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1 yr NCT?????

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  • 16-08-2004 10:15am
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    Wanton
    Registered Users Posts: 585 ✭✭✭


    Ok, i just bought a 1994 Corsa gsi 1.6 16v.

    this car has been in the hands of a mechanic for the past 3 yrs.

    I bought it on the day it passed its NCT, definitly its first NCT since 2001, maybe longer.

    They only gave me a 1 yr NCT. I didnt notice until last night, any one know why before i ring someone and shout alot?

    I know they are only a money racket but they this suks


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    Villain
    Registered Users Posts: 15,944 ✭✭✭✭Villain


    Could have been due last year?


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    Interceptor
    Registered Users Posts: 3,180 ✭✭✭Interceptor


    Shouting will be a waste of breath. Your car was due its NCT last year and the mechanic neglected to have it done - the car only gets passed up until its next due date and not two years from the date of the test. Yes, its a money racket and you should lobby your TD to have the NCT scrapped as they are a private (Danish) company collecting tax for the Irish government and they aren't making the roads safer, just reducing the ability of the Irish people to drive 'ahem' interesting cars.

    'ceptr


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    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,392 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    interceptor wrote:
    Yes, its a money racket and you should lobby your TD to have the NCT scrapped as they are a private (Danish) company collecting tax for the Irish government
    The government gets nothing from the NCT. It makes it's money on the overall saving to society from not having bangers on hte road.


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    jlang
    Registered Users Posts: 1,469 ✭✭✭jlang


    Victor wrote:
    It makes it's money on the overall saving to society from not having bangers on hte road.
    ...and the VRT etc on the cars that replace them when they are taken off the road.


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    kdevitt
    Registered Users Posts: 2,277 ✭✭✭kdevitt


    Government gets VAT afaik on all the tests as well...

    A newly imported car can sometimes be only given a short NCT cert depending on the year of manufacture too, which is a complete joke. And despite what any tree huggers say to the contrary, it is a proven racket... I'm all on for safe motoring, and for bangers being taken off the road, but the crowd running the tests are a law unto themselves...


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