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used car...no nct or tax

  • 28-05-2009 06:38PM
    #1
    MickCronin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭


    I was wondering if i buy a used car, with no nct or tax, from a dealer will i be able to drive home. i have to drive about half way up the country.


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  • #2
    Same As
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,676 ✭✭✭Same As


    I'm sure if you were to encounter a garda on your way home and explained the situation re:tax he would understand. You probably would have to present the new tax disc at your local garda station within a week or two. Just be sure that you're insured, thats the only statutory requirement, the other two you can get away with to an extent.:pac:


  • #3
    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 18,197 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    The answer is no you cannot.

    If you are buying from a dealer insist on a valid NCT or no sale.


  • #4
    chrism2007
    Closed Accounts Posts: 371 ✭✭chrism2007


    stay away from it if it has no NCT


  • #5
    Final Approach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86 ✭✭Final Approach


    Henry Ford III wrote: »
    The answer is no you cannot.

    If you are buying from a dealer insist on a valid NCT or no sale.

    +1

    You would be driving illegally, which means that if you come across the wrong Garda, they will do you for it.

    As well as that, If you happen to be in an accident, it is not going to do you any favours not having an NCT Certificate for the car.


  • #6
    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 18,197 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    ..and 5 (I think) penalty points for no NCT.


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  • #7
    MickCronin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭MickCronin


    the dealer garuntees it will pass the nct test


  • #8
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,968 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Then let him put it through :)


  • #9
    Final Approach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86 ✭✭Final Approach


    Not being smart, but he is hardly going to tell you that its not going to pass the NCT!

    My experience with the NCT is that nobody can really tell whether a car is going to pass or not. The ways its gone, its as if cars are passed and failed at random! (An exageration, but you know what I mean).

    I am wondering why the dealer hasn't NCT'ed the car already considering he is so confident it will pass, If it were me, I would much prefer to be trying to sell a car with rather than without an NCT Certificate. Why not tell him that you want it NCT'ed before you buy it?


  • #10
    VanhireBoys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 468 ✭✭VanhireBoys


    Ive been given a Mondeo to drive with no tax or NCT. I just got it yesterday. I went to the Gardai to get the RF100 stamped and they told me unofficially to wait until next Tuesday to tax it. The tax is only out 6 weeks.
    I asked the Garda about NCT and he said as long as I have a test date I would be fine. Its booked in for 1st October ..!
    I got the insurance sorted last Tuesday but all I have is a ropey cover note. No windscreen disc yet....

    The Garda was a really nice bloke and told me if im stopped keep the RF100 in the car along with the NCT confirmation e-mail and cover note and calmly explain that I just got the car. He said unless I get a total b**lbag I would be grand...! ;)


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