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An item I read in this weeks Auto Express says that as of next month modified cars in Ireland will be refused MOT certificates making it illegal for them to be driven on public roads. They want to get rid of tinted windows, big exhausts & suchlike. Can't see it happening over here as it is big business & a huge fuss would be kicked up. Guaranteed to lose Blair young voters if it happened here.
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I read the sae article, but how can they ban for example a twin exhaust that is E stamped
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This is the German approach too, as far as I know. Any mods have to be TUV approved for that car, which is pretty unlikely as unless it's an original part.
Just had a lovely weekend in Munich, free of the din of big bore exhausts, dump valves etc, and not a lot of stereo rubbish either. Very refreshing, and noticeably more pleasant without the chimps.
Votes? Doubt if most of them do anyway, and as for a tuning industry, I hadn't noticed any deficiency in that department in Germany...
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Swear filter for the two word onomatopoeic expression commonly used by Basil Brush? Eh?
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Google and you'll find an alternate meaning for it.
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The bling-bling brigade aren't too happy about the proposed changes here either...but the government has probably calculated that they don't visit poling stations regularly either.
The plan, as announced, is to introduce a noise emissions test. If your cherry bomb exhaust fails the test, you fail your NCT (National Car Test).
AFAIK, it would also be an offence to replace the exhaust with a normal one for the test and remove it again afterwards. That, at least, is the position with non-standard EU style registration plates. You also fail if these aren't fitted, as the alternatives are harder for our speed cameras to photograph.
BTW, Irish insurance companies also apply very high loadings to modified cars - and a set of aftermarket alloys is enough to count as "modified".
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Not this, I'm guessing ?
www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/teletubbies/funandgames/boo...l
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Not this, I'm guessing ?
since you used to have rights to amend the filter, why did you let it stand?
but i am sure you know that the reference is to the language used in far-east countries much loved by hj and growler.
if not, look it up in wikipedia.
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Actually I knew it was in the filter because HJ had said it meant something in Thailand, but had never looked it up.
Having just idly followed DD's suggestion I googled it and could only find San Fransiscan music and the Teletubbies.
I don't know what wikipedia is, but I'm guessing that there I would finally find out. If only I cared enough.
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I don't know what wikipedia is,
now that does surprise me.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. In this English version, started in 2001 ....
[ i hope the mods (d.d.) will allow this reply, as it all folllows on from dd's google suggestion ]
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p.s. and i was wrong - it is in the urbandictionary, not wikipedia.
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HJ originally put it in the filter. I've asked him if it's really necessary to be there. Can we now get back to motoring please? Ta. DD.
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Tuning industry in Germany is both wildly popular and extremely regulated. Putting non-TüV approved items on aftermarket really annoys the BiB.
Although not all TüV approved items actually fit, as I found out today with a set of Vogtland springs for the Barchie that, despite the relevant certificate, did not fit and would have made the car dangerous... Novitec springs are on the way and should be problem free.
The phenomenon of the superloud exhaust doesn´t seem to have made much of an impression over here.
I personally think that tuning is an industry that requires as severe regulation as possible, for safety reasons!!
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Would this mean that I couldn't tune up my Fiat Panda thereby increasing its mighty 34bhp to 36bhp - but it would be OK to roar around in my 500bhp BMW M5?
The world's gone mad.
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Bit of an odd way to look at it Waino.
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What I mean is that - it just seems strange that you (seemingly) can't modify a very modest car, but it's OK to drive a car that is born hairy.
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Would this mean that I couldn't tune up my Fiat Panda thereby increasing its mighty 34bhp to 36bhp - but it would be OK to roar around in my 500bhp BMW M5? The world's gone mad.
Doesn't seem relevant, since the legislation isn't designed to stop cars being powerful or fast.
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I think something definitely needs to be done in this country regarding the 'aftermarket' accessories market. Passing me on my way home yesterday eve was a fully bling-ed up X5. Not only did it have the 'lovely' extra chrome around the wheel-arches and the obligatory under-side lighting, it also had some sort of random-flashing bluey-white lights around the bull-bar (no it wasn't the police!). Is this legal? I think not.
DB
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I think we have all the rules we need (and more!), but they may not be being enforced. It may be something to do with the number of cameras?
Number_Cruncher
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Thats just what we need more rules and regs on how to live your life Euro style.What is wrong with bling wheels,tacky spoilers,dump valves,big exhausts and garish paint jobs.Not everybody wants to drive round in a bog standard boring Eurobox.
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ive kept out of this one as i was "blinging" cars in the seventies,but will now say my little bit,why cant the kids have their bit of fun, we all grow up soon enough and have to take on adult responsibilities,yes i know some are noisy and they bug me too, but i just see myself there when i was their age.
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Me too oldman. Capri's with jack-up plates on the leaf springs and those GRP power-bulges on the bonnet?
I don't mind the mods, but I do think that safety-related stuff should be controlled (e.g. suspension and braking mods). Germany seems to have a thriving 'aftermarket' scene (there are lots of magazines devoted to the topic anyway) so I don't see why it should be any different here....
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