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Car insurance, nct & licence disc holder

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  • 25-02-2021 9:14am
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    Logo
    Registered Users Posts: 700 ✭✭✭


    Where can I get a three cert holder car windscreen to display insurance, nct & licence discs? Thanks in advance


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    Kimbot
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 18,429 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kimbot


    Most garages sell them.


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    golondrinas1
    Registered Users Posts: 108 ✭✭golondrinas1


    Logo wrote: »
    Where can I get a three cert holder car windscreen to display insurance, nct & licence discs? Thanks in advance

    eBay 3 euro,delivered in day or two,Irish supplier.


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    Lantus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,027 ✭✭✭Lantus


    Dealz sell them as do nct test centres for about 2eu.


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    Logo
    Registered Users Posts: 700 ✭✭✭Logo


    Thanks for the replies but does any insurance providers etc give complimentary disc holders?


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    the hedgeman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,186 ✭✭✭the hedgeman


    Logo wrote: »
    Thanks for the replies but does any insurance providers etc give complimentary disc holders?

    FBD used to have free disc holders when I had insurance with them


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    StonedRaider
    Registered Users Posts: 446 ✭✭StonedRaider


    Logo wrote: »
    Thanks for the replies but does any insurance providers etc give complimentary disc holders?
    Yes, Axa do.


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    bazz26
    Registered Users Posts: 51,112 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Logo wrote: »
    Thanks for the replies but does any insurance providers etc give complimentary disc holders?

    If they don't they only cost about €2.


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    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users Posts: 81,115 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
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    Logo wrote: »
    Thanks for the replies but does any insurance providers etc give complimentary disc holders?


    Aviva did previously but it was yellow.


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    Autosport
    Registered Users Posts: 22,225 ✭✭✭✭Autosport


    Bought mine in Halfords :)


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    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,952 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    Logo wrote: »
    Thanks for the replies but does any insurance providers etc give complimentary disc holders?
    Sweet Jesus - are you prepared to decide on who provides your motor insurance based on a complimentary €2 piece of plastic.


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    elperello
    Registered Users Posts: 14,240 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    Sweet Jesus - are you prepared to decide on who provides your motor insurance based on a complimentary €2 piece of plastic.

    Look after the pennies.............


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    kravmaga
    Registered Users Posts: 1,945 ✭✭✭kravmaga


    Autosport wrote: »
    Bought mine in Halfords :)

    Yes but they are €7 in Halfords, bit of a rip off


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    liamog
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 7,793 Mod ✭✭✭✭liamog


    Mine came free with a replacement windscreen via autoglass. Probably not the most optimum way to upgrade to a 3 slot holder :(


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    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Sellotape or a cheaper version works too....

    Look at the Garda Twitter, one can even just use Crayola


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    #16
    User1998
    Registered Users Posts: 5,829 ✭✭✭User1998


    Stick them on the window with discarded chewing gum


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    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    liamog wrote: »
    Mine came free with a replacement windscreen via autoglass. Probably not the most optimum way to upgrade to a 3 slot holder :(

    Yes good idea... I've just smashed mine right now


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    French Toast
    Registered Users Posts: 722 ✭✭✭French Toast


    Local FBD branch keeps a stack of them unattended on the waiting area table, could take a dozen if you wanted.


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    Ninap
    Registered Users Posts: 528 ✭✭✭Ninap


    I’m always surprised at the number of cars with either completely shagged looking disc holders , with the tax certs falling out, or ones plastered with a garage or insurance company’s name, or even how few people realize how much better a black disc holder looks against the average black dashboard. It’s bad enough that the government requires 3 stupid discs on our windscreens in the first place. Might as well make it look as inconspicuous as possible....


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    Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime
    Registered Users Posts: 3,964 ✭✭✭Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime


    The sooner they move away from certs in the window the better

    The UK have been without them for years, used to be quite happy with a full windscreen anytime I was importing a car to ireland from the UK

    Driving a car now that doesn't require anything in the windscreen and it's nice to say the least.

