Free BX16 TGS 1990!
- Philip Chidlow
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- Philip Chidlow
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- mat_fenwick
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- mnde
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1991 Citroen BX16 TGS Meteor - still out there somewhere!
Depends on the copper...
I got caught with the GSA on the A1(M) North one Sunday by a tax-disc zapper. I explained to the officer that the car was on SORN and I was on my way to drop off my car for an MOT test at the GS Specialist Chevronics in Arlesey. He'd heard of the place, and in fact being a local Hitchin cop, they have some of their vehicles serviced there! So I was lucky, as it's a considerable distance away from my home!
Mark.
I got caught with the GSA on the A1(M) North one Sunday by a tax-disc zapper. I explained to the officer that the car was on SORN and I was on my way to drop off my car for an MOT test at the GS Specialist Chevronics in Arlesey. He'd heard of the place, and in fact being a local Hitchin cop, they have some of their vehicles serviced there! So I was lucky, as it's a considerable distance away from my home!
Mark.
- MULLEY
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- My Cars: 1999 Xsara LX 2.0HDI (90) Hatch - Fern
2002 C5 2.0 HDI (110) Estate - Jasmine - SORN
2011 Mini Cooper D Clubman - SOLD
2016 Mercedes A180D Sport - Auto refinement
1992 TZD Turbo - Bluebell - SORN
1992 TZD Turbo Estate - SORN
1991 Gti 16V - Blaze - crash damaged, will get repaired - SORN
1990 Gti 8Valve SOLD - looks like it's been scrapped
2002 Mini Cooper S - SOLD - i miss this car
1992 TXD - Scrapped in March 2014
1988 CX 25 GTI Turbo2 - SORN
1996 - AX Memphis 1.5D - Dream - SORN - x 8
Do they just look for the tax disc, or do they run the number plate to see if its licenced? stick in a valid tax disc from another car if all they are looking for is the disc itself.
I have looked on the internet & can find no reference to having to have your mot done locally to where the car is, infact it mentions that you can get your car mot'd at any one of the 19000 authorised mot stations.
I dont think a copper could do a thing, they could check the car to make sure that its roadworthy & presumably if its in a dangerous state they might be able to do something, but again unsure.
Found the following:
What’s a vehicle defect rectification notice? i.e a copper stops you
If your vehicle is defective, for example, one of its indictors is broken, you may be issued with a vehicle defect rectification notice. This means you have to fix the fault and provide proof, such as a receipt from a mechanic saying the fault has been fixed, at a police station.
I have looked on the internet & can find no reference to having to have your mot done locally to where the car is, infact it mentions that you can get your car mot'd at any one of the 19000 authorised mot stations.
I dont think a copper could do a thing, they could check the car to make sure that its roadworthy & presumably if its in a dangerous state they might be able to do something, but again unsure.
Found the following:
What’s a vehicle defect rectification notice? i.e a copper stops you
If your vehicle is defective, for example, one of its indictors is broken, you may be issued with a vehicle defect rectification notice. This means you have to fix the fault and provide proof, such as a receipt from a mechanic saying the fault has been fixed, at a police station.
- MULLEY
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- My Cars: 1999 Xsara LX 2.0HDI (90) Hatch - Fern
2002 C5 2.0 HDI (110) Estate - Jasmine - SORN
2011 Mini Cooper D Clubman - SOLD
2016 Mercedes A180D Sport - Auto refinement
1992 TZD Turbo - Bluebell - SORN
1992 TZD Turbo Estate - SORN
1991 Gti 16V - Blaze - crash damaged, will get repaired - SORN
1990 Gti 8Valve SOLD - looks like it's been scrapped
2002 Mini Cooper S - SOLD - i miss this car
1992 TXD - Scrapped in March 2014
1988 CX 25 GTI Turbo2 - SORN
1996 - AX Memphis 1.5D - Dream - SORN - x 8
Err umm I have next week off and a week in July!
Wil try and get the 16TGS roadworth and trundle up to show it off.
As its got the aerofoil spoiler already on I may put my speedlines on it and make a Gti copy! (with no power steering!) whcih will build my arm muscles up! Failing that if anyone has some of the nice Mk2 phase one wheeltrims they want rid off let me know!
Wil try and get the 16TGS roadworth and trundle up to show it off.
As its got the aerofoil spoiler already on I may put my speedlines on it and make a Gti copy! (with no power steering!) whcih will build my arm muscles up! Failing that if anyone has some of the nice Mk2 phase one wheeltrims they want rid off let me know!
- MULLEY
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- My Cars: 1999 Xsara LX 2.0HDI (90) Hatch - Fern
2002 C5 2.0 HDI (110) Estate - Jasmine - SORN
2011 Mini Cooper D Clubman - SOLD
2016 Mercedes A180D Sport - Auto refinement
1992 TZD Turbo - Bluebell - SORN
1992 TZD Turbo Estate - SORN
1991 Gti 16V - Blaze - crash damaged, will get repaired - SORN
1990 Gti 8Valve SOLD - looks like it's been scrapped
2002 Mini Cooper S - SOLD - i miss this car
1992 TXD - Scrapped in March 2014
1988 CX 25 GTI Turbo2 - SORN
1996 - AX Memphis 1.5D - Dream - SORN - x 8
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NO NO NO! NEVER use a tax disc from another car. Thats fraud and is a criminal offence.MULLEY wrote: stick in a valid tax disc from another car if all they are looking for is the disc itself.
Driving with no tax disc is a civil offence.
With one you can go to prison, with the other, you cant!
Smokes lots, because enough's enough already!
Far too many BX's, a bus, an ambulance a few trucks, not enough time and never enough cash...
Far too many BX's, a bus, an ambulance a few trucks, not enough time and never enough cash...