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Old 25 August 2006, 04:54 PM
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lot of discussion on MLR re Evos that are decatted not being covered by insurance regardless of whether they have an MOT certificate. Argument being a decat will make the car illegal at the point of it being fitted and hence void the insurance.

my type r is decatted and cover arranged through Gary at KM - superb quote by the way, and the fact that it was decatted was declared. My last 2 decatted p1s both got through mots, but I haven't a clue whether my type r will come November.

so can anyone shed any light on this. I would imagine that if you declare a decat to your broker or insurance company, you should be covered, but consensus on mlr seems the opposite.
Old 27 August 2006, 03:48 AM
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this has been asked before.
if push comes to shove insurance companies CAN declare your insurance void as your car is not road legal without a cat, and the small print probably says this somewhere.
however, no one has actually heard of an insurance company using this tactic because of a decat.
Old 27 August 2006, 11:13 AM
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thanks for that
Old 28 August 2006, 05:53 PM
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Thats exactly what Greenlight told me a few years ago.

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mmmm I thought about this too, as I run a full de-cat. Surely if declared, which it is, your insurance company has to pay in the event of a claim, as the car currently has a valid MOT cert.

It is no different to say for example having a crash/claim at the same time as when you had a rear lightbulb not working (as that would constitute a MOT failure) and the insurance company not paying up, as, at that particular point the car would fail an MOT due to the lightbulb being out.
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As long as you have declared it you'll be fine
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