Consider that it was the USA that started the "safety" and "anti-pollution"
campaigns for autos back in the 60s. Now we have something like 50
different standards (50 states) for testing automobiles here in the US.
Reid
'79 Spitfire (original owner)
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From: alemen@pop.ftconnect.com [mailto:alemen@pop.ftconnect.com]
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 9:16 AM
To: sdspitfire@worldnet.att.net; spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: MOT Time...
I was shocked to find that in my area (Portland, OR) all they did was
emissions testing. Even more shocked to find that outside the area there was
nothing. And all local standards, nothing federally mandated. Of course
given the volume of the number of cars it would be almost impossible to
impose such as thing as the MOT here. Also given the nature of the country
it would also be vehemently opposed as it would affect peoples rights - who
cares about safety. (Note that thsi is a personal observation and does not
mean that those of you on the list think this way, in fact I hope most of
you would put safety first). Hey think of it, a US MOT test - a big new
industry, how many jobs would it create, how many cars would have to be
fixed up, look at the income and parts potential for the auto industry.
For you folks still back in the UK, it's amazing how bad some cars are here.
They would definitely fail back in the UK or elsewhere in the EEC for that
matter.
On the other hand it's an ideal place for our older cars from that respect,
although I am sure most of them are better than a lot of the other cars on
the road here that are not even half the age due to the attention we give
them.
Alan
Original Message:
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From: Ken C sdspitfire@worldnet.att.net
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 07:55:27 -0700
Subject: Re: MOT Time...
I'm sure this has been explained before, but what is 'MOT'. I know it's an
inspection program, but is it every year ? And from some of the
descriptions, it is fairly intense. Why would anyone, other than the owner
be, be concerned with rusty door sills ? Do they, (MOT), go over the entire
car with a fine-tooth comb ? How worn can something be and still pass ?
After all, we're talking about 20-30 year old cars.
Just curious,
Ken C
'72 Spit
>
> As promised, I am reporting back with the reaction of the MOT people to my
> gasket-less exhaust. Well, I gave the nuts an extra tighten before I
bought
> the car round - they seemed to have loosened a little since I did away
with
> the manifold-to-downpipe gasket. Went along for the MOT, no concern over
the
> exhaust at all (although I didn't exactly draw their attention to the
missing
> gasekt...)
>
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