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6 month NCT

  • 14-01-2014 8:43am
    #1
    BillyBoy13
    Closed Accounts Posts: 296 ✭✭


    I bought a new car, the garage put it through the NCT etc... I never even thought to look at expiry date which is now in a few weeks... in other words 6 months after I bought the car? Why didnt they just get the regular NCT? Is it cheaper or easier to pass a 6 month one or something? Im feeling a bit ripped off to be honest.


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  • #2
    Professey Chin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,054 ✭✭✭✭Professey Chin


    How old is the car and when did the last NCT expire?
    There is no 6 month one. It gets backdated to its last expiry


  • #3
    Mitch Connor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,814 ✭✭✭✭Mitch Connor


    BillyBoy13 wrote: »
    I bought a new car, the garage put it through the NCT etc... I never even thought to look at expiry date which is now in a few weeks... in other words 6 months after I bought the car? Why didnt they just get the regular NCT? Is it cheaper or easier to pass a 6 month one or something? Im feeling a bit ripped off to be honest.

    probably the NCT was well out of date when they put it through, by either 6 months or a year and a half depending on the age of the car - so when the NCT was issued it was only issued to the originally expected NCT end date.


  • #4
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    Think yourself lucky that they paid the full fee for 6 months rather than you!


  • #5
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    The NCT isn't a year from test date, it's a year from last expired test date.
    Hence the garage probably had it sitting untested for about 6 months and when you bought it they got it tested for you.


  • #6
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    ...if it's been sitting 6 months, you want to keep a close eye on your tyres...they can deform if car not regularly moved...can be dangerous, can blow out (voice of experience..... had one blow on a Cortina I had not long bought...looked perfect...I was doing 80mph at the time... other side was nearly going too!))


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  • #7
    blade1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,605 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    biko wrote: »
    The NCT isn't a year from test date, it's a year from last expired test date.
    Hence the garage probably had it sitting untested for about 6 months and when you bought it they got it tested for you.
    Is it not done from the date the car was first registered?


  • #8
    concepta seeery
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 ✭concepta seeery


    NCT has expired over a year on a car over 10 years old as it is an annual test, does it have to be backdated?


  • #9
    guil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,534 ✭✭✭✭guil


    concepta seeery wrote: »
    NCT has expired over a year on a car over 10 years old as it is an annual test, does it have to be backdated?

    Nope.


  • #10
    blade1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,605 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    concepta seeery wrote: »
    NCT has expired over a year on a car over 10 years old as it is an annual test, does it have to be backdated?
    check log book for registration date.
    thats the month the nct will be dated to,i think.


  • #11
    Inspector Dhar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 143 ✭✭Inspector Dhar


    Errm. My NCT expired in July 2008. With the grace of God, a bit of eyelash fluttering and sheer good luck, I have escaped sanction so far. Now I want to become a valued member of society again. Whats the story for me? If I put the car through the test tomorrow -is the cert backdated to July 2008? I'd value your advice.


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  • #12
    blade1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,605 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    Inspector Dhar wrote: »
    Errm. My NCT expired in July 2008. With the grace of God, a bit of eyelash fluttering and sheer good luck, I have escaped sanction so far. Now I want to become a valued member of society again. Whats the story for me? If I put the car through the test tomorrow -is the cert backdated to July 2008? I'd value your advice.
    no, you can nct it for July 2014


  • #13
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    Inspector Dhar wrote: »
    Errm. My NCT expired in July 2008. With the grace of God, a bit of eyelash fluttering and sheer good luck, I have escaped sanction so far. Now I want to become a valued member of society again. Whats the story for me? If I put the car through the test tomorrow -is the cert backdated to July 2008? I'd value your advice.

    Hand yourself in and do your porridge.

    Cert will be dated back to the last due date which will be the anniversary of the date of registration (or date of import for an imported used car, depending on when it was imported) assuming car is over 10 years old


  • #14
    Inspector Dhar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 143 ✭✭Inspector Dhar


    The car was registered in July 2003. It was not an import. I haven't had it tested since I bought it in 2007, and the cert was valid up until July 2008. So if I get it tested tomorrow, they will only give me a cert from July 2008 til July 2009?
    Am I missing something?


  • #15
    Big Bag of Chips
    Administrators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 14,904 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Big Bag of Chips


    No they will give you a cert that will expire in July 2014, and you will have to redo the test in July 2014 to get a cert for 2014/2015.


  • #16
    The Dagda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,345 ✭✭✭The Dagda


    Inspector Dhar wrote: »
    The car was registered in July 2003. It was not an import. I haven't had it tested since I bought it in 2007, and the cert was valid up until July 2008. So if I get it tested tomorrow, they will only give me a cert from July 2008 til July 2009?
    Am I missing something?

    If you NCT the car tomorrow you'll have an NCT valid until July 2014.

    Because the car is now over 10 years old the NCT will only be valid for 1 year each time.


  • #17
    djimi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,237 ✭✭✭✭djimi


    Inspector Dhar wrote: »
    The car was registered in July 2003. It was not an import. I haven't had it tested since I bought it in 2007, and the cert was valid up until July 2008. So if I get it tested tomorrow, they will only give me a cert from July 2008 til July 2009?
    Am I missing something?

    Your car would have been due an NCT in July 2013 which would have been valid for one year, so if you get it tested now then you will get the remainder of that years cycle, and the next test will be due in July 2014.


  • #18
    blade1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,605 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    Inspector Dhar wrote: »
    The car was registered in July 2003. It was not an import. I haven't had it tested since I bought it in 2007, and the cert was valid up until July 2008. So if I get it tested tomorrow, they will only give me a cert from July 2008 til July 2009?
    Am I missing something?
    there will be nothing said about 2008.
    it will be nct'd up until july 2014


  • #19
    dougie-lampkin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 677 ✭✭✭dougie-lampkin


    Inspector Dhar wrote: »
    So if I get it tested tomorrow, they will only give me a cert from July 2008 til July 2009?
    Am I missing something?

    Yes, you'll have to do 6 NCTs back to back, but you'll also have to backdate the condition of your car. So if you had bald tyres in 2009, make sure you put them back on for the second NCT. Likewise if you spent a year in 2011 without a headlight bulb, it has to come out for the backdated 2011 test. It's the fairest system :)


  • #20
    pcardin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,182 ✭✭✭pcardin


    Inspector Dhar wrote: »
    Errm. My NCT expired in July 2008. With the grace of God, a bit of eyelash fluttering and sheer good luck, I have escaped sanction so far. Now I want to become a valued member of society again. Whats the story for me? If I put the car through the test tomorrow -is the cert backdated to July 2008? I'd value your advice.

    Wait till May and then go to NCT - if pass your next NCT will be July 2015


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