tks
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| posted on 1/3/08 at 05:58 PM |
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GET A REVERSE IF YOU WANT TO SVA IN 2009!
unther the new IVA a reverse will be needed.
Tks
The above comments are always meant to be from the above persons perspective.
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Omni
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| posted on 1/3/08 at 06:01 PM |
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OH NO :-(
What else will change?
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Mark G
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| posted on 1/3/08 at 06:09 PM |
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Is a manual available yet for the new rules or even the current rules.
I have a SVA manual from 2004 saved on my PC but don't know if its still accurate.
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billynomates
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| posted on 1/3/08 at 06:25 PM |
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I'm surprised it hasn't been included earlier. How many times have you had to reverse back at a junction, when you thought about pulling
out but realised it wasn't safe. Or got stranded in the middle of the road at traffic lights when the lights change to red when your stuck in a
jam. I know both these examples can be avoided by good driving, but it does happen all the time.
Or maybe you've run someone over and need to reverse off them so they can get taken to A&E / the morgue.
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 1/3/08 at 06:43 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by billynomates ... Or maybe you've run someone over and need to reverse off them so they can get taken to
A&E / the morgue.
May as well run the rear wheels over them instead of the fronts twice - Still no need for reverse 
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DorsetStrider
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| posted on 1/3/08 at 08:35 PM |
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Or how about if it's someone you REALLY don't like and having run them over once you want to reverse over them again to make sure?
Who the f**K tightened this up!
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 1/3/08 at 08:55 PM |
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I don't know how anyone could be bothered not having reverse, even a 400kg car is difficult to push up a slight slope and there's aways
risk the damn thing might roll away. About time.
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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iiyama
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| posted on 1/3/08 at 10:12 PM |
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I havent got a reverse and it was a concious decsion not to fit one. Didnt have one on the bike either and never had a problem with that. And before
anyone says that the bike was a lot lighter then the car, yes it was. However pushing that was difficult so I never put myself in a position where it
had to be pushed.
If its broke, fix it. If it aint broke, take it apart and find out how it works!
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 1/3/08 at 10:20 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by iiyama
I havent got a reverse and it was a concious decsion not to fit one. Didnt have one on the bike either and never had a problem with that. And before
anyone says that the bike was a lot lighter then the car, yes it was. However pushing that was difficult so I never put myself in a position where it
had to be pushed.
 yeah right I wiped out the reverse on my alegro and lost count of the times I had to ask for help to push the car back - dead ends, trying to get
out of a parking space after being blocked in, miss reading the ground slope  it's just endless. Totally sucked
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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Mr Clive
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| posted on 1/3/08 at 11:07 PM |
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Do you have a link to this reg.
I have been looking through the draft IVA regs posted on cobraclub.com and I can see no mention of a requirement for reverse gear in them.
*Edit*
Ignore me, found the relevent passage (All vehicles must be equipped with a device for reversing which can be operated from the driving position) here
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/automotive/directives/vehicles/index.htm
Damn 
[Edited on 1/3/08 by Mr Clive]
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Schrodinger
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| posted on 1/3/08 at 11:46 PM |
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You do realise that the directive is dated June 1975 and that not all of the regulations apply to Amature Built Vehicles.
Thats not to say it will not come in under the IVA. Also look at this
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?action=attachment&tid=84122&pid=702004
Keith
Aviemore
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bobs bangers
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| posted on 2/3/08 at 01:04 AM |
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Picture the scene... You have just arrived outside of a pretty country pub on a summer sunday afternoon. Outside the banches are crammed with
company car drivers green with envy at your beautiful "toy". A raucous sporty car that cries freedom whilst they have had to come out in
their mobile office they have been imprisoned in all week ! Out gets your equally stunning passenger !! You sip your "low alcohol" pimms
and then.... In front of the audience you have to manually push back the car and they all think .... Ha ! hasn't even got reverse.!! The
downside with reverse is that it's quite expensive and not too reliable. I am installing one in mine because a) reasons above b) I can't
do a donut in every driveway c)It adds some resale value d) makes it easier to get a new 08 plate. Horses for courses I know and Its a shame
it's being IMPOSED as its nice to be able to choose especially for locost reasons. Just my thoughts
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 2/3/08 at 08:40 AM |
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What??
a) Not true. If its a screaming lightweight sportscar that they think then they'll appreciate this, plus its a little different. A talking
point.
b)No worries. Push it in and drive it out or do it t'other way
c)Not true
d)How does a reverse affect what year plate you get???
There you go all your problems solved. You said it all at the start "it is quite expensive and not too reliable" That'll impress
them outside the pub when your crawling backwards and the motor start to zizz and slip
Oh and:
"You sip your "low alcohol" pimms"
Pimms?? No way, never. Just no.Pimms is more of a social comment than a drink
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02GF74
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| posted on 2/3/08 at 08:44 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by iiyama
I havent got a reverse and it was a concious decsion not to fit one. Didnt have one on the bike either and never had a problem with that. And before
anyone says that the bike was a lot lighter then the car, yes it was. However pushing that was difficult so I never put myself in a position where it
had to be pushed.
there is a technique to pishing - you don't just grabthe rollbar and then pretend your are an Iceladnic competitor on Wrold's strongest
man but use the lever effect by grabbing the tyre and pushing on that.
I have moved a LR like that up a slight incline.
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 2/3/08 at 08:48 AM |
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You might want to correct that typo as the words 'pishing' and 'pushing' have two completely different meanings.
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stuart_g
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| posted on 2/3/08 at 11:07 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mistergrumpy
What??
a) Not true. If its a screaming lightweight sportscar that they think then they'll appreciate this, plus its a little different. A talking
point.
b)No worries. Push it in and drive it out or do it t'other way
c)Not true
d)How does a reverse affect what year plate you get???
There you go all your problems solved. You said it all at the start "it is quite expensive and not too reliable" That'll impress
them outside the pub when your crawling backwards and the motor start to zizz and slip
Oh and:
"You sip your "low alcohol" pimms"
Pimms?? No way, never. Just no.Pimms is more of a social comment than a drink
You can not get a new plate if the car does not have a reverse.
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OX
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| posted on 2/3/08 at 02:52 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by bobs bangers
In front of the audience you have to manually push back the car and they all think .... Ha ! hasn't even got reverse.!!
im sure some folks do think that but when they hear the car start up and then see it shoot off in to the distance they are all still thinking
'i want one'
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motorcycle_mayhem
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| posted on 3/3/08 at 09:58 AM |
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In road-going format my BEC sports a Westfield reverse gearbox, it's been pretty much used every trip out. On the track, it gets swapped out for
a centre bearing kit, simply because it can't take the stress. If it could stand track abuse, I'd keep it in - pushing the car around the
paddock is pain.
BTW, camping/touring with my R1150GS, I WISH that had reverse - all up weight (even without the Boss on the back) can't be far off the BEC!
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