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Offline G6dub

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Re:DVLA Legislation - please read
« Reply #10 on: 14 July 2004, 13:54 »
As we are now on this subject as you know the mk1 (a old T reg) has just been MOT's
Does anyone know the real MOT law on a 20v being in a mk1 and if it should have a cat now cause of the engine change?
I ask cause teh AA MOT place i.e Halfords MOT was the only place that could MOT it on a saturday afternoon but they range me up asked 100 questions and refused to do a MOT cause they said teh engine was from a 2001 car so it had to have a cat even though it is in a 1978 car!
Now both 2 local garages think it doesn't need a cat.

SO WHO IS RIGHT AND WHO IS WRONG I DON'T THINK THE LAW IS VERY CLEAR ON THIS
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Re:DVLA Legislation - please read
« Reply #11 on: 14 July 2004, 14:21 »
From what i read on the dept. of transport site, the testing is based on the year of registration of the car, not the engine age. Pre-1992 cars don't have to pass the co2 testing whether you have a cat or not.
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Re:DVLA Legislation - please read
« Reply #12 on: 14 July 2004, 15:14 »
MOT emission limits,

pre 1992 up to 3.5% CO allowed
1992 onwards up to 0.5% CO allowed

so any car registered before Aug 1992 will fall into the first catagory, regardless of what engine is fitted.
there is no way a car without a cat will make under 0.5% CO, so from Aug 1992 a cat is a legal requirement.
« Last Edit: 14 July 2004, 15:15 by golfvr6 »
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Re:DVLA Legislation - please read
« Reply #13 on: 14 July 2004, 15:22 »
So what sorta things do we have to E-mail to the site e-mail? They ask for oppinons, Do we say stuff like "the idea will not work" and stuff like that?
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Re:DVLA Legislation - please read
« Reply #14 on: 14 July 2004, 15:44 »
I was told by my MOT'er that it was the car year, not the engine year that ruled if a CAT had to be fitted. so we're ok there Clare :)
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Re:DVLA Legislation - please read
« Reply #15 on: 14 July 2004, 15:55 »
Quote from: Fielder5757 on 14 July 2004, 15:22
So what sorta things do we have to E-mail to the site e-mail? They ask for oppinons, Do we say stuff like "the idea will not work" and stuff like that?

if you can be bothered to.. theres an online response form (link to it is somewhere down the left hand side near the bottom). the questions seem to go on forever so i didnt bother.
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Re:DVLA Legislation - please read
« Reply #16 on: 14 July 2004, 15:55 »
dvla are always sneeking sh!t in. all it does is punish the law abiding, the real crimals have and always will get away with it.
the last one compulsory off road notification or fines, i now have 6 sorns a year to fill in for vehicles which cannot be driven (one bike is in aprox 300 peices, one car is stripped)
the real crims still just print their own plates and register cars to false addresses so no inconvenience for them there then.
f*cking dictatorist government.
oh and according to teletext in a survey children from 10 to 18 want chatrooms banned as they dont feel safe, so we can probably expect to have chatr rooms and forums f*cked to death too.
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Re:DVLA Legislation - please read
« Reply #17 on: 14 July 2004, 15:57 »
i don't feel safe in our chat room :o

can't see it being shut down though  ;)
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Re:DVLA Legislation - please read
« Reply #18 on: 14 July 2004, 15:59 »
Quote from: tophuh on 14 July 2004, 15:57
i don't feel safe in our chat room :o

can't see it being shut down though  ;)

lmao - thats cos its run by maniacs  ;) :D
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Re:DVLA Legislation - please read
« Reply #19 on: 14 July 2004, 16:12 »
who you calling a maniac :(

but just incase anyone has been F**cked over by there insurance lately if your car is written off in anyway unecomonical to repair to dangerous and you want to repair and put it back on the road you are now required to have it tested and re-registered by the dvla. i have been told to send Tax, V5 and mot to the dvla and then drive it to a test centre with a new mot done with 90 days of the inspection this is without road tax and log book and insurance had to be returned to the insurance company.

how do they expect me to get it to the inspection doubt many people have access to a trailer or tow truck. all this cause bumper lights and front o/s wing are damaged and the insurance company would rather write it off and pay out than pay for the repairs which so far not including mot and inspection by dvla has come to ?500.
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