Bonkers valuations !

Firstly you can do your nct 90 days early and get same expiration date, so I would find the exact date nct expires and calculate 90 days back and book nct for April may timeframe. It will be worth more with valid nct.

Car is only worth what others are willing to pay. Done deal is 99% of used market. Keep an eye on similar cars on done deal. You can ASK for any price but actually selling price may be much much lower. Often the high price cars sit there for months. You can put your car up for high price then drop it week by week until it sells, however you need time to do that, and may get lots of time wasters. 6k may be a fair price but look at what the same car with same mileage is asking for and see if it is sold 3 weeks later. Good photos, nct, proof of service history all help for quicker sale along with Dublin based location so more people can view it.

I'd love to know where carzone are getting their valuation data. I bet they are just taking average "asking prices" for similar models, year, mileage, etc listed on their website. Sure all of those asking prices could be stupidly high and most are dealer prices too, so all your getting is an average price based off silly dealer asking prices. They are totally irrelevant to actual private selling prices.

I looked at early NCT but, got October too (runs out May). After a week when it got boosted on DD I dropped the price to 7k, I got more realistic enquiries and it sold within 24 hours at €6k. I probably could have hung on for more but 6k suited me.

FYI, the NCT release cancelled booking slots nearly every night between 23:30 and 23:45. These slots are usually for 2 or 3 days time. If your car is ready to be tested then you should scan the NCT website around that time for slots made available. You need to be sharp though as they get taken fairly quickly.

As a private sale its worth around €6,250 in my opinion. For example this one has been for sale 22 days and will most likely sell for around €6k