Even seemingly simple modifications, such as wider or larger wheels and tires, larger exhausts, or any fittings not clearly specified by the car’s manufacturer may now have a motorist running the risk of having a car declared unroadworthy
“My first question is, is this April’s Fool’s Day? Second, what are they smoking? Are they seriously prepared to damage a huge industry in this country? And I can tell you now it will never work,” said motor sport legend Roger McCleery, chairman of the South African Guild of Motoring Journalists, commentator and former South African motorcycle racing champion.
“They are doing it completely the wrong way. It is a sign that they are not interested in tackling the problem head-on, they want to do things the easy way,” McCleery said.
“The after market industry is not just a little thing that you can brush aside, it employs many people. We simply cannot believe it.”