RE: MoTs scrapped for pre-1960 cars
Discussion
jagracer said:
Any VOSA examiner and quite a lot of BiB are qualified.
I have never in my life come across a VOSA examiner nor a policeman who knows about a cars roadworthyness beyond tyre tread depth, Police dont tend to go around randomly inspecting cars, they only look if they have cause to pull you over and you're a young man with a car full of mates, so unless your pre 1960 motor is belching out clouds of thick smoke or you get a bit handy with you roundabout exit speed you stay under their radar. Sure in theory there are systems in place to prevent this, in reality they do sfa.
Dont really see the problem with this, apart from some of the detail. If a car has survived since 1960 someone has looked after it. I don't believe the pull an oldie from a scrappie and become a kamikaze driver.
I don't see flocks of E93As racing around creating death destruction and mayhem.
I don't see flocks of E93As racing around creating death destruction and mayhem.
If you even noticed the financial cost of £30 for an mot then you do not have the cash to keep a pre 1960s car in good workin order. Scrapping the mot for these cars is lunacy. The mot is the cheapest Part of car ownership for anyone with a well maintained motor. It wouldn't even pay for an oil change
king moronic idea. Someone is smoking crack.Can someone explain how this actually "saves money"??
We have a system, that deals with the cars on our roads, at say it costs X amount to run. As there are about 25million cars register, it obviously takes quite a few people to run it. Now, it only has to deal with 24,840,000 cars. Now that obviously isn't enough of a drop to actually put anyone out of a job, the system still has to deal with all those cars, so how is money saved? I suspect in fact that "per car" the cost has actually increased slightly.
I'd hazard a guess that the real reason is the records for pre 1960 cars are so incomplete and hazy that it was easier to just pretend they don't exisit rather than enter them into the system !! ;-)
We have a system, that deals with the cars on our roads, at say it costs X amount to run. As there are about 25million cars register, it obviously takes quite a few people to run it. Now, it only has to deal with 24,840,000 cars. Now that obviously isn't enough of a drop to actually put anyone out of a job, the system still has to deal with all those cars, so how is money saved? I suspect in fact that "per car" the cost has actually increased slightly.
I'd hazard a guess that the real reason is the records for pre 1960 cars are so incomplete and hazy that it was easier to just pretend they don't exisit rather than enter them into the system !! ;-)
The lunatics have finally taken over. Get rid of red tape YES...... but leave some of it to prevent complete buckets being allowed on the road. I also have a similar reaction to the rumoured 2 year test for MOT's from a few years back. It is not a big hassle getting a car tested and the older cars are exempt from the emissions stuff already so leave it alone.
What a crap idea this is. Just who is this benefiting??
My MG isn't old enough to qualify but if it did I would still be MOTing it every year as well as having a yearly service done by someone who knows what they're doing (ie. not me). Yes I look after it but having another pair of eyes is essential in my book.
My MG isn't old enough to qualify but if it did I would still be MOTing it every year as well as having a yearly service done by someone who knows what they're doing (ie. not me). Yes I look after it but having another pair of eyes is essential in my book.
Genuine question..... does this now open the door to getting private plates off old cars then? You can't get a plate off a car if it hasn't got an MOT, but if pre-60's cars (with nice valuable dateless plates) no longer need an MOT to be road worthy, can we all go scrap yard hunting and get some nice regs? Mmmmmmm 
Bloody dangerous if you ask me, however I do think that many classics hardly do thousands of miles a year. A compulsory test every 2 years would get my vote.
I have just had my car MOT,d One of my sway bar drop link rubber boots had split! I do most of the work on my car, but I missed this! What's to say someone restoring and running a classic has made some mistake? A MOT station would pick up this, particularly with Brakes! If an old car went into the back of you, I dont think you would be very Happy!
I have just had my car MOT,d One of my sway bar drop link rubber boots had split! I do most of the work on my car, but I missed this! What's to say someone restoring and running a classic has made some mistake? A MOT station would pick up this, particularly with Brakes! If an old car went into the back of you, I dont think you would be very Happy!
356Speedster said:
Genuine question..... does this now open the door to getting private plates off old cars then? You can't get a plate off a car if it hasn't got an MOT, but if pre-60's cars (with nice valuable dateless plates) no longer need an MOT to be road worthy, can we all go scrap yard hunting and get some nice regs? Mmmmmmm
I too am interested in the answer to this question.Been having this discussion with the Father In Law about his Model Y he is restoring. Not because he is going to be concerned about being pulled over and found foul of the law.
were more concerned that the person who pulls him over will have never even seen a car of this age let alone know that 2-3inches of slack in the steering wheel is normal for a Model Y.
If it was not for the scary alignment shaker that would tear the car to pieces he would carry on taking it for a MOT.
were more concerned that the person who pulls him over will have never even seen a car of this age let alone know that 2-3inches of slack in the steering wheel is normal for a Model Y.
If it was not for the scary alignment shaker that would tear the car to pieces he would carry on taking it for a MOT.
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