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Post by ets on Mar 13, 2009 14:33:55 GMT
Hi Guys
I have to change a old broken speedo to one of my scoots and I was wondering what the score is with MOT's and insurance and the mileage discrepancy.
I.e. on my old odometer it says 23.000 miles and the one I'm about to fit only about 6.000. Are they going to find problems with it?
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Post by madmax on Mar 13, 2009 17:15:19 GMT
Depends from who does the MOT. When I had the first one done on mine, the speedo wasn't working ( I had no cable!!!) and passed.
;D
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Post by ets on Mar 13, 2009 18:29:29 GMT
I am not concerned about not passing it, what bugs me is the palaver about hpi checks, mileage fraud and all of that...
When a vehicle is examined for the MOT all of the details are passed to DVLA and put on record.
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Post by Juan on Mar 13, 2009 20:33:19 GMT
If I remember correctly a speedo isn't a MOTable item. If you're unsure then inform the relevant parties that it's been changed as the old one was buggered so it was replaced.
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Post by stiltthewilt on Mar 13, 2009 20:37:33 GMT
I am not concerned about not passing it, what bugs me is the palaver about hpi checks, mileage fraud and all of that... When a vehicle is examined for the MOT all of the details are passed to DVLA and put on record. I can see your point... Can't you take the old mileometer out of the old speedo and fit it in the replacement one? |
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Post by liseeloo on Mar 14, 2009 15:05:07 GMT
When I recently bought my new (old ;D) car, the seller was under no obligation to disclose the current mileage of the vehicle when sorting out the business with the V5, so I'm sure you will be OK. The V5 was sent away without any details of the current mileage, so I'm sure that the records that the DVLA keep arn't 100% correct.
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Post by swallow on Mar 14, 2009 16:17:12 GMT
when I took my scoot for its MOT, the first in at least 20 years, I recorded the mileage as "1" as my digital speedo blew up on the way to the test centre. However I currently have a normal type speedo in there as a temporary measure. Its not connected and also reads "1" so I am not really telling any lies am I? Doesnt register speed either, but as its reg'd as a 90 still I dont need to have that facility! And its the wrong colour on the V5 and the wrong address. And I only have the one L plate Looking forward to the day I get pulled  |
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Post by shrew on Mar 14, 2009 18:01:53 GMT
I remember the first time I got pulled. I'm sure my mates paid the girl or something  |
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Post by swallow on Mar 14, 2009 19:08:57 GMT
ba-da-ba-da-boom-ca-ching!! ;D
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Post by willspeed on Mar 14, 2009 21:22:32 GMT
first time i got pulled was in a local carpark, me and my mate where buzzing about on eachothers scoots. 2 mins later a copper comes and tells me hes going to do me for section blah blah blah and being a carpark terrorist  anyway about the mileage, like people have said on your V5 you dont have to put the mileage |
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Post by unreliablesc on Mar 14, 2009 23:09:29 GMT
Looking forward to the day I get pulled my 50spesh cutdown (only thing road legal was the brakes...) was stolen equipped with the plates form my VNB. that was not a fun day at the police station, but i got off free AND got the scoot back... "we are cops for a reason, we are not stupid... do you know what the penalty for document forgery is? " |
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Post by breezer on Mar 15, 2009 8:14:27 GMT
I think I'd have been telling them the plates were on the workbench and they got taken too
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Post by unreliablesc on Mar 15, 2009 9:48:09 GMT
I think I'd have been telling them the plates were on the workbench and they got taken too I told them something similar, but allot more complicated... |
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Post by riddennothidden on Mar 15, 2009 12:57:38 GMT
for an mot you must have a speedo but it does not have to work! i have put my lambretta through 5 mot's with the speedo showing 1 mile and no problems. like people said its at the discrection of the owner if you want to log milage with the dvla but not compulsory
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Post by candikid on Mar 24, 2009 21:40:23 GMT
don't know how many of you who changed your cylinder volume in your registration document from 50cc to say THREE TIMES AS MUCH, after you all kitted your scooters? ;D needless to say, I think vespa people are amongst the bikers the police worries the least about.
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