Mot warning

[VTRelite]

aftermarket exhausts WILL fail

had my car mot'd today and the legislation has been bought in straight away

car can NOt be louder than standard otherwise you are issued with a lovely red certificate instead of a green one

[Darlo-paul]

Not true in all cases if you ask me. Yours must be stupidly loud?

[VTRelite]

Not true in all cases if you ask me. Yours must be stupidly loud?

not that loud, most of mine is induction roar but new legislation states the noise level is comparible to a standard silencer in good condition so louder than that you get a red sheet

[Darlo-paul]

The corsa I was looking at with a louder than standard exhaust passed... Hrmm

[wobble_vtr]

proof or gtfo :)

[VTRelite]

i jus gotta take it back tomorrow with standard box on then it will pass and what i do after that is up to me :D:D lol

[Spanky]

proof or gtfo :)

Agreed :)

Think i will go to an MOT station somtime this week and ask.

If this is true mine will fail to the bottom of the earth, without the cat in :d

Not to loud with the cat in, plus i have standard back box :)

[Ben]

I heard somethin about this the other week, i've saved my standard exhaust system to swap over for MOT time so i'm ok :y:

[VTRelite]

yeah i think to be safe you should put standard system back on so if you got full and no standard -= i wish you luck lol

[wobble_vtr]

Agreed :)

Think i will go to an MOT station somtime this week and ask.

If this is true mine will fail to the bottom of the earth, without the cat in :d

Not to loud with the cat in, plus i have standard back box :)

let us know when you have asked mate since there is no proof so far lol

[steviee90]

has it not always been these laws ???

[smittytom]

Mine Passed on Friday with an aftermarket exhaust

[Ben]

I think it depends on the garage tbh.

[smiith]

I think it depends on the garage tbh.

agree compleatly, i know of 2 mates cars both getting through MOT in the last week, one was a saxo, with supersprint race system...

[saxo-john]

like people are saying its where you go i think mine passed last month with aftermarket system

[maggzy]

this law has always been there, but at the end of the day its down to the testers discretion (spellin)
for me its personally no problem because i work in a mot garage, but we have never failed a car for having a loud aftermarket exhaust, and in chatham theres plenty of em about, but you may want to check with your local garage prior to test or go standard just to be safe

[saxokid100]

Mine Passed with full magnex system...........:y::p

[Fieldy1]

i got pulled on fri by a traffic cop who gave me a £30 fine for havin an aftermarket exhaust because he sais it was not MOT'able i thort it was only the case if it was over a certain decibels?

[saxokid100]

i got pulled on fri by a traffic cop who gave me a £30 fine for havin an aftermarket exhaust because he sais it was not MOT'able i thort it was only the case if it was over a certain decibels?
Yours must be silly loud bud!!......:fcuk::p

[pug205gti87]

ye, the mot tester told me at work the other days its up to the tester whether he thinks its too loud :D so get friendly with an MOT tester ha

[Predator_R32]

Tbh my emissions with magnex system on was better than standard :y:

[stendog]

might aswell try with aftermarket exhaust will either pass or not and a retest is free and standard exhaust takes 10 mins to fit really so not a big problem. especially if you now the mot guy anything passes

[craig180]

This is true. VOSA recently amended the testing requirements for exhaust noise. Do a search. There was a thread on here a few days ago

[LeeM]

mine passed last week with loud as fuck powerflow on

[JamesR]

its a stupid law if you ask me. :homme:

[willo-1]

aftermarket exhausts WILL fail

had my car mot'd today and the legislation has been bought in straight away

car can NOt be louder than standard otherwise you are issued with a lovely red certificate instead of a green one

I opend a thread on this few weeks back about vosa, everyone said it was a load of shit itll not happen ect..???????????????

[betty02]

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[Prickle]

Erm ok, mine better pass when the times comes :homme:

but it may depend on garage ( i go to a decent one), mine quiet anyway :oops: at idling

[GRAHAM2000VTR]

why do people keep shitting on about this it has always been that if it to noisey it will fail it hasn't just come in,its just that most tester let people off and some tester are just strict and will fail it end off

[Psycho18]

end of the day people are sick of chavs flying round with there 10" exhausts pissing everyone off. Obviously the law has told mot testers to be stricter on exhaust noise. I'm cool with this. Just find yourself a good mot tester in an independent garage and he'll whack it through. These normal garages like nationwide autocentre etc. will be mega strict they got no choice.

[Luke]

Exactly, will depend how much an ass the MOT tester is.

Guy I take mine to wouldn't pull it up I doubt.

[Saxo_Steve]

Mine passed with a decat...

[craig180]

Mine passed with a decat...

Publish their details on here....

[-Jason-]

If its on noise how is it per model or just a generalisation ie a lambo at 2.5 k will be louder than a saxo

[Liam_]

I think the whole 'new legislation' thing is just to get MOT testers to be a bit more vigilant. It has always been the law that the MOT tester can fail the car if they deem it to be too loud.

At the end of the day, I can't see how they can really enforce it... unless VOSA state the vehicle must be below xx dB at xxxx RPM. Just find an MOT tester who isn't bitter towards Saxo drivers with aftermarket exhausts.

[Bally]

Im all good coz i have a standard diesel 106 lol. Does depend on whos doing the test though.

[MattySmith]

end of the day people are sick of chavs flying round with there 10" exhausts pissing everyone off.

but whats it got to do with other folk what peope do with there cars?

[JoshB]

I'm struggling to see how this legislation will be properly enforced. Its basically saying you can have anything louder than standard noise output, if this was true then its bye bye aftermarket exhaust manufacturers. Surely companies like Piper/Supersprint etc would be fighting this and there would be announcements about it on car modifying websites, ie Demon-Tweeks/Larkspeed etc.

I agree that a car should fail an MOT for having a stupidly loud exhaust as there is just no need for it, and it is probably against the law regarding noise levels after/before 11pm/7am. But pointed at the comment above about a standard Lambo/Ferrari, they are damn loud as standard, VOSA need to stick to 98db for any car, simple as.

[JoshB]

but whats it got to do with other folk what peope do with there cars?

Because it fecking annoying when youre trying to get to bed at 11 because you've got work at 6am and theres 3 kids with rediculously loud exhausts bouncing them off the limiter on your street.