It's a pertinent question so I'll ask it ...why does everyone know and abide ( generally) by Building regs etc yet regs relating to the second most expensive asset that most own are totally alien to them ?
Id guess ones common knowledge to anyone with a property and one isnt to anyone with a car.if you speak to anyone regsrding doing say an extension,generally they ask about planning etc.
Just about everyone who comes here asks how i got planning permittion on my size garage(built on building regs) yet no one asks anything about the cars.the normal question you get
Is how do you mot or insure them.
You know the regs as you have become involved with them.you cant expect anybody else to ,even if thry are into cars.just like i wouldnt expect you to know every other law in the country.
Remember years ago it was mentioned in the leaflet thst came with the v5. Now you need to search for it,and thats presuming you know you need to look.
I really dont understand why you cant grasp why people dont know.
Youre mate was unfortunate.if he didnt send his v5 off for a change of body style he could be driving it around.then agsin if he had done the same mods to a chassised car,wouldnt he just off had
An inspection for a body change.