This could be the end

[Ed Doe]

Ed with regards to the odometer thing, if I've read that correctly, that is already in force.
Manipulation of mileage is classed as an offence as what other reason would you do it other than to sell on with lower mileage?
However if your dials in the car pack up, you can't be expected to (in our case) spend £450 on a new set and then another £100 to correct the mileage. You can however replace them with a second hand part which In my eyes, isn't manipulation at all providing you state the true mileage when you come to sell it.

Could well be in force; and look how much it has affected us already!!!

Yeah this is my point though; everyone's up in arms about this legislation, but as far as I can see it ONLY relates to how older vehicles are tested! Which in my eyes has probably stemmed from those discussions on the radio a few months ago in regard to whether it was really resonable to expect those old Austin A30's and healy's etc. to have an annual MOT, when they did comparatively almost no mileage, and were invariably kept by enthusiasts with too much Mustachio'd frontal aero drag to cause an accident anyway....

By modifying these vehicles, in my opinon they should then fall under the 'annual testing' regime, as the modifications involved in 'ratting' a vehicle for instance are invariably extensive and can have a massive effect on how the car drives. Which in my opinion means it needs a bloody thorough looking at before being allowed on the road!


Everyone else has to pass an MOT as per usual. IF they deem it appropriate to have a vehicle check after the significant modification of components, although it's a pain, I really cannot see how it's THAT bad... it will hopefully reduce the number of badly modified vehicles, which could reduce the number of accidents involving modified cars, which HOPEFULLY will begin to redress the situation we all find ourselves in with spiralling Insurance costs!

In any case, I believe their definition of 'modified' refers to the use of 'non-oem fit' parts (in line with the sort of thing Ratters do for instance; chassis mods and the like). So things like Coilovers, which fit in the stock hubs and the stock top-mounts (or even eccentric topmounts which fit in th stock holes, before anyone says it!) should technically fall into the same category as Q-parts droplinks; a non-pug item which is an OEM fit to the vehicle; ie. does not require modification of anything to fit.