Just Pulled by Cops/VOSA - They Want My Car!

[monzablue16v]

The phrase C0CKS springs to mind. The system shafts you if you try to make something of yourself and rewards you if you don't, might just feck off working and go on the rock and roll get all the benefits and plenty of time to myself, or Emigrate somewhere like ooh Iraq lol would probably be an easier life pmsl.

[TeddyKGB]

Yeh.. specially with all the Doles (Poles) coming into the country... a lot of their cars are untaxed and uninsured. Makes ya sick

[cняis]

get it MOT'd and show them the new certificate as proof that it is road legal.

i had a fiesta failed on its MOT for excessive noise, it had 1 cherry bomb silencer... was very loud.

[WhiteMk2Gti]

They cant check the noise level since no guideline for noise level.

At what rpm should it be checked? Drive past or stationary?

You cant check for noise, but can pull "in my opion".

Well mine says its not that loud.

But garage say rather than hassle, MOT it.

So i get to spend money because the VOSA fella couldnt find anything wrong with my car!

[DubFan]

I thought they did check for the noise level of the exhaust as part of the MOT.

I think the only fair way to test the noise would be at idle, because every car makes more noise when it's revved.

You shouldn't need to get an new MOT, I lent my old Mk3 16v to a mate who got pulled over on the M1 for having a rear light out. So he got a producer and I had to go with him to the local Police station with the current MOT to prove that it was still road legal. Didn't need to get a new one.
Your MOT cert covers you for 1 year, that should be end of story.
I got pulled in the same car a few months before this for a random roadside Police check, they checked lights, tyres and even emmissions, but not noise levels.

I'm always seeing Polish and Latvian cars in London, it's very annoying because they can't see properly (being left hand drive) and make bad manouvers, and most likely won't have had an MOT or even insurance cover for this country. I try to steer clear of them.

[tom26]

The phrase C0CKS springs to mind. The system shafts you if you try to make something of yourself and rewards you if you don't, might just feck off working and go on the rock and roll get all the benefits and plenty of time to myself, or Emigrate somewhere like ooh Iraq lol would probably be an easier life pmsl.

damn straight.

[gibby]

it's very annoying because they can't see properly (being left hand drive) and make bad manouvers

Does that include Rallye drivers too !

[vaughn]

and g60 drivers 

[curlie467]

Sounds like you are running an illegal exhaust with it being too loud, just re mot it and if it passes then you are ok but if not then swap it and go and show them within the time limit. Just one of those things that you aint gonna get out of im afraid.

Good luck.

[cняis]

the point is though that because exhausts are never sound checked to form any part of the MOT, an exhaust could never be deemed as "not road legal" in the first place.

No matter how loud it is, as long as you have a valid MOT i cant see what they'd be able to do.