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[minisilverbullet]

Wheels have to be within 5% of the rolling diameter to access the homologation tests, where they measure the width, the track etc.. a ballache..
UK Mot tester are more scrupolous, acknoleadgeble and then less permissive than EU testers..

I am not so sure! think they are pretty strict here as the test stations are all state owned. well at least until last year, when the industry opened up for independent chains.

Either way, I dont think its going to be too big of a deal.

[Cooperman]

It'll put the chav Corsas with their lowered suspension, ultra-wide wheels, 4" exhaust noise-boosters, silly do-nothing spoilers, etc., off the road.
Is that necessarily bad?

Edited by Cooperman, 23 August 2012 - 06:51 PM.

[mini_man_dan]

It'll put the chav Corsas with their lowered suspension, ultra-wide wheels, 4" exhaust noise-boosters, silly do-nothing spoilers, etc., off the road.
Is that necessarily bad?

Yes it is, even though aesthetically you might not like them they are still safe road legal motors (obviously not all but most). They enjoy their car, aslong at it is safe, why should we stop them?

I believe this is most likely a rumour blown out of proportion and will amount to nothing. If by chance it does or seems likely too i am all for the blocking of major roads and cities.

[Cooperman]

There can be little doubt that some highly modified cars are basically unsafe and have not been properly 'engineered'. That is what these new regulations are intended to address. I don't say I welcome them, but they will probably happen.
I'm also involved in aviation and we can't just go modifying our aeroplanes without the necessary engineering documentation and structural analysis in case we kill people.
In all transportation matters, including hobbies & sports which involve land, sea and air vehicles, the regulations worldwide are tightening-up.
In aviation we have EASA with now controls the CAA and the BGA (British Gliding Association). The rules have changed and continue to change to the detriment of out sport (Gliding) with more severe medicals, more restrictions on our flying and more regulation in respect of aircraft maintenance and modification.

[coopdog]

It'll put the chav Corsas with their lowered suspension, ultra-wide wheels, 4" exhaust noise-boosters, silly do-nothing spoilers, etc., off the road.
Is that necessarily bad?

dont forget you was the boy racer in your mini to the older generation in your day :/

[Merryck]

logic dictates

Not in politics it doesn't!

[Midas Mk1]

It'll put the chav Corsas with their lowered suspension, ultra-wide wheels, 4" exhaust noise-boosters, silly do-nothing spoilers, etc., off the road.
Is that necessarily bad?

Yes it is, even though aesthetically you might not like them they are still safe road legal motors (obviously not all but most). They enjoy their car, aslong at it is safe, why should we stop them?

I believe this is most likely a rumour blown out of proportion and will amount to nothing. If by chance it does or seems likely too i am all for the blocking of major roads and cities.

Too right, well said.

Not all of us have raised suspension, common rally car style traits ( absolutely boring red and white livery, Minilites........)

We are who we are, and like different things, whats it to you how someone has their car?
Its not your car.

So what if a young guy/girl has a modified corsa / fiesta, you were young once....

Edited by Midas Mk1, 24 August 2012 - 02:16 PM.

[skaterava]

As much as this proposition disgusts me, I'm quite confident that it'll never pass into actual law. Apart from representing a horrific restriction on the principles the European Union is supposed to advocate, it would wipe billions of pounds from the European economy in an instant. Think of all the companies that make their money from people who personalise their cars. Rim companies like BBS would lose millions. Sound system companies like Alpine and JBL would post huge losses. Tuning companies like Techart and Mansory would cease to exist in Europe. Minispares and Minisport would hardly stock anything.

And the fallout would be catastrophic. Millions of cars in the UK would immediately become illegal. And because ordinary human beings don't have access to expenses accounts and vast quantities of wealth, they'd be forced to drive around in them because they can't afford the exorbitant prices manufacturers place on their original parts. The police would be strained beyond capability in trying to enforce such a law.

It's unlikely to happen, but if it does, I can safely say I'll be on the streets demonstrating against it, along with the millions of others.

[mike.]

It would lose the economy millions and would cost millions to enforce. How are they going to enforce it when all the services are being severely cut back?

Then to the people thinking the logic is to just make the car manufacturers benefit, this maybe true, but really how are people going to go out and replace their now worthless modified car with a new car when the economy is going down the pan along with the rest of the EU, and rising bills and living costs are hurting family's around the country.

Its absolute *******, if the EU manages to somehow get worse than it is now, UKIP will be loving it!