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Q: What are the laws in China regarding custom made vehicles?

I want to buy an old school bus, strip it down and deck it out as a camper to take my familia on the road, but the wife says I wouldn't be able to get insurance. Do China's road laws differ so much to those in the west? Surely there is the same kind of setup whereby you're simply required to pass an MOT, and as long as it's road worthy and not shaped like a huge cock and balls, you can get insurance, right?

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I will bump this. My wife is saying she would like a camper van ( RV). A Transit would do us. Drive to an ancient village... I go fishing.. she goes to the market. Beer from the shop at night. Sounds good to me.

 

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I will bump this. My wife is saying she would like a camper van ( RV). A Transit would do us. Drive to an ancient village... I go fishing.. she goes to the market. Beer from the shop at night. Sounds good to me.

 

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I think I saw a huge cock and balls driving on the road once.
But most Chinese use famous foreign brands to represent the size of their ding-dong-bell.
Chinese version of euphemism: Audi, BMW.

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haha, exactly, there are renditions of 'uge Cock n' Balls on some streets....   may not be China, but I can assure you we sure had vehicles shaped like that in the States...

  *I'm lazy to fish out a picture, but like you said, DMV used to look at functionality not aesthetics.

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Far as I know vehicle modifications aren't allowed here in the same way as they are in the West. I did similar years back in the UK with an old ambulance and the only additional check I needed was on the gas cooker installation. I even had an LPG system fitted to work side-by-side with the petrol tank. Simple switch inside changed from one fuel to the other. 

 

Would love one to do the same here but seems not legal. 

 

 

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Considering the chabuduo skills of most "shifu", i think it is highly unlikely that any mods would be allowed. The potential death toll would be horrendous if Chinese were allowed to do this. A hongbao to the inspection officer would allow any madness to be approved.

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It's China 

 

get the insurance and then do what you want 

as long as it looks like a bus what's the difference 

 

they use motorcycles to deliver tanks of gas for home cooking so am guessing safety is never an issue 

 

 

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I just don't want to waste my time decking it out only to be told I can't take it on the road.

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What's the vehicle size? Far as I know we have a weight limitation on Chinese licenses. My UK one allows up to 7.5T but newer UK licenses only 3.5T. To be honest haven't checked my Chinese one. 

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Haven't bought it yet, it's just an idea until I know I'm not gonna waste my time but the plan is to get something along the lines of a school bus.

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Modified vehicles are illegal. Have you ever seen so much as a rear-ended vehicle on the road? One-way streets, red lights, and baby seats might be superfluous, but here in the Middle Kingdom, unsanctioned modifcations are subversive.

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Modified vehicles are illegal. Have you ever seen so much as a rear-ended vehicle on the road? One-way streets, red lights, and baby seats might be superfluous, but here in the Middle Kingdom, unsanctioned modifcations are subversive.

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Modified vehicles are illegal. Have you ever seen so much as a rear-ended vehicle on the road? One-way streets, red lights, and baby seats might be superfluous, but here in the Middle Kingdom, unsanctioned modifcations are subversive.

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Modified vehicles are illegal. Have you ever seen so much as a rear-ended vehicle on the road? One-way streets, red lights, and baby seats might be superfluous, but here in the Middle Kingdom, unsanctioned modifcations are subversive.

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