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| SVA KIT CAR Magazine For Everyone, interesting view/article on P7 of latest Kit Car magazine on SVA testers. Graham
__________________ Graham (SRV Driver Safety and Information Systems Herts |
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| RE: SVA KIT CAR Magazine Thanks for the info Graham I'll pop along to WH Smiths and purchase a copy. Regs John |
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| RE: SVA KIT CAR Magazine This has been something I have harped on about for quite a while, the legality of post SVA changes, including engines etc. Best Regards Robert Forum Admin
__________________ Best Regards Robert My Son had a toy steering wheel which he used to spin furiously, making loads of go-faster noises, leaning into all the tight corners, perhaps running the government feels a bit like that. You make all the noises, but when you stop you haven't really gone anywhere. |
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| RE: SVA KIT CAR Magazine Does this mean 4x4 owners with bull bars and luggage racks with sharp edges arent insured properly? Or do we think kit cars are potentially subject to the specialist insurers know-how on SVA, meaning we are susceptable to particular scrutinisation on the sharp edges thing? I've known garages who have changed mxitures for the MOT test, and then changed them back to the owners prefered setting after the test! I suspect it'll only be a problem if the accident involves a specific and very obvious SVA compliance issue such as injury sustained by catching a necklace on the slots of a Mota Lita steering wheel. Even then I think you'd be unlucky if it was a problem. Pay your money take your chance I suppose. But I think you have to notify your insurer in any situation if you mod the engine in any way, kit car or tin top regardless. Kev |
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| RE: SVA KIT CAR Magazine Kev- my good lady was involved in the insurance business, and I can only say that when it comes to a serious claim, like people dead/severely injured, where more than 6 noughts could be on the end of a claim figure, the insurers would probably do anything to mitigate their loss. I feel that the only body that could resolve this might be STATUS, and I might just lobby them about it. We do have a real problem here, but because its "potential" rather than real, we are behaving like ostriches. Woe betide the first of our number to come face to face with it - I pray it's not me! At least we have insurance - there are 1 million bas**rds out there driving cars without - and we all pay for it in increased premiums. Wilf
__________________ My opinion is worth exactly what you paid for it. CRENDON - go on, you know you want to! |
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| RE: SVA KIT CAR Magazine I think we need a poll to nominate a Cob driver to write to his insurer specifically asking these questions, and deflecting the obvious 'why are you asking us this?' reply, and the scrutiny his car might come under. Or maybe we could get an article in ST after asking a number of insurers to respond to this kind of FAQ. But I think we can guess the reponse. Perhaps a more revealing question might be what happens if your car passes SVA with a non-compliant part fitted 'as-is' e.g. no sticky tape etc covering a so-called sharp edge. This is the case with Hillman boot hinges, and how many of us really have wipers that conform to the required no. of wipes per second? As was stated in another thread, well-built cars get treated a little more leniantly during the test. So if they pass, doesnt that mean they don't conform to all aspects of SVA? - so doesnt that then mean they're technically uninsured????? I think there has to be a degree of interpretation somewhere. My guess is that razor sharp spinners will attract trouble, but a 2.0mm (i.e. illegal) radiussed boot hinge won't. Kev |
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| RE: SVA KIT CAR Magazine Kev - my good lady confused me last night with technical insurance banter. In summary, what she said was that as long as you have an Insurance Certificate, then "RTA" cover is guaranteed, whatever you do, whatever you drive. I will try to find out what this actually means!! I think its to do with third party liabilities. Wilf
__________________ My opinion is worth exactly what you paid for it. CRENDON - go on, you know you want to! |
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| RE: SVA KIT CAR Magazine Hi there here is a question regarding SVA and insurance my car passed it's SVA prior to the deadline of Jan 2000 which meant I was exempt for internal/external projections etc, but the car still was issued with a MAC cert to say it has passed SVA but if put against a SVA test now some items would fail (not many)so how can an insurer prove or disprove the state of my car ??? cheers Paul |
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| RE: SVA KIT CAR Magazine A very interesting question posed by Paul. Even more compelling reasons, I believe, for some "official" body (STATUS???) to come up with some explanation of wether post SVA mods are or are not legal. After all, there is nothing to stop anyone fitting "accessories" to a production vehicle which would never pass an SVA test (ever looked at the "eyebrows" on some VW beetle headlights???). In theory we should tell our insurers of all mods/additions, but I know that I, for one, faced with the question "Has your vehicle been modified from standard" on the insurance proposal form, answered: "This is a kit car, assembled from a wide variety of parts from a wide variety of sources, there is no "standard" configuration". Is that enough tho'??? Should we ask the CRC to commence a discussion with STATUS or a relevant Insurance body? Wilf
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