NCT!! June 1st, 10yr old cars 1 year NCT!

pARTner81

Sorry about all the NCTing and numbers, but I just found this out today from the NCT while I was booking my 96 fiesta for its NCT (before June 1st[Fingers crossed]). Anyway, from june 1st 2011 any vehicle over 10 years old can only get 1 year NCT, so get in there guys, quick. I think it's possible to bring your NCT forward 12 weeks, not 100% on this. So get on the phone and book it in! I dont work for the NCT!

:eek: serious :eek:

Basq

This is not a new development..

.. it's been in the pipeline for months.

I assume most people know about it by now.

unkel

Yep spot on! You can NCT your car 3 months early (or even 6 months early for its first NCT)

I'm hoping to NCT several 10+ year old cars before the deadline of the end of next month

thebullkf

Yeah, surprised @ you RJ.. you're normally up to speed.

whilst i think its a moneyspinner,i also think its a good idea.

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Ardennes1944

thebullkf wrote: »

Yeah, surprised @ you RJ.. you're normally up to speed.

whilst i think its a moneyspinner,i also think its a good idea.

I thought it was sarcasm from RJ tbh.....but if not, for shame:D

Deutschlandfürimmer7

Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »

I thought it was sarcasm from RJ tbh.....but if not, for shame:D

Indeed, some folks' sarcasrm detector must be on Easter Hols early :pac:

TigerTim

Just got my '99 Renault Scenic 'thru this morning. Passed with just an oil & filter change. Hurrah:)

T.

ottostreet

This is really annoying for me.

Bought a car that has been sitting up, NCT expired (04-10).

So it's booked in now, but no matter what now, I can only get a year on it from now on. Ah well.

corktina

you would only get an NCT to 04 12 anyway....:rolleyes: it goes on the anniversary of registration not on the date of the test.

ottostreet

corktina wrote: »

you would only get an NCT to 04 12 anyway....:rolleyes: it goes on the anniversary of registration not on the date of the test.

Yeah I know, that's what I mean...I can never get that car tested for 2 years again!

gofaster_s13

What's the problem, it's €50 once a year for a safety check on your car, it's hardly extortionate.

ottostreet

gofaster_s13 wrote: »

What's the problem, it's €50 once a year for a safety check on your car, it's hardly extortionate.

Oh no I've no issue with doing it, or paying to do it, I'm in favour of doing it once a year. I'm only light heartedly complaining, which I don't think is coming across very well!

Trhiggy83

i hate this country

Tigger

Trhiggy83 wrote: »

i hate this country

Why
Most countries have yearly car safety checks
Personally I'm happier now because there are less cars that have no brakes and wobbly wheels to crash into me

I rember when people could drive anything in any condition

My furt inch the guy before me was yelling because they were failing him and telling him it wAsnt even good enough to weld they then showed him where the floor of the boot had totally rusted away

^^^^Some people (not many) still drive anything in any condition, for as long as they get away with it, or until something dreadful happens..... you hear of bangers changing hands for a couple of hundered euros and horrific consequences. Terrible in this day and age.

coylemj

Trhiggy83 wrote: »

i hate this country

If you hate this country would you care to name a country with our standard of living where they do not have a mandatory vehicle safety test? You could always move to Inishbofin or Arranmore (no NCT required on islands) but then you'd have to take your chances on a Saturday night with the boy racers who bring bangers which have failed their NCT over from the mainland and race them around the island at midnight.

The Government doesn't make money from the NCT, can we please stop this endless whinging. It is not a tax, it is a safety measure which is for the good of the general public because as a nation of litter bugs and tax dodgers we simply cannot be trusted to keep our cars maintained to a level that ensures that they are not a danger to the public.

corktina

Trhiggy83 wrote: »

i hate this country

feck off elsewhere then....

blastman

Got my car through the (re-)test last night, NCT-ed until December 2012, but that's the last time I'll have more than one's years NCT on it, unfortunately.

Can someone explain to me why, if the car's date of first registration falls in an odd year, the NCT is due in even years (up until now, anyway)? Mine was first registered in an odd year (in Japan, admittedly, but still) yet the last NCT disc expired in 2010 and the current one in 2012. Doesn't add up to me....

One more thing for the guy who did my re-test last night, while I appreciate you pointing out the car had apparently developed a rattle since the original test (it hadn't, it was there then, too) and I should get the roll-bar checked at the next service, I'd appreciate it even more if you closed the bonnet properly after testing the car, so I didn't have to discover it was open at 120 on the motorway going home!! :mad:

biko

LOL, sorry OP but this has been mentioned once a month for the past year and about once a week recently.

teednab-el

Sometimes you would have to question this NCT once a year nonsense for cars 10 years and older. I have seen cars of 2002 and upper in worse condition and running far worse than my 10 year old car and thats not a lie. It should be brought in for cars up to 2008 in my opinion.

unkel

coylemj wrote: »

care to name a country with our standard of living where they do not have a mandatory vehicle safety test?

