Daaryl wrote: » 1, Plates are correct on the car and are not illegal! 2, Alot of people leave the tax run out a month.. 3, Yes it is loud, But it's not stupid loud to where it annoys everybody 4, It's low but it's not rubbing every second low, Only rubs if there's somebody in the back, My old e36 was a bit lower and went through the nct with no issues. 5, Stickers aren't obstructive where they are! 6, I know there's no backbox as i thought it was fine as my last few cars went through the nct with no back boxs in them and had cats and silencers and nothing was said.
goz83 wrote: » 1, yet you say the plates are partially obscured. 2, and alot more keep their tax up to date. No tax, no drive. 3, your opinion is at odds with the law and what is deemed acceptable. 4, it shouldn't rub at all. Doesn't sound very road worthy. 5, though not illegal, i'm sure they obscure what woukd otherwise be a clear view. 6, why no back box? Sorry, but that just seems pointless. I genuinely don't get it.
Daaryl wrote: » 1. You can read the plate fine, You'd wanna be blind if you can't! 2. I had no money to tax and it was getting taxed at the start of march since it's my birthday ina few days! 3.Maybe my opinion is at odds but everybody knows when a car is loud or not, And it's not loud considering the cat and a silencer is still in it! 4. It's only rubbing because of the tyre size on the car, I'm waiting on a unusual size tire to come even though there's brand new ones on it at the moment, Smaller tyre size = no rubbing at all! 5. Stickers aren't a issue for me anyway, Maybe for others but i can see fine looking through the side windows with them! 6. The backbox was completely rusted and there was holes in it, Only stuck a straight pipe on it while i wait to get a new backbox for the car!
masseyno9 wrote: » Not to sound like a d1ck, but if you can afford to buy brand new tires while you wait for an unusual size tire to come in (thus, presumably paying for 2 sets of tyres), you could afford to tax it.
masseyno9 wrote: » Not to sound like a d1ck, but if you can afford to buy brand new tires while you wait for an unusual size tire to come in (thus, presumably paying for 2 sets of tyres), you could afford to tax it. .
Daaryl wrote: » To be honest, I thought the tyre size was fine to go with until it started rubbing with somebody in the back, I'd rather have legal tyres as you can get in more trouble for having bad tyres then no tax, So i thought it was the most logical and safest thing to do.
MarkAnthony wrote: » LOL, you're some man.
two wheels good wrote: » The Decibel scale is a logarithmic scale. For every 10dB increase the level of noise is doubled. 4dB is a significant margin Personally, I congratulate the Garda for his/her diligence. Loud exhausts are an anti-social nuisance.
Big Nasty wrote: » The tax is less than a month out if I understand correctly. Also when he does go to tax it he'll have to pay the back tax as declaring a car off the road after the fact is no longer possible. Many of us have to juggle bills and I'll tell you one thing - if my wife was driving our car with minimum tyre thread and the tax was due I know which one I'd be prioritising.
Daaryl wrote: » That's your own opinion, Keep it yourself, I'm sure alot of people on this site hate or don't mind them!
esforum wrote: » thats putting it mildly. Things should be done to drivers who insist on putting bean tin cans on their cars for no other reason than to make a 1985 Micra sound like it has a hole in the exhaust. We hate them. Very very few people like them, sleeping children especially dont like them when you are driving up and down a residential area deliberatly making the damn piece of **** sound as loud as possible. You were driving an old, unsafe, modified to look like a twat BMW at a 'meet'. No sympathy, hope it gets crushed
esforum wrote: » thats not the same though is it? Does your wife spend money modifying a 2litre car thats 15 years old and then messing with the exhaust, reg plate, windows and suspension while also getting a nice new set of alloys with the tyres?
esforum wrote: » t We hate them. Very very few people like them, sleeping children especially dont like them when you are driving up and down a residential area deliberatly making the damn piece of **** sound as loud as possible. You were driving an old, unsafe, modified to look like a twat BMW at a 'meet'. No sympathy, hope it gets crushed PS. Has it still not got a front reg plate?
masseyno9 wrote: » That's fair enough, and I did think of that while I typed, but not knowing if this was the 1st or 5th thing the Garda picked up on, you could maybe see where the skepticism came from. If he saw a lowered car, loud exhaust etc. and then the rubbing tires, he may have already formed an opinion that you were modifying before paying tax and the 'couldn't afford it' argument was out the window. Also, in response to the other poster, I have of course juggled bills and let tax go longer than 1 month in the past (before I moved to a country where motor tax is non-existent) but I have always been extra squeaky clean in other respects and well aware of the need to not draw attention while driving in that situation. And agreed on the safety issue, but as I said, I was just giving reasons why the Garda may have formed a different opinion before the tax issue came up. Attending a meet with a garda presence and driving around slowly (rather than parking in the back corner and walking about) might not have been the best idea. Still think you were hard done by to have it seized even though he was 'technically' allowed to, according to what others have said.
Jdmsupra wrote: » I'd love to see your Prius get crushed old depressed lady get a life .
esforum wrote: » My cars legal so it wont and editing posts doesnt change anything
Big Nasty wrote: » Maybe he bought it that way?
Daaryl wrote: » There was other cars that were in worse condition then mine, For example there was a 98 passat there no front reg, on it's arse literally probably cut springs in it and nothing get said to him, There was cars there with no front regs and nothing got said..
Daaryl wrote: » Technically no car is legal when you think about it, The car passes the nct that day it's legal then, You're driving down the road you hit a pothole going down a country road, You'll knock something out of place or damage a cv boot, spring etc, Now that car won't pass the test, So technically everybodys car could get took for no being defective..
Big Nasty wrote: » The tax is less than a month out if I understand correctly. Also when if he does go to tax it he'll have to pay the back tax as declaring a car off the road after the fact is no longer possible.
Big Nasty wrote: » Many of us have to juggle bills and I'll tell you one thing - if my wife was driving our car with minimum tyre thread and the tax was due I know which one I'd be prioritising.
Daaryl wrote: » No haha, I meant to say it was at 104dbs, My bad for that
