does anyone know if it is actualy a legal requirment that your speedo must read in mph rather than kmh. I have not been able to get a straight answer anywhere. The car doesnt need an sva as it is over ten years old and it doesnt need to have a mph speedo for the mot but am i breaking the law if the speedo only shows kmh. any answers anybody?

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does anyone know if it is actualy a legal requirment that your speedo
must read in mph rather than kmh. I have not been able to get a
straight answer anywhere. The car doesnt need an sva as it is over ten
years old and it doesnt need to have a mph speedo for the mot but am i
breaking the law if the speedo only shows kmh. any answers anybody?

C&U may well require it, but for all practical purposes you're fine. I've
been using several with kph-only speedos for years.

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: does anyone know if it is actualy a legal requirment that your speedo
: must read in mph rather than kmh. I have not been able to get a
: straight answer anywhere. The car doesnt need an sva as it is over ten
: years old and it doesnt need to have a mph speedo for the mot but am i
: breaking the law if the speedo only shows kmh. any answers anybody?
:
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:
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: ajones

Our (Estima) passed MOT without a conversion - have changed dials now just
to make life easier.Not a hard job to do around 30mins.Not sure about the
law but if it pass MOT most be ok ? MOT is in KPH not MPH.

Chris

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I have imported over 1000 vehicles from Japan, USA and Germany since 1998
and I can 100% assure you that even though the vehicle will pass an MOT it
still has to read in MPH if the said vehicle is registered in the UK. It
really would only become a problem if you had an accident and the police
checked. I also know that an insurance company refused to pay out on a
vehicle which was involved in an accident and speedo was still in KPH. Like
Chris says its a 30 min job and places like import solutions and others sell
speedo faces or conversion chips.

One think I am not sure of is that is a SAT NAV which should give a true
reading legal as a speedo ?? It theory its only like having a digital speedo
?

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"ajones" wrote in message
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: does anyone know if it is actualy a legal requirment that your speedo
: must read in mph rather than kmh. I have not been able to get a
: straight answer anywhere. The car doesnt need an sva as it is over ten
: years old and it doesnt need to have a mph speedo for the mot but am i
: breaking the law if the speedo only shows kmh. any answers anybody?
:
:
:
:
: --
: ajones

Our (Estima) passed MOT without a conversion - have changed dials now
just
to make life easier.Not a hard job to do around 30mins.Not sure about the
law but if it pass MOT most be ok ? MOT is in KPH not MPH.

Chris

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"David" wrote in message
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:I have imported over 1000 vehicles from Japan, USA and Germany since 1998
: and I can 100% assure you that even though the vehicle will pass an MOT it
: still has to read in MPH if the said vehicle is registered in the UK. It
: really would only become a problem if you had an accident and the police
: checked. I also know that an insurance company refused to pay out on a
: vehicle which was involved in an accident and speedo was still in KPH.
Like
: Chris says its a 30 min job and places like import solutions and others
sell
: speedo faces or conversion chips.
:
: One think I am not sure of is that is a SAT NAV which should give a true
: reading legal as a speedo ?? It theory its only like having a digital
speedo
: ?

Will you learn something new every day ,I had no idea that it wasn't legal.
No idea on the sat-nav then I was wrong on the Speedo "wot do I know".

Chris


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Wow. this is a grey area but i have the answers. as David stated it is a legal requirement.

basicaly it does not need to have mph for the mot. it does need mph for the sva. but if its over 10 years old it doesnt need an sva.

but if it is a uk registered vehicle then it DOES need to at least have mph on the clock face. if it does not have this then the vehicle is not road legal even though it does have an mot.

so if you buy a vehicle that has been registered by the trader then the resposibility should be theirs to ensure that the vehicle is road legal. But if you buy the vehicle and he asks you to register it then the responsibility lies with you.

hope this makes sense.

buy the way can anybody give me any relevamt info on the nissan largo. Thanks Alan

Re Largo info try http://english.auto.vl.ru/catalog/nissan/largo/


"ajones" wrote in message
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David Wrote:
I have imported over 1000 vehicles from Japan, USA and Germany since
1998
and I can 100% assure you that even though the vehicle will pass an MOT
it
still has to read in MPH if the said vehicle is registered in the UK.
It
really would only become a problem if you had an accident and the
police
checked. I also know that an insurance company refused to pay out on a

vehicle which was involved in an accident and speedo was still in KPH.
Like
Chris says its a 30 min job and places like import solutions and others
sell
speedo faces or conversion chips.

One think I am not sure of is that is a SAT NAV which should give a
true
reading legal as a speedo ?? It theory its only like having a digital
speedo
?

"Joker7" wrote in message
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"ajones" wrote in message
...
:
: does anyone know if it is actualy a legal requirment that your
speedo
: must read in mph rather than kmh. I have not been able to get a
: straight answer anywhere. The car doesnt need an sva as it is over
ten
: years old and it doesnt need to have a mph speedo for the mot but am
i
: breaking the law if the speedo only shows kmh. any answers anybody?
:
:
:
:
: --
: ajones

Our (Estima) passed MOT without a conversion - have changed dials now

just
to make life easier.Not a hard job to do around 30mins.Not sure about
the
law but if it pass MOT most be ok ? MOT is in KPH not MPH.

Chris

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Wow. this is a grey area but i have the answers. as David stated it is
a legal requirement.

basicaly it does not need to have mph for the mot. it does need mph for
the sva. but if its over 10 years old it doesnt need an sva.

but if it is a uk registered vehicle then it DOES need to at least have
mph on the clock face. if it does not have this then the vehicle is not
road legal even though it does have an mot.

so if you buy a vehicle that has been registered by the trader then the
resposibility should be theirs to ensure that the vehicle is road legal.
But if you buy the vehicle and he asks you to register it then the
responsibility lies with you.

hope this makes sense.

buy the way can anybody give me any relevamt info on the nissan largo.
Thanks Alan




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