Simon Posted May 10, 2006 Author Share Posted May 10, 2006 OK I give up, i'm a beaten man, I REALLY can't be bothered anymore with cars. Lifes too bloody short for me now to give a damm. Anyone got a 1st cat and pipe i can borrow please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistonbroke Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Its not a myth mate heres the proof. http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/attachment.php?attachmentid=32605&d=1144169706 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tDR Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Any car that can be identified as august 1992 on wards import or not is by law to have a cat test, i have been mot testing for 2 years now and 2 months ago we went computerised and any mot garage that puts incorrect data on the system on purpose if caught will recieve points against there liscence you can ring any vosa helpline and they will tell you the exact same thing. A 1993 tt j-spec will have to have a cat test. Wrong answer! You're one of those know it all awkward MOT testers aren't you! The car is a non EU derivative and as such lacks the EGR system found on the UK spec. It does not need the cat test pre-95. Cheers, Brian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistonbroke Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 If the car is not on the department of transport database pre 95, then NO cat test. I can't tell you whether or not the supra is on there though. I used to own an FTO that I had decatted, one year the car was not on the DOT database, the next it was, so it needed a cat. Good luck mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave222 Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Had mine done in March and it came up as no cat test, mine is a 93 J-Spec TT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattanna Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 If your dvla doc has a zero c02 rating , which it will if an import then it can be tested as a decat i believe, as there is no c02 limit set as it was not known at time of registration, they may be testing car as if it is a ukspec tt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickTT Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 Has anyone had a j-spec tt MOT'd under the new computerised system that has passed without cats legally. Mine passed in feb this year (aug '93 TT). I was a bit concerned, but according to the MOT guys computer it had a non cat test Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted May 11, 2006 Author Share Posted May 11, 2006 So it's down to the tester to decide whether the database is wrong even though it has the engine model code (because of the UK spec) because it is a non eu car or just to test using the specs the computer displays and then same a lot of hassle for themselves. Computer says failed mate, nothing I can do about it, it's this new system you see, it's on the database and that's never wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason m Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 If your dvla doc has a zero c02 rating , which it will if an import then it can be tested as a decat i believe, as there is no c02 limit set as it was not known at time of registration, they may be testing car as if it is a ukspec tt Just checked my doc and yup there are no emissions figs at all. Will find out in sept... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest supra rob Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 Wrong answer! You're one of those know it all awkward MOT testers aren't you! The car is a non EU derivative and as such lacks the EGR system found on the UK spec. It does not need the cat test pre-95. Cheers, Brian. Damn looks like i need to do my refresher course again but my garage is due to have its anual check on the bike mot section so il ask the vosa inspector Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted May 11, 2006 Author Share Posted May 11, 2006 A definative answer from a tester would help a lot of people out I'm sure. Meanwhile thanks to Mr Lover I will be fitting a cat Saturday morning, testing and then the cat will probably fall off again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green_dragon Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 the cat will probably fall off again I hate when that happens:innocent: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tDR Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 Damn looks like i need to do my refresher course again but my garage is due to have its anual check on the bike mot section so il ask the vosa inspector Funny enough my old man is ex fleet manager for british gas (before all the outsourcing) and one of the guys he worked with there is now a head guy at VOSA. We asked him to get a direct answer from the top dog RE: this situation as my brother is having a similar prob with his heavily modded '94 GT-Four import. If we get an answer I'll post it here, straight from the horses mouth so to speak and try to get something in writing for people to reference. It's been 2 weeks though, so I'm not holding my breath! Cheers, Brian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRalphMan Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 I had mine done this week and as it's an UK car it matched the database. It's a '93 so it came up as being a non-cat test. I'm pretty sure that the Cat test only applies to >= 1995 cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted May 20, 2006 Author Share Posted May 20, 2006 Failed even with cat back in have started another post so please don't post here). Possible problems with lambda sensor. But why oh why are we still getting different tests carried out when this new systems was supposed to standardise things. The tester who did mine plumbed in the engine code and chassis code - Came up that it needed a cat fitted. I suppose it could depend on which set of discs the garage is using older or newer ones. Bloody strange and extremely frustrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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