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Jesus.

Or don't worry about it. Anything key will be genuine OEM, anything less important probably doesn't matter. Again though, means no mods or cheeky remaps.

Well, no. C&U is down to the car when manufactured. As soon as you do anything to make the lights more rubbish, you break those regs. Also, how do you describe it to the insurer? Unless you can measure the exact output and prove it's still legal, then saying your lights are now more rubbish than OEM isn't going to be something I'd like to be insuring the risk on.

Yes, construction & use regs.

AFAIK you cannot have lights that are too bright: As long as they're pointing in the right direction as set by the MOT, then they can be as bright as you like.

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Hi Tracey, welcome along Sounds like a very positive experience with the garage, these things do happen with buying used cars and it's always about how they handle the problems, rather than the problem itself.

Yeah, funny that!

No, you're breaking the law. You can send the money as a gift, you can call it Fred, you can fly it by carrier pigeon: You're still paying money for an item created by a business. That's called a purchase. I don't care if you do or if you don't, but don't kid yourself that a judge would be all like, "Oh, a PayPal gift you say? You silly HMRC, of course that's ok!" How do you think drug dealers clean their money? By laundering, just like your idea...

But that's not what you're doing, that's what you're telling people. Dude, I'm not going to grass you up, I'm just curious!

Anyone would think that these Japanese-made films on a Japanese track with Japanese drivers are fixed to let the Japanese car win... It's fun to watch, but nothing more. Shame they don't give more info on the tyres used, that would be an interesting stat to know. On no planet is an SLS quicker than a 997TS either! Anyone got any info on the drivers? As in classes competed in, race wins etc.

So you'll under insure and then lie to customs to avoid tax as well? Not judging, just clarifying.

I'm genuinely grateful I've never witnessed anyone doing this, to my car or anyone else's. I think I'd be quite vocal about the matter.

And what about the painting? And the purchase price of the kit needed to fab these up? And the time spent designing them in the first place? And the risk of losing all the cash if nobody wanted them? And the training and knowledge required to even get started... Good luck to the guy. If he can turn a profit making these, then he deserves everything he gets.

£5K for an engine? Really? Ouch. Sod that then, better off getting a new car

Imagine the scene: You've reduced the light output of your lights. Poor weather means you give it more beans than you should, and it's at night. You end up writing your car off, and in the process you cripple Harry Kane who happened to be driving a car on the same street and you had a coming together. Insurance man comes to check on the car as Mr Kane is putting in a multi-million pound claim for his useless legs, when they discover that you've reduced the usability of your lights. Suddenly you have no insurance cover, and every one is coming after you for everything. Seriously, don't bother. The MOT issue isn't worth worrying about, insurance most definitely is. If you really must, for shows and that, i'd be grabbing some stick on stuff that you can throw on during the day and then removing for the drive home.

Worst case on a 370 is a new engine, so £1500 covers that. Keep that as a slush fund and you're sorted.

Tbh I'd just be handing the whole thing over to your insurer and letting them figure it out mate. No way that's going to be more than the value of the car for the risk of write off, so might as well make life easier for yourself.

Both. Post-natal abortion knows no age limit.

Exactly. You're giving the wrong signal to following cars if they think they can just get round you as you must be stopping too, and then by the time you've got your indicator on it's too late. Stay closer to the dividing line, and indicate much earlier.

Not exactly helpful if the only reason you can afford one after three years is because they're now in your price range though. You may have a grand or so as a slush fund, but £10k? I'd be amazed if 1% had that.

Is this from the new car warranty booklet or the used car warranty booklet? Used, the 3-10 year one. On a new car under EU block exemption rules you're able to do a lot more without worry.

Nope, just you.

Can we get that without the c+p junk please?

Warranty booklet exclusions below. Better than I expected, but you could well find yourself being stuck with the cost of a new engine should you have an aftermarket exhaust fitted. Damage which has occurred as a result of any accessory being fitted (unless the accessory is approved by the manufacturer for use on the Vehicle and fitted according to instructions provided by the manufacturer of the accessory). The consequences of repairs, conversions or modifications carried out by firms not approved by the manufacturer