uh oh, American tax dollars at work, keeping everyone safe!
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http://www.nj.com/ocean/index.ssf/2014/12/...ritish_car.html

Vid with some cock-a-hoop blah-blah about them saving us all from evil, then some mini crushing interspersed with giggles:
https://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/wat...-160959576.html

High-res images in the thumbs at the bottom:
http://www.autoblog.com/2014/12/12/watch-f...tation-dragnet/


You should really see some of the pieces of crap that folks drive in the USA. Remember, many states don't have ANY form of yearly inspection. I mean nothing. Not even tyres or emissions... But an air-bagged Mpi or a landrover 90/110 with ABS is the biggest risk Americans may be facing on the roads - or so it seems....

Edited by TurboDave16V on 13th Dec, 2014.

In all fairness, who ever bought that as a 25+ year old car needs a serious reality check.

It is obviously fraudulous so i can understand it at some level . Pretty daft that you can drive a 1978 3mpg oil leaking pickup truck without brakes , threadbare tires and gun rack filled with assault rifles though.

You would think that they would focus on real problems first.

That sir, is not rust, it is the progressive mass reduction system

http://aseriesmodifications.wordpress.com/

Its just the media inflating the story so it sounds interesting.

Im not sure about the "safety" thing but i agree with destroying it because its a ringer. Just means mine is worth that little bit more

Here we have an article that says in it that the vin number has been changed so that makes the car elegal. If they would find a mini gere with a vin number changed the same would be done with it. How sad it even is. ( although there are many exeptions on it that might save the car here)

you can do anything if you set your mind to it...
i rather blow it up winning than keep it together losing.

finish date set for project 1... march 2018

Im sure ive seen a few mpis in america??? All done similar.. just this is the unlucky one that got caught.. you would think they would concentrate on more important things... or atleast sell the bits off to raise money for something? Its been changed to get around import laws?? If it was changed cos its been stolen then theres some poor sod over here watching his stolen mpi been killed!!

The problem is you know two cars have been broken. The identity of the car as it entered is a genuine car, just not the car it is representing. The real problem is what is the true identity of the car, was it stolen. Selli g stolen property even by the authorities, even for a charitable cause is taking advantage of the person who is the true owner of that propperty, usually an insurance company at this stage. The fact that the true identity cannot be found leaves only one true resolution and that happens to be destruction as harsh as that is.

laws the law ............... sad as it is

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