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| mattlab Member Since: 16 May 2011 Location: suffolk Posts: 143   
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I have no morals !!!
 LIFE`S TOO SHORT TO DRIVE A BORING VEHICLE |
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10th Jan 2013 11:08pm |
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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6772 
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Well said retroanaconda!!
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10th Jan 2013 11:14pm |
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| Happyoldgit Member Since: 14 Sep 2007 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3471  
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That's all well and good until you do perhaps hit someone or someone runs into you and plod and insurers get involved. Anyway, I might be wrong but I was always under the impression that the law is not something you can legally opt in and out of at will. Steve. Owned numerous Land Rover vehicles of all shapes and sizes over the decades. Current Defender: A non tarts hand-bagged Puma 110 XS USW. [Insert something impressive here such as extensive list of previous Land Rovers or examples of your prestigeous and expensive items, trinkets, houses, bikes, vehicles etc] http://forums.lr4x4.com I used to be Miserable ...but now I'm ecstatic. |
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11th Jan 2013 12:27am |
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if i`m gonna hit someone i want them to know about it, not bounce off | K9F Member Since: 12 Nov 2009 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 9610 
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And possibly no insurance of any worth either..... 
 If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!! Treat every day as if it is your last....one day you will be right!! Last edited by K9F on 11th Jan 2013 10:57am. Edited 1 time in total |
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11th Jan 2013 8:51am |
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| Glynparry25 Member Since: 16 Feb 2009 Location: Miserable Midlands Posts: 3015  
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Morals don't come into it.... otherwise we would all be driving around in electric cars with the least emissions and have a special scoop on the bonet full of cotton wool just in case we hit someone...
I have read the whole 'rule book' where it comes to Bull bars/ A-bars/ Frontal Protection Systems. At no point does it say anything about fitting an old (pre-law) bull bar to a new (post-law) vehicle. But it is illegal to manufacture any after that date unless it is either stamped with an 'e' letter or 'Only for off road use'....... If you have an accident with the latter then yes you are fully open to prosecution... but it will be for something like unsafe modification to your vehicle and the fact the bar says it isn't legal is what will prove you guilty. Inform your insurer- at the end of the day they won't insure you for something that will cost them hundreds of thousands of pounds in legal fees. How about if I hit a child.... I will split my fine/prison sentence with the child's parents because they have a moral obligation to teach the kid to cross the road properly..... Glyn   |
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11th Jan 2013 9:33am |
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| K9F Member Since: 12 Nov 2009 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 9610
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Glyn's right the most important thing is indeed possible insurance implications. I historically went through the same issues when I fitted an A-bar. Best to check..... If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!! Treat every day as if it is your last....one day you will be right!! |
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11th Jan 2013 9:49am |
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| mattlab Member Since: 16 May 2011 Location: suffolk Posts: 143
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Yeh, But it look f**king good though dont it
 LIFE`S TOO SHORT TO DRIVE A BORING VEHICLE |
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11th Jan 2013 5:27pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20567
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Retro, pretty much summed it up for me. At the end of the day being hit by any vehicle will be major. Making comparisons between a Defender new or old to cars is pure stupidity. Is being hit by a small car say a Peugeot 206 or a lorry comparable. Should lorries be made illegal due to their extra impact damage risk? I think not. Saying that how about a tractor will they need ABS grilles to protect people from hitting the front? They are road legal too and obviously have to be. Chances are you'd get ran over by the tyre instead and crushed. All idiocy and complete stupidity. And one last thing just behind the position of an A bar is that nice and soft to hit is it? (On the Defender around the bonnet lip / just below area) KEEP CALM AND Drill ON
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11th Jan 2013 5:50pm |
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| fekete Member Since: 24 Dec 2008 Location: Here on the other end of the computer Posts: 3626 
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Looks great mattlab,
 NEVER TAKE LIFE SERIOUSLY. NOBODY GETS OUT ALIVE ANYWAY |
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11th Jan 2013 6:12pm |
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| sc70 Member Since: 29 Jun 2010 Location: Tregaron Posts: 261 
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Asked my insurer (NFU) and they were fine about a steel A bar
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11th Jan 2013 6:32pm |
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