the lowrider and the hotrod

Graham wrote:

That hot rod is one hell of a daily !!

Mine`s a Focus

Lightweight!!

moup wrote:

Graham wrote:

That hot rod is one hell of a daily !!

Mine`s a Focus

Lightweight!!

Correct but I`m old and need my comforts (and my Werthers Original)

Besides after a day in the NCP I use the hot rod would be missing even more parts

tell me about it i had the front indicators nicked the other day

Graham wrote:

moup wrote:

Graham wrote:

That hot rod is one hell of a daily !!

Mine`s a Focus

Lightweight!!

Correct but I`m old and need my comforts (and my Werthers Original)

Besides after a day in the NCP I use the hot rod would be missing even more parts

Not to mention what the rod would sound like in a concrete NCP!!

My old Mini used to set off car alarms in the Soverign centre car park

the rod could set alarms off in there just by driving along the seafront

is the exhaust road legal??....I know some v dud exhausts are for show use only .....I'm thinking must be as its your daily....but if its that loud what must the m.o.t inspector have thought???

Old MoT tester told me that as long as it wasn`t blowing and was securely fixed it`d pass

I had a stinger on my old baja, I had to put a warning sticker near it as it was at head height. So I made one up along the lines of 'if you're stupid enough to touch a hot exhaust expect to get hurt'. Oh, and had to put a baffle in it too.

How will I get on when I come to MOT the Cab?? As I don't run any bumpers my exhaust sticks out past the bodywork. Is that an MOT fail?

some mot stations fail t bars as well but not all of them so its just take for mot and prey

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is the exhaust road legal??....I know some v dud exhausts are for show use only .....I'm thinking must be as its your daily....but if its that loud what must the m.o.t inspector have thought???

i dont care about legality when it comes to cars

but i do know that the noise laws were introduced in 1975 and that if the car was built before that then the law doesnt count so you can run whatever exhaust you like

scoops your car shouldnt fail because the exhaust sticks out but the police can tell you to put a heatshield on it.

IIRC the noise regs are part of Construction and Use or whatever it`s called these days, which is what Plod can pull you for.
My old Mini was 1990 and the exhaust on that was clocked at 98db (as per Castle Combe noise check ) and that passed the MoT with no probs.

I know the MOT tester pretty well, (I married his daughter!!! ), I was just wondering as he said he wasn't sure.
I might just buy a roll of exhaust wrap and fit it once a year for the MOT, oh yeah, and fit the front number plate!!

do you ever get stopped for no number plate dude

Nope!!

But I have got the front number plate in the front footwell, smashed to buggery with thise little clamps on to attach it to the bottom lip of a bumper. I would just say it was clipped under the front valance and I knocked it off.
In fairness it only comes out a couple of times a month at the moment......

cool good to no i will leave mine in the foot well to then

Mr Scoops wrote:

I know the MOT tester pretty well, (I married his daughter!!! ), I was just wondering as he said he wasn't sure.
I might just buy a roll of exhaust wrap and fit it once a year for the MOT, oh yeah, and fit the front number plate!!

dude exhaust wrap will ,given a little heat bake itself to the exhaust,if you do use it ...it ain't coming off if you get it too hot!

Arse, might have to get Dave to knock up some sort of clip on heat shield for me.......clip on before I drive in, clip off once I leave........

Mr Scoops wrote:

Arse, might have to get Dave to knock up some sort of clip on heat shield for me.......clip on before I drive in, clip off once I leave........

I wouldn't bother, just stick it in and see what happens, there is no point making a heatshield if it is going to pass dude!

Chill out Winston

is winston the M.O.T inspector???

Mr Scoops wrote:

I know the MOT tester pretty well, (I married his daughter!!! )

If there was ever a reason for your Kab not to pass...............

Not every father in law hates thier son in law....moup's...well ,now you come to mention it.i wondered why the poison pen letters were given to lisa to save on the stamp!!!

nomates wrote:

Not every father in law hates thier son in law....moup's...well ,now you come to mention it.i wondered why the poison pen letters were given to lisa to save on the stamp!!!

Remember, to the Father you are just some little oik playing hide the sausage with his daughter!

moup wrote:

nomates wrote:

Not every father in law hates thier son in law....moup's...well ,now you come to mention it.i wondered why the poison pen letters were given to lisa to save on the stamp!!!

Remember, to the Father you are just some little oik playing hide the sausage with his daughter!

That's right dude it can take years before you can biuld up a relationship with the father in law enough for them to trust you!........................................I'll give it another ten ,see what happens