Hi Guys,

Having just bought a 2005 Sti Type Uk, I'm now trying to sort insurance. I have just got my renewal through from Greenlight for my old car, and I therefor sent an email asking what the new ammended price would be for my new car. I'm happy enough with the quote I recieved but the one thing which was stated to me was 'The vehicle must have at least one catalytic converter fitted or pass a MOT and emissions test without them'. Now I have had Subaru's for years and have always had non cat exhaust's, all of which sailed through the MOT. But as my 05 car isnt due an MOT I enquired at the test centre today to see if I could put my 05 through the normal MOT process to simply have proof if would pass the emissions. Unfortunately they told me that unless the car was MOT age, I couldnt apply for an MOT. Can I ask has anyone ran across this problem before, and also what an insurance company would accept for proof of passing an emissions test ?

Cheers !

Ricky !

Surely someone else has run across this problem ???? At the end of the day I just want my car insured properly. Perhaps Tony could comment ?

Cheers !

Any VOSA garage could do an emmisins test on the emmisions machine as if it was going through a test for a small fee. I'd be speaking nicely to my local MOT test station if i was you. Maybe a bottle of something just to do a quick emmisions test.

There are lot of ways to ones problems and you can solve them easily one you have better suggestions ….like the ones above…keep going mate ;-)

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Sounds like you need a sports cat for complete peace of mind.

The insuarnce company got back to me........ they seem to be happy with any reputable garage doing the test as long as they put it in writing, so in the end it was easy. Just wanted to see what others had experienced. Thanks to all for taking the time to reply !!!!

Ricky !