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NCT tyres switching! Will it work?

  • 15-04-2015 9:38am
    #1
    140490
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 96 ✭✭


    Just my car failed on one tyre, just wondering if i can switch it back to front and go to retest, or they will check them all again ?


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  • #2
    Dial Hard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,498 ✭✭✭✭Dial Hard


    It really just depends on the tester. Happened me before, and rather than risk it, I bought a new tyre. Of course, the tester literally glanced at that one wheel, and passed it. But I can pretty much guarantee that if I'd decided to just chance swapping the wheels around, I'd have gotten someone who checked all four.


  • #3
    Valetta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,611 ✭✭✭Valetta


    Here's a novel idea: buy a new tyre and don't be putting yourself, and more importantly, others in danger.


  • #4
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 66,401 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    140490 wrote: »
    Just my car failed on one tyre, just wondering if i can switch it back to front and go to retest, or they will check them all again ?

    Somehow I feel this is not just a theoretical question? Is it really your aim to make your car with a dodgy tyre pass?

    If money is that tight, either stop driving or at the very least get a part worn tyre from a reliable source (€25-€50 fitted depending on size of tyre)

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  • #5
    Special Circumstances
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,569 ✭✭✭Special Circumstances


    140490 wrote: »
    Just my car failed on one tyre, just wondering if i can switch it back to front and go to retest, or they will check them all again ?

    Sell car. Buy bicycle.


  • #6
    _Brian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,831 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    Ya see. This is exactly why the lads in the test centres have to sooo anal on every detail on tests.
    There's always some chancre looking to dodge the system and bring an unsafe car onto the roads.
    OP, what do you think gives you the right to cheat the system and bring a potentially unsafe car onto the roads.

    This attitude is nothing short of sickening !

    A motoring nation we are not !


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  • #7
    Tommy Kelly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 416 ✭✭Tommy Kelly


    140490 wrote: »
    Just my car failed on one tyre, just wondering if i can switch it back to front and go to retest, or they will check them all again ?

    Switch away and try and save yourself a few quid.


  • #8
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,219 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Replace the tyre. They didn't fail it for the craic...


  • #9
    dmc17
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,818 ✭✭✭dmc17


    Turn it inside out. It'll be like a new tyre.


  • #10
    140490
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 96 ✭✭140490


    Well i fitted 3 new ones for €90 each, and only one left and have other things to fix and money is tight thats it.....


  • #11
    _Brian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,831 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    140490 wrote: »
    Well i fitted 3 new ones for €90 each, and only one left and have other things to fix and money is tight thats it.....

    Maybe so but it's like saying you'll fix three brakes and hope to get bye without the fourth.


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  • #12
    whomitconcerns
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,408 ✭✭✭whomitconcerns


    140490 wrote: »
    Well i fitted 3 new ones for €90 each, and only one left and have other things to fix and money is tight thats it.....

    you say moneys tight now, imagine (and I hope nothing happens of course) the medical, legal bills, etc if you have a crash because of a dangerous tyre? will you be saying glad i save 50€ then?


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