mike r
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Hiya i am thinking of putting a full exhaust system on my car and the 4-2-1 manifold has a decat pipe with it, what are the penalities if i get caught without the cat? not bothered about the mot as i can put the old system back on, cheers mike
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Ben G
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a big fine.
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lee_dodd
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any answers a bit more detailed?
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mike r
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how big? lol do you have to have it retested on emmisions at a garage do you know?
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am4nf
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Pleed ignorance
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Ben G
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well plenty of people have decats and seem to get away with it.
just depends if you get pulled in by these VOSA checkpoints they sometimes set up.
i think a bloke i knew who had a decat said the fine could be up to £1500 iirc
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by lee_dodd
any answers a bit more detailed?
more detailed?
ok...
you get fined four eggs, 2 pints of milk, 4 kittens, and fourskin cheese 
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DaveyLC
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quote:
Originally posted by am4nf
Pleed ignorance
No good if its been through an MOT while in your possession 
The maximum penalties for breaching emissions regulations are:
Cars: £1,000.
Goods vehicles: £2,500.
[Edited on 18-02-2010 by DaveyLC]
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mike r
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cheers for that i'LL probably risk it and fit it then
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DaveyLC
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If you get pulled you get issued with a Vehicle defect rectification order which gives you 14 days to put it right anyway after which big fine time!
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am4nf
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quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
quote:
Originally posted by am4nf
Pleed ignorance
No good if its been through an MOT while in your possession
The maximum penalties for breaching emissions regulations are:
Cars: £1,000.
Goods vehicles: £2,500.
[Edited on 18-02-2010 by DaveyLC]
Mine has a sports cat so im all good
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oceansoul
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I heard/read somewhere that some forces have a machine to test at the side of the road.
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steel
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quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
If you get pulled you get issued with a Vehicle defect rectification order which gives you 14 days to put it right anyway after which big fine time!
thats not too bad really, i thought you would get points of somesort
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scoob
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i let my cat out once and it never came back 
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neil h
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quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
No good if its been through an MOT while in your possession
The maximum penalties for breaching emissions regulations are:
[Edited on 18-02-2010 by DaveyLC]
Surely thats presuming your car fails the emissions test with out a cat?
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mike r
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a question for am4nf then where did you get your sports exhaust from? as i was thinking of getting a sportex exhaust system fitted to their 4-2-1 manifold but they only put in a decat pipe with the kit and didn't really want to bodge my standard cat in the system
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Foster16v
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Originally posted by scoob
i let my cat out once and it never came back
A little bit off wee came out when i read that! i actually did laugh out loud
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biswell
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mate dont worry about it i got a vosa check on my old corsa and it had a de cat they are are dumb as fuck didnt even notice it lol
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sc0ott
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i heard VOSA prefer dogs anyway.
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Fro
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quote:
Originally posted by steel
quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
If you get pulled you get issued with a Vehicle defect rectification order which gives you 14 days to put it right anyway after which big fine time!
thats not too bad really, i thought you would get points of somesort
You can't drive the car either if that's the same as the prohibition order i received which meant i had to rectify my car tehn get somewhere to certify this then go to a police station to get the marker removed.
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