NCT

billyhead · 04-12-2008 3:31pm #1

Do cars that have been build in 2005 have to get th above done or is it cars more then 4 years old.

unkel · 04-12-2008 3:49pm

First NCT is due exactly 4 years after the date of registration of the car. This date can be found on the VLC

So for an '05 car this is sometime in 2009

bazz26 · 04-12-2008 3:53pm

2005 cars will require their first NCT from January onwards but afaik you can get the car NCT 6 months in advance of it's first NCT due date. Any subsequent NCTs after that can be done 3 months prior to it's due date.

So it depends on what date the car was first registered in 2005. For example If the original registration date was 1 Feb 2005 then the NCT is due on 1 Feb 2009 but you could get it NCT'd from July 2008 afaik and the NCT will be valid for 2.5 years.

Seth Brundle · 04-12-2008 5:51pm

I think its 3 months in advance, not 6 months!

bazz26 · 04-12-2008 8:26pm

kbannon wrote: »

I think its 3 months in advance, not 6 months!

If the NCT website is to be believed the first NCT (when the car is 4 years old) can be done 6 months prior to it being due. The 2nd, 3rd, 4th NCT, etc, can be done 3 months in advance.

Scottie99 · 04-12-2008 9:01pm

kbannon wrote: »

I think its 3 months in advance, not 6 months!

Six for 1st test then three months after. My car has just failed (2005):mad:

unkel · 04-12-2008 9:32pm

bazz26 wrote: »

If the NCT website is to be believed the first NCT (when the car is 4 years old) can be done 6 months prior to it being due. The 2nd, 3rd, 4th NCT, etc, can be done 3 months in advance.

Didn't know that about the first NCT. Thanks for sharing. Not that I'll ever own a car as young as that again though

Scottie99 wrote: »

Six for 1st test then three months after. My car has just failed (2005):mad:

Slightly off topic but a 3.5 year old car failed? On what? Must be tyres, lights or something like that surely?

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