Got a classic car?

How would that work then ? I once uprated an old FIAT 500 by fitting a

This has been doing the rounds for ages.

And it doesn't just affect classic cars. It states in principle that only identical spare parts can be used on any vehicle. Including near new ones. Which would mean in practice, only those sold by the car maker. So no fitting Pirelli tyres instead of Continental. Or Mintex brake pads. Or a Halfords battery.

It looks to me like this was put forward and drafted by the car makers. With the parts about classic cars simply added to make it look like it's about safety or whatever.

The implications are so far reaching it hasn't a hope of making it into law. It could also be yet another of the silly season EU scares that the Mail etc loves so much. The curve of a banana, anyone? 'Our' chocolate having to be called something else because it's made to a different recipe than in some EU countries. Etc.

Not mine as it will be MOT and Tax exempt in a months time. :)

You're taking it off the road or exporting it?

Well maybe for not much longer.

There is now a petition up against this, perhaps you would care to sign it.

Nether

Makes no difference. It will still have to comply to the regs. So any modifications whatsoever you've made to it will be illegal. Including, say, changing the dynamo for an alternator, or fitting radial tyres where it had crossplies. This directive sets out to remove such cars from the road completely. You'll only be able to trailer them to shows.

Hmm. Mine's only 12 years old, and the original tyres are out of production...

Andy

: > >fears EU moves to overhaul MOT rules could have : > >dire consequences classic car enthusiasts. : : > Not mine as it will be MOT and Tax exempt in a months time. :) : : Makes no difference. It will still have to comply to the regs. So any : modifications whatsoever you've made to it will be illegal. Including, : say, changing the dynamo for an alternator, or fitting radial tyres where : it had crossplies. This directive sets out to remove such cars from the : road completely. You'll only be able to trailer them to shows.

Surely you won't even be doing that unless your car came off the production line with a towbar fitted?

;)

In message , harry writes

FFS Harry, pay attention, this was discussed the other week

In message , "Dave Plowman (News)" writes

What about changing the radio?

To get an MOT yes, have you actually read how these proposals are to be implemented in the EU.

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It would, of course, be a maker's accessory. They could fit a jet engine and it would apparently be ok for this legislation.

For years now towbars have to be type approved. In other words, if you weld one up it won't pass.

Bill

For years now towbars have to be type approved. In other words, if you weld one up it won't pass.

Bill

Something that most of the scaremongers seem to have missed is that the proposals also call for the regular testing of trailers. It is I think already done in some EU countries so to level the playing field the suggestion is to do it in all. Now, if you have to test all trailers you need a database of all trailers so along comes trailer registration.

This one will run and run.

Malcolm

I wonder if my 1953 Sankey trailer will need registering?

Mike

Quite - but there are aftermarket ones as well as a maker's accessory. Maybe even from the same factory. One would be legal, the other not. Same as many other parts. Car makers don't make all the bits on a car, and many may be sourced from more than one supplier.

The battery on my BMW was branded BMW. The replacement Bosch - at half the cost of a BMW one - was identical apart from the badge.

Sorry, you'll have to scrap the entire car.

Christ i despair sometimes at the level of Dennisness on here.

If this legislation does go through in the UK there will have to be specific items listed in the testers manual to be tested, and a database of such items for mr MOT to check against, so not every nut bolt tyre-valve brake-pad battery, radio, etc could possibly be tested in a day so non of that is going to happen, Even the EU can not expect a 25 year old tester to know what original parts were fitted on a 45 year old car. and given the lack of any such database for any recent vehicle i very much doubt that this new addition to the MOT will be retrospectively applied in the UK.