Corsa-B.uk - Vauxhall, Opel and Holden Corsa B Owners Club

unfortunatly this car is no more! due to the law changing again!! my car was classed as uninsured, so i had it siezed off me and now facing 6 points on top of the 3 i already have and a £200 fine. i had insuance and as many mods declared as i could, sent my logbook off to be changed as i put a new engine in, and f**k me i got pulled and he popped the bonnet and took the car. the copper said to me when u modify a car now it works on a point system which is here http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/Bu ... G_10014199

if your car has more than 8 points, it has to be insured then mot'd, then the dvla sned someone to come and basically re-mot it and go over everything and i mean everything to make sure your car can handle the changes, looks like engine conversions and modifying isnt as easy as it used to be

take it NI has different rules then cauz when i told my insurance about my older car that was modded they didnt care :L

well i said to the copper, as far as i was concered all you had to do was send off the logbook notifying the change of engine and then tell ur insurance about any mods, he said with cars like mine which he classed as being 'radically modified' you have to get it checked by them to make sure it meets requirements, i mean my car was on coilovers alloys swapped engine and stripped interior, which i didnt think was that much really

well you'v passed then?

The vehicle must score eight or more points to retain the original registration mark
The following values will be allocated to the major components used:
chassis or body shell (body and chassis as one unit - monocoque ie direct replacement from the manufacturer) (original or new) = 5 points
suspension = 2 points
axles = 2 points
transmission = 2 points
steering assembly = 2 points
engine = 1 point


you have the standard chassis which is 5 points, and axles which is 2, and steering assembly which is another 2, so thats 9, you only have to have any more than 8.

thats stupid pal

I don't understand that. don't see why they make a fuss like. so you gonna get the car back?

id love to just to strip it but i physically cant afford it in 2weeks, id only just get the money for storage and recovery et alone the insurance aswell

what aload of bollox! if they did that to me i duno weather i'd cry or go mad, probly abit of both.

really sad to hear mate

430 for storage and recovery and whatever the insurance would be with EVERY mod and 9 points but i have some good news my bro found a way round the tradersp olicy thing, if he adds it onto his actual traders insurance i can get it back, so by friday it should be back in my posseson and ive got doner car to put everything on watch this space

fcuk the system

great idea least it will be back are the cop's N*b Heads round your way?

Shame mate, hope you get the car back in one piece. When one of our cars got impounded over xmas, a few things went missing, and they wont pay up for them either.

ill take some pics of the strip down and the build up of the new one, going to go euro with the new one, there normally ok but recently they have been clamping down on mod'd cars, my mates got a hyundai coupe and he had the hyundai badge replaced with the import badge and they tried doing him for that! if its modified they want it off the road so doing everything they can to make it harder to modify your car. everything better be in it when i colelct it otherwise i wont be happy, they can touch it until the 14 days is up, so happy days and there will be some good bits for sale soon, ive got a full 2.0 8v conversion ready to go straight into a corsa running 2.0 driveshafts, inlcudes loom for the corsa mounts etc, all bolt in, calibra heated leathers, rear polycarb windows, will make a list once ive got it back and worked out hwat im keeping for the new one

well getting the car back kinda didnt go to plan, my bro couldnt get insurance nor my dad or work on the corsa so today i had to go sign it over to the police and say bye



BUT

i found out that all the cars siezed by police go to a local scrappy where they get destroyed, but if the owner wants to can sell parts off, and luckily my friend works for them and his dad and grandad own the place! and said for a fraction of what it would have cost me to get the car back, i can have it back go to the yard and take anything i want bar the shell or engine block im so happy its unreal! he said it'll take a few weeks to get processed but when it comes in he will put it to the side out the way, give me a ring and i can go up there and commence the salvage. happy days!