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Author: Subject: New twist on "Q" plate avoidance. Ha ha.
SPYDER

posted on 6/11/14 at 08:58 PM Reply With Quote
New twist on "Q" plate avoidance. Ha ha.

There's a twonk on PH who's been advised by a so-called "barrister" to challenge being issued with a "Q" plate on the grounds of it contravening his "'Human Rights" due to the stigma attached to it.
I sh1t you not...


CLICK HERE

Please don't go taking the pi$$.
It's towards the end of the thread.

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smart51

posted on 8/11/14 at 09:31 PM Reply With Quote
Human rights were introduced with the best of intentions. Then lawyers got involved.
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Matt21

posted on 12/11/14 at 04:52 PM Reply With Quote
What exactly is the issue with having a 'Q' plate?

I didnt really know there was anything bad about it other than it shows you have built your own vehicle?!

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loggyboy

posted on 12/11/14 at 04:57 PM Reply With Quote
or thats its stolen recovered, with an untraceable/unprooven history. - which is where the stigma comes from.


[Edited on 12-11-14 by loggyboy]





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leew2

posted on 23/5/15 at 09:23 AM Reply With Quote
Also means you can't put a private plate on it.
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rusty nuts

posted on 25/5/15 at 01:09 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by leew2
Also means you can't put a private plate on it.


So what?

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David Jenkins

posted on 25/5/15 at 02:03 PM Reply With Quote
I'm quite proud of my Q plate...








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coozer

posted on 25/5/15 at 02:51 PM Reply With Quote
And it means no emmision testing, Bonus!





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prawnabie

posted on 25/5/15 at 05:07 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by coozer
And it means no emmision testing, Bonus!


Technically thats wrong, IVA'd Q plate cars should in an ideal (for DVSA) world have the emissions limits they were tested on at IVA on the cert, which is then put on a database. The MOT tester should check this at MOT time and test the car to those limits. Never happens mind but its one to watch out for when deciding on what plate to try for.

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loggyboy

posted on 25/5/15 at 05:17 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by prawnabie
quote:
Originally posted by coozer
And it means no emmision testing, Bonus!


Technically thats wrong, IVA'd Q plate cars should in an ideal (for DVSA) world have the emissions limits they were tested on at IVA on the cert, which is then put on a database. The MOT tester should check this at MOT time and test the car to those limits. Never happens mind but its one to watch out for when deciding on what plate to try for.


Mot guidance specifically states Qs Should be tested for visible smoke. This wont change as it will effect alot of other cars that end up q plated.





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prawnabie

posted on 25/5/15 at 05:27 PM Reply With Quote
The emissions it has to be tested to will be on the V5, this information should also be on the MOT special instuctions that the test prints out prior to the test. This was the case on my last westy!

Or is this a case of another tester not knowing the rules?

[Edited on 25/5/15 by prawnabie]

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loggyboy

posted on 25/5/15 at 09:46 PM Reply With Quote
Been discussed to death on here. Q plate is visual smoke only. (or should be if moter reads the intro pages correctly.)

[Edited on 25-5-15 by loggyboy]





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40inches

posted on 26/5/15 at 08:25 AM Reply With Quote
"7.3 Exhaust Emissions - Spark Ignition - General

Q plated vehicles are to be treated as being first used before 1 August 1975 for emissions purposes"

So smoke only, not that complicated really!

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