John Morrison Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 My caption suggests this is a 'sports car', but can anyone help me be more specific. Thanks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 John Morrison Posted July 29, 2020 Author Share Posted July 29, 2020 53 minutes ago, kay said: Lotus Exige (apparently) I'm not a car fan but had a similar id problem and was introduced to the 'mot checker' - https://www.check-mot.service.gov.uk/ very useful if you can read the number plate! Brilliant! Thank you... Next question: how have I lived so long without knowing this?? 😮 I've bookmarked the webpage... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Allan Bell Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 1 hour ago, John Morrison said: Brilliant! Thank you... Next question: how have I lived so long without knowing this?? 😮 I've bookmarked the webpage... Not much use for older/vintage vehicles which are exempt MOT. But still useful for more modern classics. Allan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Jools Devon Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 4 hours ago, Allan Bell said: Not much use for older/vintage vehicles which are exempt MOT. But still useful for more modern classics. Allan Still works for older cars - I just tried entering the reg "1RAC" and it came back with 1RAC SIMMS SALOON Check another vehicle ColourMaroon Fuel typePetrol Date registered31 December 1900 MOT expired on28 October 2015 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 spacecadet Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 5 hours ago, Allan Bell said: Not much use for older/vintage vehicles which are exempt MOT. But still useful for more modern classics. Allan They're only exempt tax, not MoT, and you still have to retax every year. It just costs £0. 6 hours ago, John Morrison said: 😮 I've bookmarked the webpage... This one has more info, in case you need to know petrolhead stuff https://www.gov.uk/get-vehicle-information-from-dvla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 AlbertSnapper Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 2 minutes ago, spacecadet said: They're only exempt tax, not MoT, and you still have to retax every year. It just costs £0. This one has more info, in case you need to know petrolhead stuff https://www.gov.uk/get-vehicle-information-from-dvla Older vehicles are exempt MOT. Can't remember the criteria now, but my car is 51 years old. MOT not required. Road fund licence (tax)...I have to go thru the process of taxing it, but the fee is 0 , as you stated. Many people with older vehicles do MOT them even tho it's not required, simply for peace of mind. And it may help in your favour if there is an accident. Insurance may want some sort of proof of road worthiness too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Allan Bell Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 1 hour ago, AlbertSnapper said: Older vehicles are exempt MOT. Can't remember the criteria now, but my car is 51 years old. MOT not required. Road fund licence (tax)...I have to go thru the process of taxing it, but the fee is 0 , as you stated. Many people with older vehicles do MOT them even tho it's not required, simply for peace of mind. And it may help in your favour if there is an accident. Insurance may want some sort of proof of road worthiness too. Beat me to it. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Harry Harrison Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 1 hour ago, AlbertSnapper said: Older vehicles are exempt MOT. Yes, set at 40 years old without major modification and rolls on each year, as does the tax exemption, also at 40 years. Rather pleased when it came in for my 1976 motorbike four years ago though I've always done the maintenance myself anyway. I did actually quite enjoy getting someone to go over it and check thoroughly for something I might have missed but I can't say I bother now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 AlbertSnapper Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 41 minutes ago, Allan Bell said: Beat me to it. Allan 40 minutes ago, Harry Harrison said: Yes, set at 40 years old without major modification and rolls on each year, as does the tax exemption, also at 40 years. Rather pleased when it came in for my 1976 motorbike four years ago though I've always done the maintenance myself anyway. I did actually quite enjoy getting someone to go over it and check thoroughly for something I might have missed but I can't say I bother now. Cheers guys. Only last month I had my Morris pick up truck MOT'd. Passed without any faults or advisories. Long live the Morris Minor ! 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Allan Bell Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 16 minutes ago, AlbertSnapper said: Cheers guys. Only last month I had my Morris pick up truck MOT'd. Passed without any faults or advisories. Long live the Morris Minor ! 😁 Just noticed we both have near enough the same number of images up on Alamy. My last upload was the 22nd April then I furloughed myself. Thinking I may start uploading again but hate the four week wait to see if I have passed QC or not. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 AlbertSnapper Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 15 minutes ago, Allan Bell said: Just noticed we both have near enough the same number of images up on Alamy. My last upload was the 22nd April then I furloughed myself. Thinking I may start uploading again but hate the four week wait to see if I have passed QC or not. Allan Oh yes. We are nearly neck and neck. I've uploaded quite a few images of late. My driving work has taken me far and wide, so I get some stock opportunities at times. I haven't had to lockdown, plenty of driving work to get me out and about. Quite lucky I suppose. Try not to worry about the 4 week QC wait. Upload some images and continue with other things. When your pictures pass QC, you'll be glad you did send them in. It used to take a few weeks with Alamy in the early years, sending them a CD with TIFF files on, and waiting for the QC to process/check the results. