (Biltema acetone-based spray bottles) and stuck it on. At the same scrappy, got a replacement for the panel that has the bonnet lock. Except of course it wouldn't go on because the front was bent out of shape. Below the radiator there was a beam that was supposed to be straight but now it was very clearly V-shaped so instead of getting a new one, me and a couple friends just bent it back to almost straight. Hmm, the bonnet lock panel still wouldn't match the holes. So, new holes in the panel, done. I actually patched the radiator with silicone RTV sealant but that started coming off so in the end I had to get a new one. But the bumper repair was probably the scariest bodge of them all. The plastic on top was naturally shattered, but even the fiberglass insert inside the bumper was now in two pieces. So, lots of self-tapping screws, and lots of steel strapping (steel band with holes) and it started to look like a bumper again. Some more white paint on it, and you couldn't tell the difference. Well, you actually could, if you were closer than 10 meters.
