rollingcoal
Part of things
we can engineer a way around that, maybe
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May 27, 2018 17:19:18 GMT
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don't know for sure but would think from what I have read on various forums "improved environmental performance " would mean change of diff ratio and/or the substitution for a 5 speed box engine must be "of original type " ie in your example a v8 petrol or any engine that was originally fitted to that type of car any other engine would mean an mot unless or until it's been fitted for 30 years
here you go knock yourself out www.gov.uk/government/publications/historic-classic-vehicles-mot-exemption-criteria/historic-classic-vehicles-mot-exemption-criteria
what I think is it's a big fat trap dreamt up by them a holes in Brussels and all of our corrupt mp's I think the way of their thinking is , " how can we get rid of these old cars on our roads " and they have come up with "make them mot free and the first time that some idiot puts a wreck on the road and kills someone we can claim that all cars now over x years old are no longer allowed on our roads ever again" and that is why mine is still going for an MOT but alas I think that our time is running out
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A55 Austin Cambridge 1961 Triumph Spartan 1965 mk1 Ford Escort 2 door 1968 Peugeot 406 diesel estate 1998 Citroen Xsara hatchback diesel 1999
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froggy
Posted a lot
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May 27, 2018 18:04:55 GMT
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There’s a lot of very expensive metal on the road owned by wealthy and influential people so no way they’ll ever allow a ban on older cars . My take on it is more a case of the way the exemption works those who don’t claim it are pretty much admitting to alterations that would also mean they didn’t qualify for historic tax exemption either . How that would be followed up I don’t know
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Just because it doesn't have to go for an MOT doesn't mean you cannot take it for one. Your Historical status would remain in tact. Still early days,but you know what curse words insurance companies can be. I for one will take mine for an MOT, only just to close a potential loop hole that,God forbid,anything happened,the insurance company couldn't try that as a way of weaselling out of settling a claim.
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May 28, 2018 21:08:11 GMT
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the insurance companies will react the same as usual , was the vehicle roadworthy at the time of the accident? current mot status whilst useful isn't a guarantee its roadworthy
the govt have taken the money saving option , they would have needed to amend the test to continue to test old cars, and options cost money,
when was the last car built using a king pin as part of the steering mech? to apply the same test to a 1960's austin 1300 as to a toyota auris makes no sense
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retired with too many projects!
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