New MOT

gjd · Mar 21st, 2013, 19:25

Hello

This:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/...-failures.html

from the Telegraph.

How many of our Volvos will survive this onslaught?

Prufrock · Mar 21st, 2013, 19:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by gjd

Hello

This:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/...-failures.html

from the Telegraph.

How many of our Volvos will survive this onslaught?

Certainly a concern if you're running a modern, not so much an issue for classics (700 series and before).

Prufrock.

Ninja59 · Mar 21st, 2013, 19:35

Not really a "new" MOT as these changes people would of received advisories for just around a year for them, and no doubt been told that from the 20th March they would be a fail.

baggy798 · Mar 21st, 2013, 19:48

The only thing that worries me is the airbag light. It's not on now (touch wood), but if it ever does I'm not going to spend several hundred quid to have it fixed, I'll rip the bags out and then take the bulb out.

Quote:

Other additional items subject to the tougher testing regime include .. .. the catalytic converter.

How do they test it 'more'?

Ninja59 · Mar 21st, 2013, 20:06

Check the sod is there.

Thanatos · Mar 21st, 2013, 20:20

mine will easily walk them and the srs and abs can be fooled by a timer so it looks like its all there and working

Marty Dolomite · Mar 21st, 2013, 20:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by baggy798

The only thing that worries me is the airbag light. It's not on now (touch wood), but if it ever does I'm not going to spend several hundred quid to have it fixed, I'll rip the bags out and then take the bulb out.

How do they test it 'more'?

The new test will check the presence of the cat, if the car left the factory with a cat (this is checkable on the computer via VIN number) it must still be wearing one.

Bill_56 · Mar 21st, 2013, 21:04

IMHO, the 'spirit' of the MOT has always been that the car should meet the safety & emissions standards for which it was manufactured.

One problem I would foresee would be for modifications such as DPF deletion, which are certainly not in the spirit of the emissions regulations. Whilst it may not be picked in last years' MOT, or even this years' (though it might), I'd say it's only a matter of time til the MOT catches up.

But if all we have to do is ensure each car on our roads is maintained to it's respective original safety & emissions levels, why is that bad?

baggy798 · Mar 21st, 2013, 22:40

Oh, I thought that is why people had decat pipes. Must just be for emissions.

Mar 21st, 2013, 19:25	#1
gjd Premier Member Last Online: Nov 5th, 2019 18:26 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Norwich	New MOT Hello This: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/...-failures.html from the Telegraph. How many of our Volvos will survive this onslaught? __________________ GJD V70 TDi (2000 Classic) - "The Lorry" 214,000 miles!!!!

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Thanatos VOC Member Last Online: Sep 11th, 2019 14:36 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Blackpool	mine will easily walk them and the srs and abs can be fooled by a timer so it looks like its all there and working __________________ Classicswede quote " I knew I had not done the bolts up." http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=159255

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baggy798 🤍💙💗 Last Online: Yesterday 21:07 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lichfield	Oh, I thought that is why people had decat pipes. Must just be for emissions. __________________ MY97 940 CD LPT Super Sports Edition 2 Turbo, Midnight Purple, 175,000 miles.

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Ninja59 Probably Akita's Toyboy.. Last Online: Dec 27th, 2023 22:24 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: A House.	Not really a "new" MOT as these changes people would of received advisories for just around a year for them, and no doubt been told that from the 20th March they would be a fail.

Mar 21st, 2013, 20:06	#5
Ninja59 Probably Akita's Toyboy.. Last Online: Dec 27th, 2023 22:24 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: A House.	Check the sod is there.

Mar 21st, 2013, 21:04	#8
Bill_56 Premier Member Last Online: Oct 29th, 2021 23:58 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Over the hill	IMHO, the 'spirit' of the MOT has always been that the car should meet the safety & emissions standards for which it was manufactured. One problem I would foresee would be for modifications such as DPF deletion, which are certainly not in the spirit of the emissions regulations. Whilst it may not be picked in last years' MOT, or even this years' (though it might), I'd say it's only a matter of time til the MOT catches up. But if all we have to do is ensure each car on our roads is maintained to it's respective original safety & emissions levels, why is that bad?

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