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Pre- NCT service

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  • 11-06-2012 9:45am
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    Yitzhak Rabin
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    Where's the cheapest place for a pre-NCT car service in Mullingar?


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    biko
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    Is there an Advance pitstop about?
    http://www.advancepitstop.com/car-service/national-car-test-nct.119.html#


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    Eiriu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 106 ✭✭Eiriu


    Mick Ledwith Ballynacarigy is very sound, usually only charges for work needed, he s cheap as well and does a good job.

    Telephone:
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    Mobile:


    0868308115

    0868308115


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    paultf
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    yekahS wrote: »
    Where's the cheapest place for a pre-NCT car service in Mullingar?

    I get my car serviced every year at a local, independent garage: Bernie (Bernard) Newman - Lynn Cross. (Take the old Tullamore road out of Mullingar towards Bloomfield Hotel.) Does a good job at a good price. You could always ring ahead for a price?

    044-9342959
    044-9344566
    086-2705366


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    coylemj
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    The consensus on the Motors thread is that pre-NCT tests are a waste of money, they are a licence to print money for garages.

    Most of the stuff you can do yourself - check tyres, lights, fluid levels etc. and then submit it for the test. If you fail, you have a list of items that need seeing to, go to a garage and get them fixed, that way you will only pay for what needs fixing, if anything.


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    Hermy
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    coylemj wrote: »
    The consensus on the Motors thread is that pre-NCT tests are a waste of money, they are a licence to print money for garages.

    Most of the stuff you can do yourself - check tyres, lights, fluid levels etc. and then submit it for the test. If you fail, you have a list of items that need seeing to, go to a garage and get them fixed, that way you will only pay for what needs fixing, if anything.

    Exactly what I wanted to say when I saw the thread title.
    Complete and utter waste of money!

    Genealogy Forum Mod



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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Yeah what I do is fix everything I know will fail, like bulbs and similar (I always fix these things immediately anyway).
    Then I take it for a free NCT check at AvPi.
    If they find something I missed I might fix it myself or just wait for the NCT to find it too.
    Then NCT it.

    My policy is, don't spend money on anything until after the NCT.
    If you fix tons of things and it fails on emissions you might write it off anyway and all those fixes were for nothing.


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