Getting around the MOT Emissions test.

My best mates girlfriend's Proton Satria failed on emissions the other day and an interesting topic followed with the tester. Apparently if the vehicle being tested only has one seat it can't be classed as a passenger vehicle and thus is exempt from having to pass an emissions test. The tester even called Vosa while we were there to double check and they confirmed it to be true! So out came the passenger seat *full roll cage is fitted so no rears are present anyway* and the tester passed the car.

Has anybody heard of this? Either way I know where I'm taking my Supra once it's had it's decat pipes bought and fitted haha!

Really!?? Sounds interesting! Maybe Ben can shed some light on this!?

Yeah I'm going to ask a couple of other mates I know who are MOT testers in different area's of the country. I wouldn't of believed it if I didn't hear vosa over speaker phone

If it's a non passenger vehicle and there is no exact match in the database, then yeah. Pre 2002 Zafira (7 seaters) etc are in the same bracket.

That's exactly the script the guy on the phone from Vosa read out to us.

Yea but it says no more than 5 seats in addition to the driver... doesn't say anything about a minimum of seats to include the driver, leaves it up to interpretation. Happy that you found someone that interprets it the way we would like it to be

Yea but it says no more than 5 seats in addition to the driver... doesn't say anything about a minimum of seats to include the driver, leaves it up to interpretation. Happy that you found someone that interprets it the way we would like it to be

Technically, it becomes a car derived van.

But car derived vans have 2 seats

But car derived vans have 2 seats

Definition of a car derived van is one or less passenger seats.

It's all in the manual, you just have to decipher the wording.

Definition of a car derived van is one or less passenger seats.

 

It's all in the manual, you just have to decipher the wording.

Exactly, driver and one passenger seat is 2 seats

Exactly, driver and one passenger seat is 2 seats

Only seats that are counted are passenger seats. Mainly because a car without a drivers seat would be pretty dumb. Lol

When I used to own a Mk3 Fiesta all stripped out running a 2.0 Zetec engine I only had one seat in it for the MOT and the guy failed it on the emissions lol I think it's down to who you meet and whether or not they are willing to judge it as it is or as a passenger vehicle. If I knew what I know now back then I'd of raised it doesn't qualify as a passenger vehicle and saved myself money on a new cat and the hassle of fitting the bugger in the rain!

When I used to own a Mk3 Fiesta all stripped out running a 2.0 Zetec engine I only had one seat in it for the MOT and the guy failed it on the emissions lol I think it's down to who you meet and whether or not they are willing to judge it as it is or as a passenger vehicle. If I knew what I know now back then I'd of raised it doesn't qualify as a passenger vehicle and saved myself money on a new cat and the hassle of fitting the bugger in the rain!

It's generally about how the manual is deciphered. VOSA word it so badly that it makes it difficult, but it's all in there. You just have to cross reference stuff a lot. Unless there's a IDIOT PROOF flow chart.