Soft-top wedding cars now illegal?

vedwards

My friends is unemployed but with his savings he bought a beautiful set of vintage cars of which one was a soft-top. Taxed, insured and pays tax on his income from the few bookings he picks up. Now he's been told that he can no longer use the soft-top for business as it is in contravention to some law.
Is this correct?

carchaeologist

Hope not,i know a guy building a Beauford(i think) for wedding use using Sierra running gear. It will have cost close to 30K apparently when its all finished?:eek:

Dades

This sounds very spurious. My skepto-meter is getting very high readings.

corktina

Possibly a taxi-regulation as wedding cars are supposed to be driven on Private Hire licenses I think

Bitten & Hisses

carchaeologist wrote: »

Hope not,i know a guy building a Beauford(i think) for wedding use using Sierra running gear. It will have cost close to 30K apparently when its all finished?:eek:

I hope you told him not to build one of these abominations

spooky donkey

I think eventually they will make every car illegal unless its less than a year old. If they can think of some dumb law when it comes to driving they will bring it in. Thanks to the Nanny state.

kja1888

Who said he can't use a soft top anyway, and what was the alleged "law"?

Soft top limos have always been ok, but hackneys and taxis have to have a permanent hard top, although all 3 types of licence come under the auspices of the taxi regulator. If there is a query regarding the use of a limo, I'd enquire with the taxi regulator first.

carchaeologist

Bitten & Hisses wrote: »

I hope you told him not to build one of these abominations

He was well into the build by the time i saw it,the Sierra that was used as the donor was literally like new. Proper waste.

quattro777

Bitten & Hisses wrote: »

I hope you told him not to build one of these abominations

Indeed.
My brother had one of those for his wedding, how we laughed

Nasty, cringeworthty piles of sh!te.

Bitten & Hisses

carchaeologist wrote: »

He was well into the build by the time i saw it,the Sierra that was used as the donor was literally like new. Proper waste.

That's a tragedy, especially when tidy Sierras are now so rare. Those Beaufords should be buried in the same landfill as Mitsuoka's creations

carchaeologist

Bitten & Hisses wrote: »

That's a tragedy, especially when tidy Sierras are now so rare. Those Beaufords should be buried in the same landfill as Mitsuoka's creations

I agree,i was offered the shell,but had nowhere to keep it.:rolleyes: In 10 years time i will kick myself..

vedwards

kja1888 wrote: »

Who said he can't use a soft top anyway, and what was the alleged "law"?

Soft top limos have always been ok, but hackneys and taxis have to have a permanent hard top, although all 3 types of licence come under the auspices of the taxi regulator. If there is a query regarding the use of a limo, I'd enquire with the taxi regulator first.

Yes, it was an unsolicited call from the Taxi Regulator's "Office". It's a wedding car and afaik solely used for that purpose.

Cosmo K

Check the regulators website, suitabality checklist, page 46:

http://www.taxiregulator.ie/files/Initial_Suitability_Inspection_Manual_June%202010_PDF(1).pdf

Run_to_da_hills

Ha ha this is what you get for voting yes for Lisbon in the last referendum.

Grimreaper666

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Ha ha this is what you get for voting yes for Lisbon in the last referendum.

We really are this time alright, the amount of "small print" coming back to haunt us is unreal lately and the amount of sh!te on the way is scarey!! I'm off soon so the best of luck with it all, looks like ye'll need all of it and more.

Borzoi

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Ha ha this is what you get for voting yes for Lisbon in the last referendum.

Read the article, p46, a convertible is acceptable, and go back to troll land