All modified cars to become illegal?

lefthooker · 24-08-12, 05:00 PM

This has been on the cards for a while but it seems it is soon to become law.Apparently the only way a car can pass an MOT is for it to be exactly as it left the factory.

I don't think I know of a car that hasn't been modified in some way wether it be different wheels/tyres,stainless exhaust or whatever.

Check out the FBHVC or ACE websites for more info.

Micky · 24-08-12, 05:10 PM

that's most of us in the dog house then

there must be 10000000000000s of cars over the years been modified in some way or form . so thats a big

to them .i think we should start a petition

poor-boy · 24-08-12, 05:16 PM

So now they have an issue with people who make their cars better...?

Micky · 24-08-12, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by poor-boy

So now they have an issue with people who make their cars better...?

no its to make you go and buy a euro box which will only last a few years so you have to then go and buy another one

the goverment want you to go green in the future so all fossel fuel cars will soon be banned

martinws · 24-08-12, 06:49 PM

Surely they will have to make it that there is some kind of cut off date to it or a test that you must pass specifically looking at mods that lets some cars go through. Im pretty sure all emergency vehicles are modified in some way. I work along side lots of them and iv seen loads of little and big mods.

4v6 · 24-08-12, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by martinws

Surely they will have to make it that there is some kind of cut off date to it or a test that you must pass specifically looking at mods that lets some cars go through. Im pretty sure all emergency vehicles are modified in some way. I work along side lots of them and iv seen loads of little and big mods.

Bollocks to the EU.

Tonks4x4 · 24-08-12, 07:12 PM

That means I will have to change my trade to a fruit and veg shop then!!!

I give up with this country!

Sabre75 · 24-08-12, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Tonks4x4

That means I will have to change my trade to a fruit and veg shop then!!!

Nope, that won't work either; we can't possibly pay a sensible price for our food & drink to allow the people producing it to make a living, presumably because it had to go to the bankers to keep their 'talent' in the country ...

You could go into middle-management, sadly that seems to be thriving

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Originally Posted by Tonks4x4

I give up with this country!

Sadly I can't argue with you there, although it's unfair to blame it on the country as such, more the majority of the people in it

... present company, fellow-members of the CA forum, accepted naturally

The Milkman · 24-08-12, 07:35 PM

Ah christ sake, there goes my quattro embroidered floor mats.

90 B2 quattro · 24-08-12, 07:44 PM

That bullshit

, if they end up doing that they should at least have a certification process to allow modified cars a chance of getting a MOT. In NZ you are required by law to get a cert even if you uprate you brake pads to mintex or greenstuff etc, or if you fit fixed back bucket seats and thats just the small things. It costs anywhere from $300-$1000 depending on the modifications you have done.

24-08-12, 07:35 PM	#9
The Milkman Empty Wallet :( Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Kilmarnock, Scotland Posts: 755	Ah christ sake, there goes my quattro embroidered floor mats. __________________ 1984 Audi Ur quattro [A10VOT]

24-08-12, 05:10 PM	#2
Micky Mr Fifty Thousand! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 8,738	that's most of us in the dog house then there must be 10000000000000s of cars over the years been modified in some way or form . so thats a big to them .i think we should start a petition

24-08-12, 05:16 PM	#3
poor-boy Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kingswinford, West Midlands Posts: 1,284	So now they have an issue with people who make their cars better...?

24-08-12, 06:49 PM	#5
martinws Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Johnstone Posts: 723	Surely they will have to make it that there is some kind of cut off date to it or a test that you must pass specifically looking at mods that lets some cars go through. Im pretty sure all emergency vehicles are modified in some way. I work along side lots of them and iv seen loads of little and big mods.

24-08-12, 07:12 PM	#7
Tonks4x4 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire Posts: 2,607	That means I will have to change my trade to a fruit and veg shop then!!! I give up with this country!

24-08-12, 07:44 PM	#10
90 B2 quattro Grown up member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Dunedin, NewZealand Posts: 168	That bullshit , if they end up doing that they should at least have a certification process to allow modified cars a chance of getting a MOT. In NZ you are required by law to get a cert even if you uprate you brake pads to mintex or greenstuff etc, or if you fit fixed back bucket seats and thats just the small things. It costs anywhere from $300-$1000 depending on the modifications you have done.