'Armageddon'...
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http://www.the-ace.org.uk/armageddon/

I call scare mongering...

Glad to see that £18 billion we send them is being used on something productive - NOT!

That'll never happen. It would instantly kill 1000s of business and put 1000s of cars in the scrap yard.

Seems odd this is is ongoing just as we have removed the need for MOTs on older cars.

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A man without a project is like a like a woman without a shopping list.

Edited by t@z on 22nd Aug, 2012.

I have little doubt that this will happen - eventually.

The TUV regulations in Germany are broadly in line with this "proposal" and have been in force for many years. Under those regulations you cannot even change a tyre or a bulb unless it was approved as OEM.

The EC is all about trying to get everyone down to the same level and it will take longer than my lifetime to achieve - just see how much longer the Euro is going to last !

The bloody EU BEAUROCRATS Mr van rumploy and boroso. Again! The rat bastards!

if this happens im emergrating to america

What a Fooking stupid Idea!! they need to sort them selfs out we spends millions every year buying mods and stuff for our cars and it gives the ecomany money and they wanna take that way! hello triple dip ressesion....

All bollox!!!

Not one link on that site is to an official UK governement document. The tiny URL links, my computer had a cardiac arrest with.

Nothing worth bothering with, and why have we not heard more about it before now?

9.85 @ 145mph
202mph standing mile
speed didn't kill me, but taxation probably will

9.85 @ 145mph
202mph standing mile
speed didn't kill me, but taxation probably will

I don't think this spells the end of home modified/performance cars, as people have rightly said, it would kill a massive industry in the UK which has had a rapidly growing popularity in recent years.

However, I do think that they will try to impose the new IVA test as a resultant measure of this legislation, which I believe may well be the underlying plan anyway. From what I have seen, these measures are to prevent unsafe death trap vehicles from getting on to the road, which they can quite easily these days, lets face it. But at the same time, it makes it a much harder game for those who are sensible about modifying cars, and realises the difference between safe and unsafe modifications.

I realise the safe/unsafe modifications is a huge can of worms and a big fat grey area to boot, but if it prevents more barry bodge jobs from making it to the roads, as apposed to well thought out, realistic modifications (IVA guidelines come in here somewhere i'm sure) then that's great.

Edit - I will add, i'm not in support of this legislation if it means more costs to achieve the same goal, but if it means that we can still put our machines on the road, wonderful. I'm just making the point that for the majority of cases, if they want to get something passed, they will!

Edited by Carl S on 22nd Aug, 2012.

What a load of jumped upi shit. Thr proposal clearly states that 'before any car can be put on the market'. Right, so before you can sell it as a manufacturer. How can this possibly be anything to do with existing cars?

Tosssers.

Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph

Andy they are still idiots for even trying to push it through.

It's only a proposal, it will be a very long time before it comes to anything.

well hopefully we will be out of the EU soon and then it wont affect us at all

I think this is maybe closer to the mark:

http://www.the-ace.org.uk/put-your-pitchfo...ay-and-go-home/

There is now a petition against the legislation which is very real indeed.

https://submissions.epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/37784

Petition completed - might be wise to spread the word on this

At the moment there is only 5719 signatures

It needs 100,000 to stand a chance of getting debated in Parliament