Mazda 3 NCT Fail

heffo500

Hi

I have a Mazda 3 2006 1.6 Petrol with 90000 miles on the clock.

It failed the NCT last week for the following:

New Front Shocks
Rust in the Floor Pan

I have been quoted €300 to get this fixed (parts and labour)

I plan to change the car in January for a Hyundai I30.

The car is taxed till March 2019.

Would you fix the car and get the NCT and try sell it January? or scrap it now and buy a car now? or drive without an NCT and hope for the best?

Any ideas how much I would get for the car with an NCT?

ScrubsfanChris

heffo500 wrote: »

Would you fix the car and get the NCT and try sell it January? or scrap it now and buy a car now? or drive without an NCT and hope for the best?

Well definitely don't do that

Just get it repaired and re-tested. Good like trying to sell a car with no NCT
As for how much you'd get, just stick your cars details onto Donedeal and see whats there.

heffo500

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Well definitely don't do that

Just get it repaired and re-tested. Good like trying to sell a car with no NCT

I thought it would only be worth max €500 so thought might not worth repairing and just scrapping.

ScrubsfanChris

heffo500 wrote: »

I thought it would only be worth max €500 so thought might not worth repairing and just scrapping.

Sorry, misread the year.
Still €200 profit though? :pac:

heffo500

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Sorry, misread the year.
Still €200 profit though? :pac:

I suppose I wonder would I get anymore for it

colm_mcm

There may be scrappage deals which may be dependant on having an NCT. I’d do it on that basis.

heffo500

colm_mcm wrote: »

There may be scrappage deals which may be dependant on having an NCT. I’d do it on that basis.

I have to sell it privately as I will be buying new car secondhand from the UK.

colm_mcm

Oh right. Screw that so. Would you not just get your car from the uk now?

If it’s diesel it’s going to have way more VRT (twice as much in a lot of cases) come January.

heffo500

colm_mcm wrote: »

Oh right. Screw that so. Would you not just get your car from the uk now?

If it’s diesel it’s going to have way more VRT (twice as much in a lot of cases) come January.

How would I work out the difference?

colm_mcm

Find out the nox emissions of the car on the uk dvla site. That will give you a figure. You then use the rationale published at the budget to get the additional tax due.

Or just post what exactly you’re planning to buy and I’ll tell you.

heffo500

colm_mcm wrote: »

Find out the nox emissions of the car on the uk dvla site. That will give you a figure. You then use the rationale published at the budget to get the additional tax due.

Or just post what exactly you’re planning to buy and I’ll tell you.

Thanks for the help, I was planning on buying a 2015 Hyundai i30 1.6 CRDi Blue Drive SE 5dr

https://www.westriding.co.uk/used-car-details/used-hyundai-i30-16-crdi-blue-drive-se-5dr-hatchback-grey-manual-diesel/id-58141684178/

colm_mcm

Good choice from a nox point of view. This particular car will only attract around €250 of nox tax and will also see a 1% VRT reduction in VRT tax band (14% vs 15%) vs today’s Co2 rate.
Couple that with the drop in valuation, and there’s no hurry if that’s the car you’re getting.

Still have to pony up for the Mazda repair though.

heffo500

colm_mcm wrote: »

Good choice from a nox point of view. This particular car will only attract around €250 of nox tax and will also see a 1% VRT reduction in VRT tax band (14% vs 15%) vs today’s Co2 rate.
Couple that with the drop in valuation, and there’s no hurry if that’s the car you’re getting.

Still have to pony up for the Mazda repair though.

Perfect thanks for working that out, how did you do it? I wonder how much a 2015 will drop in value in January?