ten yr old car

cena

Why do cars that are ten yrs and older have to be nct yearly

dar83

You kind of answered your own question there, if you think about it.

keithclancy

cena wrote: »

Why do cars that are ten yrs and older have to be nct yearly

Because they're 10 years or older.

Count yourself lucky, over here is every year after 3 years.

miller50841

OSI wrote: »

I think the better question is, why don't cars younger than ten years old have to be NCT'd yearly. Getting sick of seeing cars going around that are clearly being left in the ****tiest state of repair possible until the next NCT rolls around.

The amount of '08 cars I've seen with missing, or no brake lights at all is frankly frightening.

The Guards should be enforcing about lights as you could pass the nct leave and bulbs could go soon after and its down to the car owner/driver to make sure they all work.

I do tell the drivers if I get a chance at lights or junctions because it is so dangerous.

Easiest way of testing ones lights is up against a wall or even having another car behind you will see the lights reflect.

miller50841

cena wrote: »

Why do cars that are ten yrs and older have to be nct yearly

So NCTS make more money €55 a test every year and still don't have enough centres or staff to cover the amount of cars that are going through.

Had to wait 2 months for a spot to get car checked.

After a few years of use the road worthiness of a car and its age are largely independent of each other, annual test once the car is 3 or 5 years old would make more sense than the current 10 year cut off point.

miller50841

RoverJames wrote: »

After a few years of use the road worthiness of a car and its age are largely independent of each other, annual test once the car is 3 or 5 years old would make more sense than the current 10 year cut off point.

Whats wrong with 2 years seems to have worked till they now do it every year if 10 or over.

Taxi and limo's and hackneys are tested yearly but would say these cars will do a lot more driving and be on the road a lot.

Commercial are tested every year also.
It is just getting more and more expensive all the time.

aujopimur

It's going to change to mileage/age which ever comes first.

Wicklowandy

OSI wrote: »

I think the better question is, why don't cars younger than ten years old have to be NCT'd yearly. Getting sick of seeing cars going around that are clearly being left in the ****tiest state of repair possible until the next NCT rolls around.

The amount of '08 cars I've seen with missing, or no brake lights at all is frankly frightening.

+1 Do you think yearly nct would force better maintenance on the cars and people of ireland?

Has to be a good thing

highlighter john

The Warrant Of Fitness is every 6 months in New Zealand!

sawfish

highlighter john wrote: »

The Warrant Of Fitness is every 6 months in New Zealand!

Just looked this up

Every 12 months if your car is less than six years old.

Every six months if car is more than six years old.

Sounds fair..how Much is it to put it through I couldn't find that info ?

pcardin

Can't see a big problem in testing cars annually. Every 6 months would be a bit OT though.

highlighter john

sawfish wrote: »

Just looked this up

Every 12 months if your car is less than six years old.

Every six months if car is more than six years old.

Sounds fair..how Much is it to put it through I couldn't find that info ?

I think it's 55 NZ Dollars, the quality of older cars over there are excellent. If the car fails the WOF you have 28 days to fix it, I think that's free but not 100% sure, my cars never failed the WOF.

Garvan

The gas thing is there are some mint 10yr + cars about and some balls of sh1te that aren't even 5 years old.

Depends on the owner but unfortunately you can't legislate for that!

G