On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 21:38:05 +0000, Austin Shackles
<austinNOSPAM@ddol-las.net> wrote:
>On or around Thu, 22 Dec 2005 19:36:28 +0100, AJH <sylva@despammed.com>
>enlightened us thusly:
>
>>On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 22:21:51 +0100, AJH <sylva@despammed.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Yes this is what I think, tough as pointed out 4wd is apparently not
>>>mentioned in the tester's manual
>>
>>I just dug out a page from the 2002 MOT testing guide, section A page
>>6:
>>
>>"Dual purpose vehicles
>>3, A Dual purpose vehicle is one that
>>
>>is constructed or adapted for the carriage of both passenger(s) and
>>goods or
>>burden of any description; and
>>
>>has an unladen weight (ULW) not exceeding 2,040 kg; 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:
>>
>>(i) is permanently fitted with a rigid roof, with or without a
>>sliding panel......<snipped other requirements for non 4wd>".
>
>so ragtop series doesn't qualify, unless it's got seats?
Not if it is not constructed 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"
Which I believe all LR products can be.
AJH