Have we got the easy life?

[Easy-X]

So I was watching Mighty Car Mods' "Türbos & TÜV" and they have this Technischer Überwachungsverein thing for their road vehicles in Germany...

All of their shit - coil-overs, brakes, exhausts, etc. - have to be TÜV certified before sale. And then you have to take all the certificates along to an inspection centre... and then (assuming the vehicle passes inspection) you have to keep all that documentation with the car in case the fuzz pull you over for having an untested modded car.

WTF?! Am I right in saying our own government just cares about the MoT and a general sense of "roadworthy"?! Sounds like we have it dead easy!

Okay, so the insurance companies are interested in mods affecting the safety and performance of a vehicle but that's a different relationship - purely business.
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[Old Git Racing]

Germans have always been ant fuckers.

OGR
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[chickenstrip]

Those Germans love technical stuff. First they make it, then they find technical methods of control, then technical methods to control the controls. They would be the first to want to replace people with AGI-carrying robots. Consciousness would not be necessary for them, superfluous to functionality.

This is why the EU is such a fucked-up idea. It'd work if they could get rid of people.
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[stinkwheel]

Yes. If you deviate in any way from manufacturers specifications (including brand and size of tyre) you need it inspected and to have a piece of paper for it.

That's why German bike manufacturers specify such a long list of tyre fitments.
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[MCN]

There's a German word for it.

Vorschprungdorkteknik.

Or Das Boot.

Or Gott im Himmel.

Or Stier-Mist.
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[kawakid]

Walking through Hebden Bridge the other week with a German mate, he couldn’t believe narrow boat owners could open the canal lock by themselves.

In Germany you are not allowed to do so.

In the same way I was stopped from working more than 10 hours in a day in Hamburg, apparently if I did so it was a kin to drink driving.
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[Easy-X]

Hmm... I'm thinking (here we go again) I'm thinking the vast majority of accidents in the UK are down to CBW (c*nt behind wheel.) Do a set of cheap coilovers even make a blip in the statistics?
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Germans in making ownership of non-German built cars, which need replacing before an MOT is due, difficult, non shocker.

The latest MOT changes pushed in by the EU are more to put people off daring to own a car over 3 years old, therefore increasing the market to flog new cars, than they are for safety. Failing on dust seals where the ball joint is fine, is frankly laughable.

So long as they can abuse the EU to force us to keep buying their products eh? Think green energy EU targets, which force us to buy German produced and installed products from Siemens.
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[Easy-X]

You know, we could just pick a topic, chat some shit and have a laugh... there is another section of the forum for politics

We were chatting about this in the office: what would you rather have? Over-engineered "safe" cars with no speed limits on the motorways or 70mph but no one gives a toss about your cat delete?
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[Easy-X]

[The Artist]

TUV do more than just car stuff.

When I was working for an OEM of construction equipment, they all had to go through TUV approval before use in the EU.

High standards which is good from a H&S perspective.

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[stinkwheel]

Even the Germans think the TUV is a bit much at times.

https://youtu.be/n31j2_dkaCo
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[Nobby the Bastard]

[Nobby the Bastard]

[Easy-X]

No, no! It makes perfect sense: both California and the EU are part of the Soros-backed Globalist conspiracy.
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Most intelligent lifeforms could work out the point I was making. Clearly one or two don't fall into that category.

Many of these tests (TUV, MOT, California emissions)are clearly being used as a political tool by governments to sell their own products, often whilst making it harder for foreign competition, rather than a health and safety exercise as they're dressed up.
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