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MOT man won't test my 110

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V8MoneyPit:
Like Jim, I use a garage that understands Land Rovers. They know about the 'dual purpose' exemption and have never refused the 110.

Priglet:
You're not alone, don't pay extra for the class 7 test as it's not valid for your motor and you can still be prosecuted for driving without MoT.

V8MoneyPit:
Here are the replies from VOSA. See if you can understand them  :lol:

A dual purpose vehicle for class IV test the Unladen Weight of the Vehicle must not exceed 2,040kg not the Gross weight of the vehicle.

There after it would be tested to standard of the gross weight of the vehicle.

It may have been that some refusal to test has been because the test stations cannot accommodate the vehicle.

Then I asked for the definition of 'dual purpose'.....

A Dual Purpose vehicle is defined as follows:-

Construted or adapted for the carriage fo both passenger(s) and good or burden of any description: and

has an unladen weight not exceeding 2,040kg: and

which either

A.  is so constructed or adapted so that the driving power of the engine, is, or by the use of the appropriate controls can be, transmitted to all the wheels of the vehicle: or

B.  satisfies the following conditions as to construction:

     1. is pemantently fitted with a rigid roof, with or without a sliding panel
     2. the area to the rear of the drivers seat must;

         be permantently fitted with at least one row of transverse seats (fixed or folding) for two or more passengers, and those seats must properly sprung or cushioned and provided with upholstered backrests, attatched to the seats or to a side or the floor of the vehicle :  and

    3. the distance between the rearmost part of the steering wheel and the backrests of the row of tranverse seats satisfying the requirements specified in the first paragraph of item B 1 (or it there is more than one such row of seats , the distance between the rearmost part of the steering wheel and the backrests of the rearmost such row) must, when the seats are ready for use, be not less than one third of the distance between the rearmost part of the steering wheel and the rearmost part of the floor of the vehicle.

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