54 replies to this topic

[George929]

all you early mk1 owners will be pleased !! and some of you who have older classics too

ill let the link do the talking :)

http://www.pistonhea...p?storyId=25724

[Jordie]

is it good news?

[Shifty]

The beginning of the end of our hobby as we know it.

[George929]

yeaah its good news.. £25-£60 to be spent somewhere else.. you think people are just gonna let there cars rot ?

[Jordie]

look at the mot exempt recovery trucks......you'd be suprised.

[Naughty 40]

Not so sure that it is good news really,if you were buying and it has not mot certificate how sure of its roadworthy ness are you,

[craig 1010cc]

And will the insurance companies accept your word that its road worthy or if you have a crash, can you prove it wasn't because your driving an unroad-worthy car?

Whilst I always dread the MOT because it might cost me something, I'd rather know about it. Plus what is to then stop them passing legislation to say that you can only drive to shows or at weekends ect (not that many 59's are going to be in daily service).

[oltonlad]

i think that its a stupid idea...........but there is nothing stopping people still having their pre 1960 cars mot'd i suppose.

[Midas Mk1]

Well I suppose the ebay will be happy with the increase of 59' logbook sales......

[Ryang556]

I just don't see where they get this from?

Just because the car is old it shouldn't have to be checked every year to ensure that it is safe to be on the roads..? Madness

[Spud_133]

This is an insane idea, people who can afford pre1960 cars will be able to afford to get the car MOT'd as this will be a small cost to what the car costs. When my cortina failed its not on void bushes and a track rod end, but the tester said if it wasn't for the void bushes being so bad he'd of only advised the tre, and I know I wouldn't have done it, and would have been driving a potentially dangerous car. How many other people are not going to worry about moting there car now?

[megamini_jb]

Stupid idea. I think should still need to go for their MOTs. Nothing stopping them from still bringing it though.

Edit: Oh, I have pretty much said what oltonlad said, lol.

Edited by megamini_jb, 21 May 2012 - 05:52 PM.

[megamini_jb]

Give it a year, I've got a feeling we're going to be seeing more rat looks.

[conlad]

Surely the older the car the more problems it could have?

Seems ridiculous! I suppose owners of such cars will look after them but regardless to that, a novice with a spanner might not spot something a MOT man with 20 years might spot.

1 step forward, 2 steps back it seems.

[George929]

dont know why your all worrying.... you would all clearly take your cars to be MOT'd already

take it this way, we have a 1953 series 1 landrover in pristine condition like allot of Pre 1960s cars

it costs £160 a year to insure. tax exempt and MOT exempt... apart from fuel thats all it cost to own it... £160 a year and its great fun and a joy to own


As said there is under 160,000 pre 1960s cars on the road, i also read elsewhere that the % of these involved in accidents due to mechanical failure is 0.01% of all collision in Britain