    Really by now ireland should be in a position to do away with them and have the gardai equiped to check cars, doing away with fraud and fake certs etc. Borrowing a friends cert etc.


    Anyway, €2 in dealz, €2-3 in a NCT center, insurance company , main dealers etc all have them !


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    Autosport
    Registered Users Posts: 22,225 ✭✭✭✭Autosport


    kravmaga wrote: »
    Yes but they are €7 in Halfords, bit of a rip off

    True but I got a black one with the car brand on it and it looks nice on the windscreen as it all blends :)


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    Ninap
    Registered Users Posts: 528 ✭✭✭Ninap


    Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »
    The sooner they move away from certs in the window the better

    The UK have been without them for years, used to be quite happy with a full windscreen anytime I was importing a car to ireland from the UK

    Driving a car now that doesn't require anything in the windscreen and it's nice to say the least.

    Really by now ireland should be in a position to do away with them and have the gardai equiped to check cars, doing away with fraud and fake certs etc. Borrowing a friends cert etc.


    Anyway, €2 in dealz, €2-3 in a NCT center, insurance company , main dealers etc all have them !

    Yeah, situation here is a joke. And don’t forget that learners have to a big stupid L sticker on their windscreen and back window. Significantly restricts visibility. And for what? Who knows whether it’s actually a learner driving the car?


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    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »
    The sooner they move away from certs in the window the better

    The UK have been without them for years, used to be quite happy with a full windscreen anytime I was importing a car to ireland from the UK

    Driving a car now that doesn't require anything in the windscreen and it's nice to say the least.

    Really by now ireland should be in a position to do away with them and have the gardai equiped to check cars, doing away with fraud and fake certs etc. Borrowing a friends cert etc.


    Anyway, €2 in dealz, €2-3 in a NCT center, insurance company , main dealers etc all have them !

    They believe now after a number of years millions is lost each year. It was originally done as a cost savings exercise..... Could you imagine here, the cops would have to actually work


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    Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime
    Registered Users Posts: 3,964 ✭✭✭Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime


    Fair point on the learner sticker, could be a fully licenced driver in the car during the week and teaching the learner on the weekends just ! Dunno how you get around that one though.
    Don't forget the N plates too


    The gardai are quick to show off on twitter though their newer computers built into their cars automatically reading plates and also their mobile app where they can input a reg etc.

    I remember hearing the same stories years ago of lads throwing in a different insurance disc into the window and getting away with it despite the incorrect reg. Going the digital way will stop a few bits of fraud and I think really should save money, shouldn't it save on admin etc not sending out certs etc ?

    Amazing another one from where I am now, I have a 2008 car and the service book is empty. scratched my head at that, instead there's a government website / database that gets updated everytime the car sees a garage, milages updated, services etc, even noticed my car 4 years ago went in for a puncture repair and they uploaded that information ! And milage !

    The irish do lack behind in many places it seems, and these wouldn't be unrealistic measures or very costly either


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    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,952 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    Ninap wrote: »
    ....It’s bad enough that the government requires 3 stupid discs on our windscreens in the first place.....
    Only 3?

    Some of us have to have a street parking permit and a work parking permit displayed also.


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    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,183 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    I walk into the insurance office in my local town and just ask for one even tough I'm not insured with them.
    They generally hand one out.


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    wandererz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,525 ✭✭✭wandererz


    It's going to cost more than €2 in terms of storage space, CPU power and disk i/o just to host this silly thread in perpetuity.


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    #28
    tabby aspreme
    Registered Users Posts: 3,850 ✭✭✭tabby aspreme


    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    Only 3?

    Some of us have to have a street parking permit and a work parking permit displayed also.

    And Padre Pio


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    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users Posts: 11,471 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    NCT centres sell them


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    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users Posts: 81,115 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
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    Tax and NCT should be replaced with a single disc which is replaced each time either one of them is renewed.


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    i57dwun4yb1pt8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,655 ✭✭✭i57dwun4yb1pt8


    cant get rid of them, what would the guards do with all their Abacus ?


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