Ireland was the last country in the EU to introduce testing. The successive governments over here had been delaying it for years. When there was no more escaping, they quickly introduced the scrappage scheme. It avoided a huge embarrassment on an international scale, as many thousands of cars (bangers with holes in them) were scrapped that wouldn't have passed the test.

unkel

blastman wrote: »

Can someone explain to me why, if the car's date of first registration falls in an odd year, the NCT is due in even years (up until now, anyway)?

That's because when the NCT was introduced, all old cars had to be tested. This couldn't be done all at once so several years of car were tested in the one year

coylemj

unkel wrote: »

Ireland was the last country in the EU to introduce testing. The successive governments over here had been delaying it for years. When there was no more escaping, they quickly introduced the scrappage scheme. It avoided a huge embarrassment on an international scale, as many thousands of cars (bangers with holes in them) were scrapped that wouldn't have passed the test.

I have no problem with those facts but I don't know why you're quoting my post, I was responding to a poster who said he hated this country, presumably because of the existence of the NCT which I fully support.

unkel

coylemj wrote: »

I don't know why you're quoting my post, I was responding to a poster who said he hated this country, presumably because of the existence of the NCT which I fully support.

In support of your post! As in there is no other country in the (old) EU were there isn't any testing. Ireland was the last country to get testing.

Break all ties

corktina wrote: »

feck off elsewhere then....

I did! Not regretting it either!

Break all ties

Here in Bulgaria, the annual test consists of the following:

1. check VIN matches log book.
2. Check brakes.

That is it. If you give the guy a few bob for a drink, number 2 is forgotten about.

Our man in Havana

Break all ties wrote: »

Here in Bulgaria, the annual test consists of the following:

1. check VIN matches log book.
2. Check brakes.

That is it. If you give the guy a few bob for a drink, number 2 is forgotten about.

I bet there are some heaps driving around as a result.

Bumpstop

Break all ties wrote: »

Here in Bulgaria, the annual test consists of the following:

1. check VIN matches log book.
2. Check brakes.

That is it. If you give the guy a few bob for a drink, number 2 is forgotten about.

Just like outside Dublin.:)

ottostreet

Bumpstop wrote: »

Just like outside Dublin.:)

lmao.

seriously.

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mantaraver

Our man in Havana wrote: »

I bet there are some heaps driving around as a result.

I've been there half a dozen times. There are indeed plenty of sh*tpiles, mostly russian or french. On the flip side, there's also some top class machinery too. Where else would ya get a lift home in a souped up v8 amg merc taxi with an easily egged-on speed-freak of a driver intent on showing his drifting skills on every roundabout encountered. :eek:

I sh*t you not - this really happened, there were 5 other passenger witnesses (yes that is correct !!):rolleyes:

Tigger

Break all ties wrote: »

Here in Bulgaria, the annual test consists of the following:

1. check VIN matches log book.
2. Check brakes.

That is it. If you give the guy a few bob for a drink, number 2 is forgotten about.

lol bulgaria

BostonB

Are their stats that suggest 10yrs+ cars are in more accidents? If not then all cars should be tested at the same intervals.

I'd guess there's a lot of younger, inexperience drivers in older cars, so it would have to be adjusted for that, and that older cars have less safety features.

You see a lot of new and newish cars, with tints, scrubbed, or bald tyres and indicators and lights not working.

Esel

Tigger wrote: »

My furt inch the guy before me was yelling ....

Say again?

colm_mcm

My NCT is just out, If I get it tested after June then it's a 1 year cert, What if I get it tested in May and it fails (it will, need droplinks and other bits just pressed for time) will a retest after June still only give me 1 year cert I wonder?

I suppose the test centres will be mad busy now?

Esel

I don't know for sure, but I would think that the length of cert given will be determined by the due date.

AugustusMinimus

BostonB wrote: »

Are their stats that suggest 10yrs+ cars are in more accidents? If not then all cars should be tested at the same intervals.

All speculation, but I would say it's doubtful.

This is just another money making racket and maybe an attempt to help the motor industry as people would be more inclined to get rid of 10 year old cars.

Tigger

Esel wrote: »

Say again?

stupid spell checker

my first nct

BostonB

Esel wrote: »

I don't know for sure, but I would think that the length of cert given will be determined by the due date.

I'm not really following this thread. Are we saying if you do the test early before the 1st June they'll give you a 2yr cert, or it doesn't matter as its done on the date of registration, (or date of expiry of NCT) regardless of when you do the test.

Esel

^ What I'm thinking is that if the date that your cert expires falls after the cut-off date, you would only get a 1-year cert (even if you had the test done before the cut-off date).

Raises the question of how a car with a cert that expired before the cut-off, but tested after the cut-off, would fare though . . . .

Only my uninformed opinion at the end of the day.

hoodrats

Bumpstop wrote: »

Just like outside Dublin.:)

lol ya skanger:pac: