Lawnmower
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| posted on 24/9/04 at 08:15 PM |
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Registration / tax
Hi, as I understand it, if your car contains enough of certain bits of a donor car it is allowed to keep the registration. Does his mean that if my
donor car is registered in 1970, then my kit car would be tax exempt?
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paulf
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| posted on 24/9/04 at 08:27 PM |
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No it wont be tax exempt. My donor car was a 1968 G reg. i got an age related plate but the car is registered as first used in 2004.
The good side is i wont need an MOT for three years.
Paul.
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Lawnmower
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| posted on 24/9/04 at 08:43 PM |
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OK, thanks.
On a similar note, how stringent will the emissions tests (SVA? and MOT?) be on old donor car kit car be compared to say a two year old car? Or are
they the same no matter what?
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Deckman001
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| posted on 24/9/04 at 09:22 PM |
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As far as i know, old donor engines only get a visual test at mot times where as new engines have to have a cat fitted to be able to pass mot !!
I think the cut off date for 'old engines' was 1995 ?
Jason
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JoelP
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| posted on 24/9/04 at 10:00 PM |
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not sure thats right jason, but then im no expert. i think to be visable smoke test only it has to be very old, or Q plated. Post 95 will need the
cat, before that they need to meet less stringent requirements, but gasses are still tested. mot place will know for sure.
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 24/9/04 at 10:38 PM |
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A post '95 will need a cat and pass the emmissions at SVA, but will only be tested for visible smoke at mot if on a Q plate - silly really
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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spunky
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| posted on 25/9/04 at 06:56 AM |
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As posted before.
Visable smoke only at MOT regardless of age or registration.
There are ideas about making Kit cars comply with production car emissions tests at MOT time but unlikely to be applied retrospectively when that
happens.
John
The reckless man may not live as long......
But the cautious man does not live at all.....
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