11 replies to this topic

[toplessmini]

If I was to buy myself a Mini Shorty that had been around for a number of years would I need to have it certified by the DVLA, due to the change in the body work, or would it be accepted due to its age?

[mini danny]

I think it all depends on when it was done your best bet is to contact bundgle he knows alot on this

Danny

Edited by mini danny, 12 October 2011 - 10:29 AM.

[Midas Mk1]

Que bungle and his favourite 3 letter Acronym...

[liirge]

Que bungle and his favourite 3 letter Acronym...

Does it begin with I ???

[Wil_h]

Unless the V5C has been changed to say something like 'mini shorty' it would in theory need to go through an IVA.

[Bungle]

what does it say on the V5 ?

if the car is what it say it is on the V5 you have no problem

also check if the number of seats is stated

[toplessmini]

"Hi there it's still classed as a mini city. Ive never had any problem but the not tester this year did say that theres a new law coming into force that will req it to have a IVA inspection"

Sellers own words, big shame.................

[Ethel]

No new law can effect it if it's already been made - it's yer human rights.

It would have needed an IVA if it was done after the IVA rules were introduced, and SVA would have applied prior to that.

http://www.the-ace.o...on-updates.html, is a good place to start your research

[Wil_h]

It would have needed an IVA if it was done after the IVA rules were introduced, and SVA would have applied prior to that.

And prior to that nothing. But as the mods have never been declared, it does, as has been said, need an IVA to be 100% legal. It is not the job of an MOT tester to suggest that a car needs an IVA. It is the DVLA who decide. and they will only know when changes have been made when you tell them.

As it goes, I think that a shorty would be very easy to get through an IVA. If you kept everything inside and outside standard equipment, the only thing I think that would need some thought is the seatbelt mounts, and of course the actual shortening. All the rest, if standard, would pass as default.

[garrett3]

The v5 has to be correct BUT if it was built prior to the SVA, then it should be ok but you would still need to inform the DVLA if the car is not as described on the V5 and also you would have to have proof that the car was built before the SVA was about.
DVLA could still issue a 'Q' plate even after all that time.

[Cooperman]

In all my Mini motoring, I think the most dangerous thing I can imagine is going downhill at night in the wet in a shortened Mini and trying to stop in as short a distance as possible - ROTATE!!

[Wil_h]

The v5 has to be correct BUT if it was built prior to the SVA, then it should be ok but you would still need to inform the DVLA if the car is not as described on the V5 and also you would have to have proof that the car was built before the SVA was about.
DVLA could still issue a 'Q' plate even after all that time.

I'm not sure that this is the case. If it has not been correctly registered, then as far as the DVLA will be concerend the changes have only been completed when they have been informed. And also iirc, it is retrospective back to 1993.