Senna wrote: » Back box for your car is 70 quid and can be got in 24 hours if not in stock. If I was a guard, I'd probably have done you too. Having a bean tin crappy exhaust is one thing, but to go to the trouble of welding on a straight through pipe when back boxes are readily available, with the excuse that you are waiting for one to be delivered is nonsense. Guards know that a welded straight through pipe isn't a temp fix for a day or two, a backbox with holes in it is TEMP until new one arrives.
Daaryl wrote: » Wasn't getting a standard backbox, Waiting on a scorpion backbox to come..
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.
colm_mcm wrote: » that number plate is def obscured by the surround that's before you get to it being a non standard size with smaller font (yes i know these plates can be allowed when the car will not fit a standard size plate. this is clearly not the case here though)
Daaryl wrote: » Maybe so, There was gaurds behind me when i was driving slow by avoiding potholes, getting over speedramps and avoiding shores sticking up in the ground, If any of those had a problem with the car why didn't they stop me then if it's so dangerously defective? I agree with the plate being obscured but it's not like the whole bottom numbers are covered, You can still make out what numbers they are.
Senna wrote: » If the guards really had it in for you, they could contact insurance company to see which modifications you have declared on your policy. Lower suspension etc, even an aftermarket backbox can be called a modification by some insurance companies, 123.ie for definite.
Daaryl wrote: » Well it's getting tested tomorrow, And yes all the mods are declared!
millington wrote: » For a forum called "Legal Discussion" there is nothing but Opinionated Discussion in here :eek:
Senna wrote: » Yes it's peoples opinions on the legal aspect, legal advice is forbidden, so it's just a discussion.
millington wrote: » But so far peoples opinions have been "you deserved it" but very little with the actual legality of it :rolleyes:
Daaryl wrote: » Can some help me out here and tell me who to go to about this? The psv officer rang me today and was saying the exhaust is illegal, the car is too low, wheels are too big on it, the hids are illegal, and the car has a brake light on and a airbag light on all easy fixes, Now i rang him back a few hours later saying if i accept the report i could have the back and he said yes you can have the car back if you accept the report and i was like grand and asked him who do i go to, To give accept the report of the vehicle, So went in anyway was speaking to a seargent, And he was like hold on there and let me speak to the psv officer, now the psv officer said there's alot more things wrong with the car, Like the exhaust could catch fire at anytime which is a load of bollox, The tracking is off so makes the car so unstable it can't be drove on the roads, bare in mind it's off a small little bit, and there's loads of other things wrong with the car and it's a ball of **** and all this, Now i went to my solicitor and told him the situation and he was like just go back up and tell them you can get the car back if it comes out on a low loader and tell them i said it, I was like grand, Went back up and was speaking to the girl and the seargent was getting annoyed with me at this point, Cause i want my car back, So i rang the station again today thinking the seargent would be finished work, Was speaking to a girl on the phone she was lovely, helpful and sound out, And she was like just come in tonight and ask the gaurd on the desk and say you were speaking to me, I was like right grand thanks, So when i went i was talking to a young gaurd at the desk, And i all i heard was the seargent in the back giving me abuse and abuse about my car, Saying it's a ball of **** and he's only a ****ing eijit all this that and the other, Can anybody help me out here and what to do cause i'm confused on the whole situation, I'm not looking for any comments like deserves you right and all that, Just want help on who i can speak to about getting the car back!
Stheno wrote: » Did you try doing what your solicitor said and go up with a low loader to tow the car away on? If not that's the first thing I'd suggest.
Daaryl wrote: » I couldn't get one today, But can get one tomorrow morning
Odelay wrote: » Sounds like the sergeant summed it up fairly well, have to say he is on the ball.
emmetkenny wrote: » You can't drive it out. Honestly OP to get it road legal now will cost a fair bit of time and money so it might be better to collect it on a truck and sell it on. If this is what you decide make sure you tell the buyer everything the guards told you that needs to be fixed so nothing can come back on you.
Daaryl wrote: » That's what i want to do is get it fixed anyway, Like it's all stupid small jobs that would take a hour to fix it all, But they're just being awkward about the whole thing
Senna wrote: » Not sure where you are from, but if it's a small area, your car will now be a magnet to the guards, better to sell it on or you will have many more threads on here asking why the guards are picking on you.
Stheno wrote: » You seriously think it will take just one hour to solve all of the issues you've listed out above? Yes, When you have your friends helping you it will
Daaryl wrote: » Stheno wrote: » You seriously think it will take just one hour to solve all of the issues you've listed out above? Yes, When you have your friends helping you it will Who was it you did the original modification work that caused all this grief?
Veloce wrote: » Hope you get it sorted Daaryl. What was the reason the Garda gave you that the car couldn't be taken away?
Stheno wrote: » Daaryl wrote: » Who was it you did the original modification work that caused all this grief? No the modifications were already done to the car when i purchased it
Daaryl wrote: » Who was it you did the original modification work that caused all this grief?
tuxy wrote: » I imagine the reason is that the car is unsafe to drive on a public road in such poor condition.
