No doubt this has been covered somewhere below, but what is the feeling about this?
Im still going to MOT the car but do I still have to log it for exemption?
Ive just finished sorting a few things out so its the first time on the road for 12 months
i read the exceptions about not being modified in the last 10years. This is me out as Ive changed the engine ( zetec) brakes steering etc etc.
What are your feelings ?
Have all your dumps at work!!!Not only will you save money on toilet paper, but you'll also be getting paid for it.
My understanding is that if the chassis and general structure of the car remains the same and all changes to the car were for safety/upgrade reasons then i think its eligible for exemption. I dont think the capacity of engine matters.
My cars booked in for an MOT tomorrow but i think i might make it the last one i take it for! Ill maybe take it for one every second year just for a going over but im not sure. Really not sure how i feel about the whole thing!
personally i think its just plain wrong that you can now dig a relic out of a barn that been parked up for christ only knows how many years and drive it legally on the road without any form of road worthyness check.
even cars which have not been off the road for long periods can have problems, especially around brakes, probably 50% of the classics we test need something doing to get the brake efficiency upto standard.
most of our classic owning customers want an mot for peace of mind, to the ones unsure i usually say, if something were to go wrong and either theres an accident, or perhaps your car goes missing, without an mot how would you prove the car was actually roadworthy? ok an mot doesn't guarantee roadworthy ness but at least it proves it was recently
Totally agree Graham - there will be an accident, somewhere, sometime and someone will die - and you bet the insurance will wriggle out of their liabilities using the 'prove it was roadworthy' clause! Really not worth it to save £40 IMO!
I recall repairing Escorts in the late 70's early 80's with corrossion so I can't imagine what some must be like now from their so called Barn finds. Car's with rotten chassis's, inner wings and a good possibility of no floor pans out on the Public Highway, not to mention the condition of the brakes and pipes.
The only reason I could think of to dodge the MOT would be with a competition car where the emmisions where a little on the critical side to obtain a pass.
Just the responses I thought.
Im going to MOT the old girl I was just thinking if I needed register it or not of the gov site ?
Sod it i’ll just leave things as they are
Have all your dumps at work!!!Not only will you save money on toilet paper, but you'll also be getting paid for it.
You have to request the change from PLG to Historic after its 40th birthday to gain the tax free status which is when you can elect to go MOT free or provide the MOT as usual. After it is Historic, the database will know it has been MOT'd and Taxing will be at cost £0.00Originally Posted by magichat71
i know most escorts are restored to a better than ever standard these days but it also leaves the door open to dodgy repairs..........
some of you above will remember buying cars with repair plates stuck on, chicken wire and p60 chassis etc
and if your too young to - beware it really happened !
Don’t forget the news paper stuffed into the chassis trick
Or the wood, i remember in the mid 70,s repairing my anglia sills with wood, skim of filler, sanded to look like a join with spot welds, really looked convincing, and then the underseal. Didnt have a mig back then.. and i think you might mean exemption
Last edited by e321; 02-05-2019 at 15:36.
cmon you guys that's terrible.
Biscuit tin metal for me
in my youth i once made some wheel arch liners from thick card, held in place with body filler, which i them painted over with some mud mixed up in an old sauce pan, and it passed mot no problems.
that's the really scary thing looking back at it now that car wasnt really roadworthy 35 years ago, but theoretically it could be on the road now without an mot
but a fresh coat of mud
My post from November 2017:
Re: Classic car MOT Change
I went to a VOSA refresher course just after the last MOT exemption. The lecturer, a one David Calvert, told tale of a recent event at the MIRA test centre. Other folk were there as well as the VOSA chaps, including some senior insurance bods, representing the motor industry’s finest insurance bodies. Any way the story goes that into a conversation betwixt the two relevant parties the VOSA chaps quizzed the insurance team of their view of them insuring old motors that had not even the minimum of mechanical check (for that is an MOT test). It dawned on them that they were wide open to all kinds of problems, litigation, uninsured losses etc etc.
It may be that there are stipulations in your insurance policy that requires an MOT, or similar engineers report, that allows you to be legally insured. If I were running an insurance company I would be damn sure not to leave myself wide open to such a huge risk.
Be careful out there.
Are we there yet?
Not really, as every motor policy I've had clearly states the vehicle must be kept roadworthy, its the same for the classic policies. I don't agree with the no Mot thing at all, but as frequently mentioned on here and elsewhere, its really only applies to the day the vehicle was tested. Its up to the owner to ensure it remains up to that standard for the rest of the times its used on a public road.
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