Modified cars becoming illegal in 6 Weeks?????

[gobbleplease]

Im going to start stock piling standard bits and sell them on the forum when its implemented , ill be rich  

[Ducky76]

Ha ha ^

[Ducky76]

All aftermarket parts in Germany have 2 be tuv approved now so wouldn't we be able 2 adopt the same idea with vosa approved parts ?? 

[MC71]

Im going to start stock piling standard bits and sell them on the forum when its implemented , ill be rich  

  was thinking the same thing!! Thank god I kept all my original parts.

What if you've modified a car by making it safer ie adding Xenons, DRL's or BBK and so on. Surly that's a good thing?

[daboy3000]

I guess if the parts are approved as OEM xenon's would be, then it would be ok

[sub39h]

Im going to start stock piling standard bits and sell them on the forum when its implemented , ill be rich  

  was thinking the same thing!! Thank god I kept all my original parts.

What if you've modified a car by making it safer ie adding Xenons, DRL's or BBK and so on. Surly that's a good thing?

thing is, who on earth would be able to tell that your car wasn't meant to have Xenons and you retrofitted them? and who would notice your R32 brake conversion?

this is why the proposals are so absurd

[PDT]

This type of thread comes around every 8-12 months, I remember back when I was soldering chips into ECU's on RS turbos people were telling me that it will all be over soon and modifying cars will be illegal. 16 years on........

[daboy3000]

and they can't exactly fine you for painting your badge black

[Hedge]

Load of crap. NEXT!

[Neiltdi]

Good news!!
Status Error posted this earlier. This comment is what I saw...

"Guys seriously chill. This guy knows nothing about EU Law. The Regulation says nothing about banning mods. It simply states that member states, ie the UK, have to ensure road
worthiness tests such as MOTs (which we already have) get carried
out.

All that is suggested by the chap at the DfT is his opinion on how that will be interpreted into UK law. I've done law for 5 years and the first thing to note is what is clearly said in the document -

"Roadworthiness testing is a sovereign activity and should therefore be done by the Member States or by entrusted bodies under their supervision(IE NOT THE EU). Member States should remain responsible for roadworthiness testing in any cases even if the national system allows for authorisation of private bodies, including those involved in performing repairs."

EU Law is not going to magically make mods illegal. Its up to our government to decide on what should be legal and what shouldnt be legal. I think what could happen is that MOT tests will start to fail unsafe mods/unenvironmentally friendly mods (which it already does to a certain extent). But at what point can they legitimately argue that me putting uprated brakes, suspension and a weld in cage with harnesses on a car is not making the car "roadworthy" or "safe".

Please dont spread this doc all its creating is confusion and panic imho."

Something that was posted on another forum

[doylebros]

What it will affect is the vehicle resale value and possibly mean you'll not be able to sell or reinsure your vehicle -  if modified even if your willing to pay a premium for any conversion work cover!

 

[RedRobin]

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I expect that the specialist modified car insurers such as Greenlight will reinsure your car come time of annual renewal. Or did you mean something else?

[mad_pete]

Don't panic.

[wigit]

its posted on the internet so got to be true   

[Deako]

What a load of scaremongering sheite. I LOL every time a post like this is created.

"Lets just wipe out a multi billion pound business overnight in tax revenues hey?"

All the report says is what is already done in the UK. Cars must be MOTd. That is all. As long as they are road worthy...............