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Is this the end of mods?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/9526693/Motorists-face-EU-ban-for-modifying-cars.html
Thank goodness I've kept my old sidelight and headlamp bulbs, my old rear springs and my rear headrests.
Thank goodness I can remove the sound reducing material I've added, not to mention the Turbo anti-roll bar.
But what about the rest of you guys?
This one has been doing the rounds....
Yeah been reading this on other forums as well. I wouldnt worry about it, how are they going to enforce this? Think about it, how are dealerships and garages going to cope if this european law comes into force?
Besides companies like Ford, Subaru, Mitsubishi andother garages which offer after tuning services for the cars they sell will suffer because of this.
Also there are plenty of 3rd party garages out there that offer this as a service.
So long story short there is no need to flood to the scrap yards yet to off load any of your extra tuning items
Bit of a discussion with the scooby lot here about it:
http://bbs.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-general-1/947313-sorry.html
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Declaration of mods
I'm afraid we are the victims of ingorant (even worse than ignorant) suits - and they are everywhere.
I was refused insurance by one company for declaring that I'd fitted Daihatu NL's stiffer rear springs to my YRV.
My current insurer thought about it before accepting me, when I told them that the standard rear suspension bottomed hard with two heavy people in the rear and I'd changed the springs to save the insurer being sued for damaged backs!
But how many mods are declared? I suspect most modified cars would be insurance-priced off the road if all their mods had been declared.
YRV Tony
Do you remember the post I
Do you remember the post I put up at the beginning of the year talking about new mot rules and people were blowing it off......well theres your proof, sad though, as long as mods are done right they greatly improve a vehicle and makes it your own, you add things to make the vehicle doo what you want it to doo, I dunno if many rules will come into force though, there must be nearly 40% modified vehicles on the road today I should think, if not more if you look at lorrys, trucks, etc, think of all that lovely rip you off car tax money they could loose.....hmmmmmmm
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This proposal reflects the situation here in Taiwan. No modifications, of any kind, are allowed. Everything (including and especially engine swaps) is forbidden.
Its entirely workable, so dont kid yourself on that score. If you don't want this to happen, you'll have to resist it. Letters to MP, etc.
The attraction in Taiwan, where officialdom is quite lazy, is that it entirely removes the need for official thought, and its the status quo.
Whats the excuse for it as a new proposal in Europe? I'd bet big money they don't have stats showing that mods are a significant cause of accidents.
I'd say this an example ofthe tyranny of the tidy but narrow mind.Its about power and control for its own sake. It should be resisted.