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corsajimmy
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20th Jan 04 at 23:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
will my car fail its mot if i hav no rear seat belts or spare tyre?
stuyw
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20th Jan 04 at 23:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
if u have rear seats then u will fail mot, but spare wheel dont matter
corsajimmy
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21st Jan 04 at 01:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
thanx
AK
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21st Jan 04 at 02:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
if you have a spare, it has to be legal tho
Stu_22
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21st Jan 04 at 09:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Take the rear seats out no need for belts then
ainsley_brader
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22nd Jan 04 at 18:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Adam Kindness
if you have a spare, it has to be legal tho


Thats a joke right?
oztek corsa
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22nd Jan 04 at 18:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
nope no joke,also if you have a spare that illegal in your car and the cops pull you up, they can nick you for it!
Mattb
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22nd Jan 04 at 18:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by ainsley_brader
quote:
Originally posted by Adam Kindness
if you have a spare, it has to be legal tho


Thats a joke right?


very few mot testers actually bother to check the spare tbh
ainsley_brader
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22nd Jan 04 at 18:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by oztek corsa
nope no joke,also if you have a spare that illegal in your car and the cops pull you up, they can nick you for it!


No it is a joke!! And how can they nick you for carrying a bald tyre?? There is no legal requirements governing the carrying of a spare tyre/wheel other than that if hung below the car it must be secure. It can be bald flat or anything else it makes no difference!
LukeGSi
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22nd Jan 04 at 18:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i dont even have a spare in my car!!!
Ryan L
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22nd Jan 04 at 18:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by ainsley_brader
quote:
Originally posted by oztek corsa
nope no joke,also if you have a spare that illegal in your car and the cops pull you up, they can nick you for it!


No it is a joke!! And how can they nick you for carrying a bald tyre?? There is no legal requirements governing the carrying of a spare tyre/wheel other than that if hung below the car it must be secure. It can be bald flat or anything else it makes no difference!


you're talking shit mate

if you have a spare tyre it must have the legal amount of tread on it
stuyw
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22nd Jan 04 at 18:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
^^^ - deffo agree with u m8
marty140
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22nd Jan 04 at 18:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Adam Kindness
if you have a spare, it has to be legal tho


I am an MOT tester and the spare wheel and tyre is nothing to do with an MOT whatsoever. There is no legal requirement to carry a spare wheel/tyre and the cops cannot do a thing if they decide to look at it. Even if you have one and its totally bald. its fine, even if you dont have one, its fine
ainsley_brader
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23rd Jan 04 at 18:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Ryan L
quote:
Originally posted by ainsley_brader
quote:
Originally posted by oztek corsa
nope no joke,also if you have a spare that illegal in your car and the cops pull you up, they can nick you for it!


No it is a joke!! And how can they nick you for carrying a bald tyre?? There is no legal requirements governing the carrying of a spare tyre/wheel other than that if hung below the car it must be secure. It can be bald flat or anything else it makes no difference!


i'm talking shit mate

if you have a spare tyre it must have the legal amount of tread on it



You said it
Richie
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23rd Jan 04 at 18:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
must have the legal amount of tread to be legally USEABLE.

Coppers wont ever check ur spare tyre FFS and because its not on the car they cant nick you for it.


So basically ur saying if i blew a tyre on the M4 and coppers had to assist getting me off motorway, they would check my spare and nick me cos it was bald or damaged, even though i carry an AA card for times like those???!?!?
Greg_M
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23rd Jan 04 at 18:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
if you have a spare in the car it has to be of useable tire tread, because if you had to put it on, you'd be breaking the law, num nuts
Richie
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23rd Jan 04 at 19:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
exactly but if you had it and dont intend to use it.....


one of them fooking ooh ahhh situations. Wheres Romford when u fuckin need him
Greg_M
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23rd Jan 04 at 23:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by AustinPXX
exactly but if you had it and dont intend to use it.....


then take it out the car. the police would not pull you over specificly to check your spare, but if you get arsey and they are determined to book you for something, they can book you for illegal spare wheel/tyre.

uncles an ex copper
mav
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23rd Jan 04 at 23:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
IF you have a spare it HAS to be legal to PASS mot.FACT...................
Danz_Corsa
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24th Jan 04 at 00:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
strange my bald spare just pasted my MOT today... only thing that didn't was the damn headlight aim!
mav
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24th Jan 04 at 00:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
mot tester is meant to test it..he must have overlooked it..
My bro inlaw is manager in a garage and told me the facts...

headlight aim thats a good one for them....
Danz_Corsa
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24th Jan 04 at 00:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
bastard - only cause offside wouldn't adjust (my fault for over turning it) - don't matter tho, cause i had to replace the nearside headlight unit before MOT cause it was cracked - so had a spare motor, 5 mins job and I'm back in there tomorrow for 8:30 for my "full" re-test and hopefully a year worth of MOT!!!
mav
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24th Jan 04 at 00:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote


good luck m8
Danz_Corsa
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24th Jan 04 at 00:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
he he thanks - MOT has set me back over £200 which i was expecting considering it's an old 1995 with almost 120,000 on the clock.

New backbox (piper 3.5" o/w rolled) was £100 + £15 fitting.
2 New trackrod ends and laser tracking = £85
new headlight = £20 + £10 aiming
then £35 for the test!

Not good have it in janurary - in so much debt from christmas and haven't been paid for ages!
Dave
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24th Jan 04 at 00:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Only tyres fitted to the car are checked in an MOT, a spare having to have legal tread is a bit of an old wives tale.

All an MOT testing centre can do is notify you if the spare has an illegal tyre, they cannot fail you for it.

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