NCT on 06D car

James 007

Our older brothers 06D car has never NCT'ed it at all. Our older brother lives down the country and seemed to get away with this level of stupidity all along as the car was taxed and insured. He has now changed job and wants to take the car to Dublin but would prefer to take it through the correct channel and have it NCT'ed, taxed and insured. Whats the best approach for him to do this, does he book in an NCT test or fill out a form.

rex-x

Just book as normal, there will be no issues although depending on the date of first registration he may not get a full test

Ross94

8 years it's been overdue an NCT!!

That's just stupidity.

James 007

rex-x wrote: »

Just book as normal, there will be no issues although depending on the date of first registration he may not get a full test

What does this mean, he may not get a full test? He obviously would like to get it up to full requirements before doing the NCT, as per the list below.

https://www.ncts.ie/media/1013/preparing-for-your-nct.pdf

Also he will have brake pads/discs checked/changed, tyres, lights checked, wipers checked, spark plugs anything else?

rex-x

James 007 wrote: »

What does this mean, he may not get a full test? He obviously would like to get it up to full requirements before doing the NCT, as per the list below.

https://www.ncts.ie/media/1013/preparing-for-your-nct.pdf

Also he will have brake pads/discs checked/changed, tyres, lights checked, wipers checked, spark plugs anything else?

The nct runs on the anniversary of the first date of registration, so if the car was regged in Jan and he does the test in June then he will only get 6 months of test.
I wouldn't over think it, just send it in and see what happens.

jca

James 007 wrote: »

What does this mean, he may not get a full test? He obviously would like to get it up to full requirements before doing the NCT, as per the list below.

https://www.ncts.ie/media/1013/preparing-for-your-nct.pdf

Also he will have brake pads/discs checked/changed, tyres, lights checked, wipers checked, spark plugs anything else?

He might not get a full years test is what he meant.

Dia1988

Note to self: Do not buy an 06D car with only one NCT in 8 years.

Just out of curiosity did he regularly service it or just service it when something broke?

CiniO

Dia1988 wrote: »

Note to self: Do not buy an 06D car with only one NCT in 8 years.

Why not?
Fact that he didn't do NCT, doesn't mean he didn't maintain car adequately.

Just out of curiosity did he regularly service it or just service it when something broke?

Most people in Ireland do the latter.

James 007

Dia1988 wrote: »

Note to self: Do not buy an 06D car with only one NCT in 8 years.

Just out of curiosity did he regularly service it or just service it when something broke?

To be fair to him he has always had it serviced through a local garage. He has never had anything broken either. He bought the car in '08 and the only ever issue he had was getting one flat tyre or 2-3 slow punctures. Hard to believe but true.

TheDriver

You can easily get a court appearance, that's the main thing

James 007

TheDriver wrote: »

You can easily get a court appearance, that's the main thing

I was actually thinking that too, do you think that is a possibility.

Lekrub

James 007 wrote: »

To be fair to him he has always had it serviced through a local garage. He has never had anything broken either. He bought the car in '08 and the only ever issue he had was getting one flat tyre or 2-3 slow punctures. Hard to believe but true.

I dunno. Hard to believe if you care about keeping a car in good condition if you never nct it.

James 007

Lekrub wrote: »

I dunno. Hard to believe if you care about keeping a car in good condition if you never nct it.

I don't agree with that. He has maintained the car from the roadworthy point of view. I have seen some tv programs where cars have gone through NCTs and the condition of the car would be questioned.

The NCT is a check of basic requirements at the time of the test. It assesses components which are visible and accessible. It does not replace or purport to replace your responsibility to ensure your car is roadworthy at all times or the regular maintenance that a mechanic needs to carry out on your car. Defects found must be repaired and the car must pass a re-test before the car owner will be issued with an NCT Certificate.

https://www.ncts.ie/1126

newmember2

TheDriver wrote: »

You can easily get a court appearance, that's the main thing

How so?.

He'll get lots of points on his licence and the car impounded if he gets caught before the NCT.

grogi

Lekrub wrote: »

I dunno. Hard to believe if you care about keeping a car in good condition if you never nct it.

Yep, that's a very good independent test of safety.

fancy pigeon

James 007 wrote: »

I don't agree with that. He has maintained the car from the roadworthy point of view. I have seen some tv programs where cars have gone through NCTs and the condition of the car would be questioned.

The NCT is a check of basic requirements at the time of the test. It assesses components which are visible and accessible. It does not replace or purport to replace your responsibility to ensure your car is roadworthy at all times or the regular maintenance that a mechanic needs to carry out on your car. Defects found must be repaired and the car must pass a re-test before the car owner will be issued with an NCT Certificate.

https://www.ncts.ie/1126

Whilst I'd love to agree with you, I bought a car last year that was tax and NCT exempt from new (due to the previous owners disability, how accurate this is I'm not sure) that was also 2006. Mostly mechanically sound, except for a seized caliper, which had been seized for a very long time. It failed dangerous when the banjo bolt didn't seal properly and pissed fluid in the NCT centre, otherwise it would have went through first time. Front discs were also paper thin. A basic check would have copped this!

Lets not mention the smell inside when I first got it... :eek: