Tallman
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I hope not hanging from your mirror. I’m very suspicious of people with danglies from their mirrors. They are usually terrible drivers.
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lifes2short
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you got that right, keep your friends closer and your MOT tester closer, lot of historic rally cars passing mot's with just hydraulic hand brakes
lifes2short
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yup it'll come to nothing
They tried this stunt a while back with the bikes...Everything in the drive train...which means motor ( power output to tyres..! ( The concern was a difference in circumference FFS )
They have ignored alternative braking systems to ABS that manufacturers have spent millions developing and insisted that little bikes are fitted with expensive and complicated ABS instead...It was total EU bollox at the time..Seems like Brexit has done nothing to stop the uninformed, overpaid political class from putting their cross in the box that pays best...!?
Following it's withdrawal, they started on the so-called "Super MOT"...meaning bikes would have to satisfy similar tests to type approval standards in the test every two years...( basically be as it was when sold)
Bikes are also currently under the same proposals- detail is "thin in the ground' to put it politely...!
Never say never- the Germans have TUV testing. No idea how it affects cars but bikers have to go to great lengths to get mods approved...every time it comes up.
The French changed the law so all bikes are 100HP or less. It cost their MC industry dear. They continue to insist that people on older bikes arent allowed access to Paris for example..better to sit alone, in a 4 seater, clog the streets, and spew their emissions from a worse alternative....!
F*cking bureaucrats....
www.mag-uk.org
They have ignored alternative braking systems to ABS that manufacturers have spent millions developing and insisted that little bikes are fitted with expensive and complicated ABS instead...It was total EU bollox at the time..Seems like Brexit has done nothing to stop the uninformed, overpaid political class from putting their cross in the box that pays best...!?
Following it's withdrawal, they started on the so-called "Super MOT"...meaning bikes would have to satisfy similar tests to type approval standards in the test every two years...( basically be as it was when sold)
Bikes are also currently under the same proposals- detail is "thin in the ground' to put it politely...!
Never say never- the Germans have TUV testing. No idea how it affects cars but bikers have to go to great lengths to get mods approved...every time it comes up.
The French changed the law so all bikes are 100HP or less. It cost their MC industry dear. They continue to insist that people on older bikes arent allowed access to Paris for example..better to sit alone, in a 4 seater, clog the streets, and spew their emissions from a worse alternative....!
F*cking bureaucrats....
MAG still opposes anti-tampering proposals despite latest DfT clarification.
MAG remains opposed to vehicle anti-tampering proposals despite a recent clarification of the Government’s intentions.
www.mag-uk.org
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philw696
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We know how to eat over here
Tallman
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So all of that was for nothing?? But they said the UK would be much better off leaving, surely they can't have been fibbing all along? I'm starting to think COVID was designed in a London lab to cover up the failings of Brexit...
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Germany is quite strict, if you follow the rules. Which the germans are known for.
Selling my x-pipe to german people was hilarious, noone wanted one because modifying the exhaust can result in a big fine. I believe they can make it an environment offense (same for bikes) and not just noise. So then you get a little bit of a bigger fine and you have to get the car/bike tested before you can drive it again.
Im sure there are still plenty of people doing it, regardless of the law.
Selling my x-pipe to german people was hilarious, noone wanted one because modifying the exhaust can result in a big fine. I believe they can make it an environment offense (same for bikes) and not just noise. So then you get a little bit of a bigger fine and you have to get the car/bike tested before you can drive it again.
Im sure there are still plenty of people doing it, regardless of the law.
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It'd be a helluva crowded creak.
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rockits
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LOL.....as long as they are paying and replace with an equivalent I guess I could go along with that. A 2 seater RWD sports targa/convertible with circa 475bhp per tonne might cost them a few quid
boywholovedbooks
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Here goes my "engine swapping idea" out the window......
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Labour tried that but it's not going so well
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Do it now, while you still can!
boywholovedbooks
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Too many complications, might be different connections/electrical issues etc, even though the layout of the engine is the same
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I'm going to guess that any future legislation would apply to future cars, i.e. cars that exist now would be exempt. tbh, what's the point of modding an electric car anyway, You may as well mod your fridge-freezer. I suppose you could claim it was hacked. Invoke the 'Shaggy defence'. Wasn't me.