NCT on a 2nd hand car...

dowser

Hi All,

Hopefully someone knows - I recently bought a car. It's NCT expired in April 2011, I am registering it in my name and reached out for a test date. At same time I asked them to confirm that if it passes then the NCT starts from the date I purchased the car - they said no, and that the new NCT would start from April 2011!

Is this right? It is especially relevant as I have another car that failed on emissions at the end of 2010. I took it off the road while waiting for the parts to fix, which is finally done. Are the going to do the same thing with this car when I retest it?

Thanks, Richard

corktina

yep...iot goes on the anniversary of the date of first registration

aujopimur

Yes & Yes

_Conrad_

corktina wrote: »

yep...iot goes on the anniversary of the date of first registration

Which is very annoying, but sadly true. It would be logical to have the test run from date of test to anniversary of test the next year, but no, we can't have logic. Instead we get stupid situations where you can bring a car for a test and get 4 months because they backdate it. Such a load of sh*te

barura

I'm putting a car back on the road from 97 that has it's NCT out form April 2010. What's the deal with that then? Do I have to pay double to get it tested?

_Conrad_

barura wrote: »

I'm putting a car back on the road from 97 that has it's NCT out form April 2010. What's the deal with that then? Do I have to pay double to get it tested?

I'd say it will go from april 11

corktina

_Conrad_ wrote: »

Which is very annoying, but sadly true. It would be logical to have the test run from date of test to anniversary of test the next year, but no, we can't have logic. Instead we get stupid situations where you can bring a car for a test and get 4 months because they backdate it. Such a load of sh*te

Has to be that way in this country sadly otherwise all the chancers would be squeezing a few months extra out of each years certificate, just like many do with the tax now

_Conrad_

corktina wrote: »

Has to be that way in this country sadly otherwise all the chancers would be squeezing a few months extra out of each years certificate, just like many do with the tax now

It's to make money, and because it was set up and is run by idiots. People already gamble with the NCT/being caught even though it means when you do eventually test it that it gets a shorter cert.

Guy:Incognito

_Conrad_ wrote: »

It's to make money, and because it was set up and is run by idiots. People already gamble with the NCT/being caught even though it means when you do eventually test it that it gets a shorter cert.

Thats the whole point. Gambling and waiting doesnt get you extra so you do it on time.

si_guru

_Conrad_ wrote: »

It's to make money, and because it was set up and is run by idiots..

Rubbish... It makes no extra money! If every car is NCT'd on time the income is the exact same.

If the renewal was on the test date then the extact same money comes in - just later.

_Conrad_

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Thats the whole point. Gambling and waiting doesnt get you extra so you do it on time.

Have you never noticed the amount of cars on the road without current NCTs? Many people definitely do not do it on time despite the fact that you don't gain anything.

si_guru wrote: »

Rubbish... It makes no extra money! If every car is NCT'd on time the income is the exact same.

If the renewal was on the test date then the extact same money comes in - just later.

Of course it can make more money. If you bring a car to be tested and it gets only a few months then you could end up testing it twice in the same year, or 3 times if it fails, and you have to pay for all of those.

CiniO

IMHO it should work like in most other EU countries.
1. Introduce annual testing for all cars older than 4 years.
2. Stop doing appointments, but just allow anyone to go do the test centre whenever he/she wants. If there is a queue, one could wait.
3. Cert should be valid for a year from test date - not to anniversary date.
4. Force insurers to invalidate one's insurance if car during the accident had no NCT. (not invalidate completely, but pay off to third party, and reclaims the money back from insured).

corktina

_Conrad_ wrote: »

Have you never noticed the amount of cars on the road without current NCTs? Many people definitely do not do it on time despite the fact that you don't gain anything.






Of course it can make more money. If you bring a car to be tested and it gets only a few months then you could end up testing it twice in the same year, or 3 times if it fails, and you have to pay for all of those.

No .Testing a car late actually LOSES money as they lose out on the use of that money for however months it is late.

_Conrad_

You can't lose money, or anything else, by not having it in the first place. Being without the use of potential or expected earnings (and the possible effects of that) is an entirely different matter.

corktina

Of course you can. Any company with debts may have to borrow to pay the bills and so there is a cost from (what is in effect) late payment.

TestTransmission

_Conrad_ wrote: »

though it means when you do eventually test it that it gets a shorter cert.

I don't see the issue here, do your NCT on time/early and get your cert.I don't see how people who don't bother doing it on time should be rewarded for their laziness.

dowser

Thanks All - it defies logic to me for cars that get sold with expired NCTs, but there we go. It does mean the Subaru I took off the road will likely get a cert valid for only a month or two...perhaps I should wait and they'll just ignore the year it went without an NCT?! Wont bother though, it's already booked in now.

Richard

ash23

Just wondering about this instance.
My friend went to Oz March 2011 for 12 months. Her NCT was up in April 2011. The car is idle at the moment but she will be wanting to put it back on the road when she gets home. If she waits a week or two (until April 2012) will her NCT be from April 2011 or April 2012? Does she need to get anything to say the car was off the road?
She doesn't want to NCT it in March and then have to NCT it again in April.

corktina

the cert will be backdated to the previous due date so if it is off the raod and it goes past a due date THAT is the date that a future new cert will be dated to. There is no arrears period to pay for.