MOT time with a Rally Car/Race Car/RallyRep etc?

[Isimmo]

Well, the Rally Wreck went in for it’s annual *cough* Test station delight today, and passed…

But the advisories on a Rally Car/Rally Rep/Race Prep type car are fairly obscure…

Last year it was...

Car presented in Race Spec...Which was quite sweet

This year it was...

Exhaust system noisey, (their spelling not mine) near to limit...
No rear seats fitted at time of test.... (That's because there's a thumping great cage in it and seatbelts mounted on to stress plates in the back panel)...

Rally style seat belts fitted.... (As above)

The front lamps apparently took 10mins of book rummaging too, because they're 100watt lamps, working,.. But covered and protrude ahead of the front bumper....

However I'm not used to a long string of advisories with a (road) car, normally, with the 'other' cars, I'd see the advisories as something I should address as soon as possible and definitely before the next MOT... Clearly the advisories for the Rally Car are unachievable without compromising the direction I'd like to go whilst following the 'blue book'...

How do you good folk get on?

VBR
Ian

[Isimmo]

NJH said:

ISTR that multi-point harnesses are only road legal in Europe if E marked. The only ones I know of that meet both E and FIA approval are the Schroth ones with the push button buckle. Having said that this is a question I have asked many ppl and no one has yet said they have had an MoT refused because of normal harnesses.

That's interesting, I knew that the ones used on the gruppe 4 quattros, which were 'aero' type 6 points with a push button were motorsport approved but not road legal. Didn't know it applied to 4 or 5 point. My (FIA approved Sparco) belts are due for renewal next year, so I'll have to do some digging to make sure I don't upset either party... (Gawd, it’s worse than having two mistresses, why didn’t someone warn me!)

[Isimmo]

NJH said:

That is what I thought. I gave a huge list for the spec of the car to the insurers including the make and type of the harnesses as I have it insured to drive on the road. However I wonder if this is a potential insurance issue in some cases?

I did this, including detailed photos etc and they returned the several pages 'with thanks'.... (I'd have thought they might of kept it).