david burton wrote:did they stop you for any other reason apart from the idea you might not have a cat?!
Nah - was just a spot check on everybody going down the road
- I could have argued the toss on the car (93L plate 3.0 24V Senator) I was in as it had (* well actually it didn't but it's a long story and a bit wafty) an engine swap from an earlier car pre 92K which I had the documentation to prove - so I didn't even need to put the cats back - they just did an emission check at the garage and stamped the form!!
*It's a well known dodge for certain cars made with cats before the law was effective (ie 1990 - 1992) but continued to be made after law on cats was effective
Basically it involves creating a paper trail that can prove that the engine has been changed from an earlier car pre-cat law and put in a car which is post cat law.
I now have a photocopy of a log book for a car long since scrapped which has the engine number for my L reg Senator down as it's engine number
I take the car for an MOT and they say cat test - I say Nope..... engine has been replaced - here is a copy of the log book for the car the engine came out of - it clearly shows the engine number is same as the one in my car and they don't cat test it!!!
The engine has actually never been changed what I did before I scrapped the old senny was send of the log book with my L reg engine number as an engine change
It came back all changed - I photocopied it and sent it back when I scrapped the car shortly afterwards
like I said a bit wafty and a bit involved but worth it
Haven't had to do a computer linked MOT yet so we will see if it works with that too!!!
