How roadworthy does a brit car have to be in Germany?

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Away from the brilliant tank thread...

What is the law on roadworthy-ness? In britland I assume it's con and use for brit cars? As an aside, how is that tested if plod asserts a car is not roadworthy?

Then assuming a car is roadworthy according to brit law, is that sufficient in Germany? Or does it need to comply with the German equivalent of con & use? And then similar for all the other countries in Europe? And then further afield?

Bert

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thatsprettyshady said:

No gun turrets...

noooo, stop. This is an anti-tank thread!

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I understand there seems to be leeway, but it's a fairly big thing that's not commonly known (I'd never thought about it) that your car needs to comply with local regs. It's pretty obvious it should be so, but just not thought about when travelling abroad.
Bert

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XJ Flyer said:

Therefore the question,at least in my case,is could it be even remotely possible that a UK reg car could be declared illegal and unroadworthy in Germany because it doesn't meet German MOT standards in regards to modifications carried out and not being retro fitted with catylytic converters as would apply in Germany to a German registered car.That question is a totally different issue and would have nothing to do with the vehicle being dangerously unroadworthy.

Yes indeed, my 89 911 hotrod has hardly anything standard on it, so I have no idea whether it would even be close to legal in Germany. And it's very likely to go there.
Bert

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XJ Flyer said:

If that was right then no one could use a uk reg car for touring in North America.

Not sure I get your logic. If (as we have decided) a car has to conform to local legisaltion, then the same applies to the US. If the US legislation says generically (for example) that brit cars are ok or that cars have to conform to their home laws, then no problem, but the brit car would then be conforming to US laws. Just the same as Germany.
BErt

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Crossflow Kid said:

It was a stty old Ford Galaxy dressed up as a pantomime tank.
I think everyone else is safe.

Thanks. I thought I'd start a thread (academic or not) where we could actually get to how the laws work (this being SP&L). If you'd like to help on that subject please do...
Bert

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Crossflow Kid said:

Can't believe the question's even being asked.......

Cool. As we don't agree on very much, I can't say I'm that surprised. I expect we both feature in each other's "he's a bit of a knob" list.