NCT-ing a car that is filthy inside

terrydel

Getting my car a full valet today, prior to nct Saturday.
Its absolutely filthy inside from the dogs and not having been cleaned in months.
I'd never let it go to the nct like that but wondering if this really matters?
I'd imagine it does but has anyone any real world experience of it being brought up as an issue during the test?
Personally I think that a person should not have to work in a very messy, dirty car as that's their place of work in effect when performing the test.

cruizer101

It can be refused if it is dirty, and according to this thread they are quite strict about dog hair
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=96776841

Greybottle

You don't have to clean it, but if you have an issue that's borderline, then having a clean car against a filthy one will be more likely to sway them in your direction.

I have one car that's used for everything, it's usually untidy and not hoovered on the inside, though you could eat your dinner off the engine.

Before a test, all the loose crap goes in a box, 20 mins hoover with Shake n Vac and it gets a car wash, including an underbody clean. Doesn't do any harm and in total it takes less than an hour.

SteM

Greybottle wrote: »

....but if you have an issue that's borderline, then having a clean car against a filthy one will be more likely to sway them in your direction....

Sorry, but I find this hard to believe.

terrydel

Out of interest, if a car's seats are properly shampoo'ed and washed, should they be pretty wet afterwards?
Just got it back and while they are clean, I very much doubt theyve been properly shampoo'ed.
Its an old car and as soon as the nct is passed the dogs will be back in it, so not overly arsed, but curious.

Greybottle

SteM wrote: »

Sorry, but I find this hard to believe.

Some of the test is subjective, like the indicator bulbs not being "orange enough".

I reckon that human nature being what it is, they'd be more likely to ask you to change them if they were climbing in and out of a filthy car as opposed to a clean one.

Cordell

Why would they reject a borderline passable filthy car, just to have to sit inside her one more time?

SteM

Greybottle wrote: »

Some of the test is subjective, like the indicator bulbs not being "orange enough".

I reckon that human nature being what it is, they'd be more likely to ask you to change them if they were climbing in and out of a filthy car as opposed to a clean one.

Kind of glad you don't work in an NCT center of that's the case.

SteM

SteM wrote: »

Kind of glad you don't work in an NCT center of that's the case.

That’s a sour grapes answer right there.

He had a fair point after all.

SteM

JayZeus wrote: »

That’s a sour grapes answer right there.

He had a fair point after all.

Sour grapes how? I've never had a car that's failed an NCT based on whether it was clean or not.

Tester once complemented me on the condition of the car but said a rear wheel bearing was shot,
said he would of failed it normally but could tell I actually cared about it so passed it.
I got the pair of bearings done the next day.
So its gotta count for something

Tuco88

My old fella gets complimented about his van on the DOE.
If it looks the business inside and out they know at least its been treated/maintained well.

If you were testing a dirty car would you get the impression they couldn't care less about the car or test?

Atlantic Dawn

The problem is if you keep your car like an absolute kip the stink and debris will spread to the next car to be tested.

EPAndlee

Have one customer that was refused a test because of the dirt of the car and rightly so because its an absolute disgrace

terrydel

Well anyway I think the valet guys did a great job of getting rid of enough hairs to build another dog :P
Happy with the job done and if it fails it wont be due to cleanliness.

fancy pigeon

Must be a lot of smelly bastards out there that think driving round in a sty is grand, immune to their own eau de stench. They must live in houses that make crack dens look pristine

Will I hit a nerve?

Still, one less stinky car to worry about

ELM327

One of the first things I do whenever I buy a new second hand car is to take it for an extreme valet.
The bits of skin, dirt, sputum, etc that the valets find is ridiculous and vomit inducing.
I'm not a "super clean car" person (I keep some documents or newspapers for too long in the car etc) but the state some of these cars are allowed get to is ridiculous. And it's not confined to one socioeconomic class either, from Mercedes & BMW to Saab & GM and everything in between.