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Nct and the Driving test

  • 27-07-2010 1:05pm
    #1
    inbodwetrust
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55 ✭✭


    Booked my driving test around 4 weeks ago for Churchtown so not sure when I will be assigned a date. When I rang to get the NCT done this morning they said there is not an appointment till the end of October. Can you do the driving test with the NCT booked but not passed, Im pretty sure you cant but wondering does anyone have any suggestions that would allow me to do my driving test in my own car


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  • #2
    tbh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,914 ✭✭✭✭tbh


    inbodwetrust wrote: »
    Can you do the driving test with the NCT booked but not passed,

    no. You need a current tax, insurance and NCT cert. It doesn't matter if it's booked, or if you have a letter from your insurance company saying the disc is in the post but you are insured - if you don't have the actual cert, it doesn't count.

    sorry.


  • #3
    inbodwetrust
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55 ✭✭inbodwetrust


    Ye thats what i thought. Can you get an earlier date if it needs to be done for the test or do the waiting times differ in different NCT centres


  • #4
    tbh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,914 ✭✭✭✭tbh


    inbodwetrust wrote: »
    Ye thats what i thought. Can you get an earlier date if it needs to be done for the test or do the waiting times differ in different NCT centres

    I don't know tbh, but it's worth asking the NCT center if they can do anything or suggest an alternative.


  • #5
    ha-ya-said-what
    Closed Accounts Posts: 810 ✭✭✭ha-ya-said-what


    inbodwetrust wrote: »
    Booked my driving test around 4 weeks ago for Churchtown so not sure when I will be assigned a date. When I rang to get the NCT done this morning they said there is not an appointment till the end of October. Can you do the driving test with the NCT booked but not passed, Im pretty sure you cant but wondering does anyone have any suggestions that would allow me to do my driving test in my own car


    If you booked that date with them for October, ring them back up and say "Excuse me but doesn't your policy state that if I have to wait more than four weeks for my NCT test then it is free" you'll more than likely be given an earlier date or asked would you take a cancelation at short notice. They have it in writing that if you have to wait more than 4 wks it's free so they always try get you in earlier then to make sure they get the 50 quid.


  • #6
    sentient_6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,780 ✭✭✭sentient_6


    There was a big discussion about this in motors a few weeks ago with people maintaining you should be able to get a cancellation with a couple of days. Ring them regularly to check & dont limit yourself to one centre.


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  • #7
    lau1247
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,248 ✭✭✭lau1247


    Just a suggestion, you could pay to use a driving instructor's car if you are really in a pickle.. One thing I would say is familiarise yourself with other's car if you are going to use it for the test (i.e. where all the buttons are etc)

    West Dublin, ☀️ 7.83kWp ⚡5.66 kWp South West, ⚡2.18 kWp North East



  • #8
    cosmic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,175 ✭✭✭cosmic


    ha-ya-said-what wrote: »
    If you booked that date with them for October, ring them back up and say "Excuse me but doesn't your policy state that if I have to wait more than four weeks for my NCT test then it is free" you'll more than likely be given an earlier date or asked would you take a cancelation at short notice. They have it in writing that if you have to wait more than 4 wks it's free so they always try get you in earlier then to make sure they get the 50 quid.

    +1 for this. Works like a charm :)


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