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Nct

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  • 28-05-2008 12:00am
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    cork1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 443 ✭✭


    Hey guys

    Listen my nct is out on the 28th tomorrow.i rang to book an nct last week.all was fine but today i rang back to see if there had been any cancelations. when i rang they had no record of my booking.anyways i booked again but they couldnt give me a date.they said it will be texted on to me when they have it. my question is if a gaurd questions me what do i say? i mean i dont have a confirmation text or letter yet!Also im driving unaccompanied on a first provisional licence so if im caught im f*#ked anyways. any thoughts??


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    #2
    Anan1
    Registered Users Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    Hand yourself in?


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    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    Don't worry, you will be fine.


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    red_bairn
    Registered Users Posts: 2,343 ✭✭✭red_bairn


    I reckon you should be fine. Just explain the situation. You can always go to your local Garda station with the letter of confirmation (when you receive it) which may be faxed or somebody will inform the Garda who stopped you on the day in question. :rolleyes:


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    Zube
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,502 ✭✭✭Zube


    For goodness sake, the guards have never been interested in enforcing the NCT. You really only need it right up-to-date in case you want to sell your car.


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    towel401
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭towel401


    Zube wrote: »
    For goodness sake, the guards have never been interested in enforcing the NCT. You really only need it right up-to-date in case you want to sell your car.

    and to do the driving test. thats about it


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    Dr.Millah
    Registered Users Posts: 582 ✭✭✭Dr.Millah


    you should be fine man. I booked my nct 3 weeks ago when i noticed it had been out of date for 2 weeks. It is now nearly 7 weeks out of date and i was stoped at a garda check point yesterday for tax etc and he said nothing to me and waived me on.
    I dont think he even looked at it haha


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    Zube
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,502 ✭✭✭Zube


    Dr.Millah wrote: »
    It is now nearly 7 weeks out of date and i was stoped at a garda check point yesterday for tax etc and he said nothing to me and waived me on.

    I bought my current car when it was 4 years old, NCT'd it and never put up the disc. I've been driving it for 2 years, drive 250 miles a week, have been waved through umpteen checkpoints. The guards do not care about your NCT.


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    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    the only time guards do anything about the nct is when it's bundled with other offences like no insurance


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    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,317 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    Onkle wrote: »
    the only time guards do anything about the nct is when it's bundled with other offences like no insurance
    Not the case. People are being prosecuted for no NCT. A judge was convicted a couple of months ago. It is fairly rare though.

    OP, I'm sure you will be fine. I'd be more worried about not having a full licence.

    Not your ornery onager



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    Roseyland
    Registered Users Posts: 31 ✭Roseyland


    Slightly off topic but didn't want to start new thread. My car is due its first NCT around now but i haven't received a letter (as far as i know). The car is a UK import 04 reg and was first registered in the UK in early May 04. It was first registered in Eire in July 07. The online booking system doesn't recognise the original registration date and i cant enter the year 07 in the relevant field (for first Irish registration). Without ringing them (I'm in the states at the moment so it's not convenient) is there a way to book the car in online? Chassis number? Help appreciated.


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    Dr.Millah
    Registered Users Posts: 582 ✭✭✭Dr.Millah


    esel wrote: »
    Not the case. People are being prosecuted for no NCT. A judge was convicted a couple of months ago. It is fairly rare though.

    OP, I'm sure you will be fine. I'd be more worried about not having a full licence.

    Thats right!
    i remember reading that. kind of a strange occurrence.


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