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 sb photos Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 2 hours ago, Harry Harrison said: Yes, set at 40 years old without major modification and rolls on each year, as does the tax exemption, also at 40 years. Rather pleased when it came in for my 1976 motorbike four years ago though I've always done the maintenance myself anyway. I did actually quite enjoy getting someone to go over it and check thoroughly for something I might have missed but I can't say I bother now. I wish I'd stored my old 1951 BSA 125 D1 Bantam NKX268 in my parents garage. Bought it in 1966 when 16 for £10, sold it 18 months later for £10. I just wanted it off my hands as I then had the use of a company vehicle, a Morris 1000 van TBH484E, after learning to drive in it. Can still remember the registration number of all vehicles, company or mine, that I've driven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Harry Harrison Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 44 minutes ago, sb photos said: I wish I'd stored my old 1951 BSA 125 D1 Bantam NKX268 in my parents garage. I would think that a your Bantam D1 lightweight would be a fun means of transport these days, you could have taken it up Kop Hill, albeit slowly. I had a 250 C15 to pass my test on and that was fun also, the 650 I replaced it with was altogether more serious. I always quite fancied a Morris van, I remember when there were plenty of ex-GPO versions advertised in the Exchange & Mart but in the end I got a Traveller. That was good also but I always slightly resented having to do woodwork on a car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 sb photos Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Harry Harrison said: I would think that a your Bantam D1 lightweight would be a fun means of transport these days, you could have taken it up Kop Hill, albeit slowly. I had a 250 C15 to pass my test on and that was fun also, the 650 I replaced it with was altogether more serious. I always quite fancied a Morris van, I remember when there were plenty of ex-GPO versions advertised in the Exchange & Mart but in the end I got a Traveller. That was good also but I always slightly resented having to do woodwork on a car. The Bantam only had 55mph on the clock, and I remember getting it up to 54 going down hill from Ivinghoe Beacon on my way back from college in Luton. It sure did rattle at that speed. It came with leg shields and a windscreen. The bottom of the leg shields would create sparks when cornering fast, both were soon removed. I was only stopped once by the police on it, for having the front L plate taped to the top of the front mudguard. Was told only low flying aircraft could see it. I used to get loaned a Morris Traveller, or a very old Morris Minor van CMJ815 when mine went into the company garage for a service. Interesting times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Jools Devon Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 On 29/07/2020 at 20:13, sb photos said: Can still remember the registration number of all vehicles, company or mine, that I've driven. I can remember all my old cars..... ...... but when I get to those stupid ticket machines that insist on entering your reg number, I can't remember the number plate of the car I'm driving! (Lucky I have a couple of photos on my phone!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Mr Standfast Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Jools Devon said: I can remember all my old cars..... ...... but when I get to those stupid ticket machines that insist on entering your reg number, I can't remember the number plate of the car I'm driving! (Lucky I have a couple of photos on my phone!) I have become a big fan of paying car parks by phone. No more hoarding coins and best of all at the moment no touching the machine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Tony ALS Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 On 29/07/2020 at 19:51, Allan Bell said: Just noticed we both have near enough the same number of images up on Alamy. My last upload was the 22nd April then I furloughed myself. Thinking I may start uploading again but hate the four week wait to see if I have passed QC or not. Allan Taking 3-4 days in QC at the moment for me. Hope this motivates you Allan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Allan Bell Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 1 minute ago, Tony ALS said: Taking 3-4 days in QC at the moment for me. Hope this motivates you Allan! Hello Tony. How many QC stars do you have? I only have one and that is why it takes a long time to QC my images. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 spacecadet Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 35 minutes ago, Mr Standfast said: I have become a big fan of paying car parks by phone. No more hoarding coins and best of all at the moment no touching the machine! You still have to remember your index number! And where your car is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Tony ALS Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 18 minutes ago, Allan Bell said: Hello Tony. How many QC stars do you have? I only have one and that is why it takes a long time to QC my images. Allan Two stars since I joined. I don't know if this will change at some point or how much difference it makes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 spacecadet Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Tony ALS said: how much difference it makes. Quite a bit. At five stars, subject to the occasional random call-in, you bypass QC. Edited July 31, 2020 by spacecadet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Mr Standfast Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 55 minutes ago, spacecadet said: You still have to remember your index number! And where your car is. Sorry I should have been clearer. I use the Ringgo app, so it remembers my registration number and can direct me to the approximate place I left the the car. All I have to remember is which car is mine. I'm stuffed are'nt I! 😜 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Tony ALS Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 40 minutes ago, spacecadet said: Quite a bit. At five stars, subject to the occasional random call-in, you bypass QC. But I guess not such a big difference between 1 and 2 stars? 4 weeks is a bit extreme which I would hope has improved by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 sb photos Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 4 hours ago, Jools Devon said: I can remember all my old cars..... ...... but when I get to those stupid ticket machines that insist on entering your reg number, I can't remember the number plate of the car I'm driving! (Lucky I have a couple of photos on my phone!) I did the same when I first bought my Mondeo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Inchiquin Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 18 hours ago, Jools Devon said: I can remember all my old cars..... ...... but when I get to those stupid ticket machines that insist on entering your reg number, I can't remember the number plate of the car I'm driving! (Lucky I have a couple of photos on my phone!) I bought my car just before lockdown. I've barely used it and there's no way I could remember the number. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Jools Devon Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 On 31/07/2020 at 16:55, Mr Standfast said: I have become a big fan of paying car parks by phone. No more hoarding coins and best of all at the moment no touching the machine! I like paying via an App (or Phone)...... what I don't like is being charged extra for the privilege, and the council calling it a "Convenience Charge"! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Question
John Morrison
My caption suggests this is a 'sports car', but can anyone help me be more specific. Thanks...
Link to comment
Share on other sites
26 answers to this question
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now