Expired NCT

Iano_128

Does any one know what the story with having no valid NCT cert on a car is? Mine is up as of yesterday, and I'm planning on buying a car in the next few weeks so don't want to fork out the money to have a couple of small (and not dangerous) things repaired, and then pay to have it go through the NCT and possibly still fail with the way they can be sometimes.

Not looking for a lecture on how I should always have an NCT and so on, just want to know if there is a grace period on not having one, if so what is it, and if not, if I am caught and explain to a Gard my intentions of not keeping the car for any more than a couple of weeks, what can/usually will happen?

Anan1

Legally there's no grace period, but if it's only just out and you have a booking then a Garda would probably be less likely to make an issue of it. Don't tell them you didn't test the car because you're selling it - that's asking to be charged. I don't know whether you've thought of this, but your current car will fetch less without an NCT - if it only needs a couple of bits & bobs to pass then it'd almost certainly be cheaper (and less hassle) to do them.

Iano_128

Well I only paid 600 euro for the car as it was a car to learn in, which I've done, and to be honest I'm planning on selling it back to the person who sold it to me, he's a mechanic and a family friend, the car needs I'd say 2-300 euro of work, done (tiny crack in the windscreen but it's only on the outside so I've been told it's not a big deal, if I only plan to drive it for another couple of weeks by a mechanic). I can see your point in making more money with an NCT on it, but it doesn't really apply here. I might book the NCT anyway just to be safe for a month or so down the line in which time I should have the new car.

mitosis

Book a test, print out and carry the confirmation. You'll be fine

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mitosis wrote: »

Book a test, print out and carry the confirmation. You'll be fine

This. It takes effort to get a timely NCT, you need to be refreshing and monitoring the booking system first thing in the morning and possibly for half a day. If you take the booking system at face value, it'll probably offer you a test appointment in the region of 6 to 10 weeks from when you book it (especially if you do it in the evening time), book that and print the confirmation.

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Worst case scenario is a €28 cancellation fee....

Anan1

Conner Jealous Mockingbird wrote: »

Worst case scenario is a €28 cancellation fee....

Worst case scenario is 5 points and a €2500 fine, but that's unlikely.