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UrbuddyYellow Brick Rd , Larganville, Mayo Ireland94 Threads 4 Polls 2,441 PostsI think it may have been an earlier thread but this is my own experience . Last night I took my car for its NCT to the local testing center , I had no real concerns of it failing as I had it checked over recently by my local trusted mechanic . But they failed on the handbrake 'by a very narrow margin' . Now........ are we the ordinary citizens to be subjected to a backlash of NCT failures based on very narrow margins and minor issues because of the investigation into NCT practices by the PRIMETIME team in RTE . Yes I think so and I was one of the first .
Urbuddy: I think it may have been an earlier thread but this is my own experience . Last night I took my car for its NCT to the local testing center , I had no real concerns of it failing as I had it checked over recently by my local trusted mechanic . But they failed on the handbrake 'by a very narrow margin' . Now........ are we the ordinary citizens to be subjected to a backlash of NCT failures based on very narrow margins and minor issues because of the investigation into NCT practices by the PRIMETIME team in RTE . Yes I think so and I was one of the first .
That'll teach you to stop pulling handbreakers
Urbuddy: I think it may have been an earlier thread but this is my own experience . Last night I took my car for its NCT to the local testing center , I had no real concerns of it failing as I had it checked over recently by my local trusted mechanic . But they failed on the handbrake 'by a very narrow margin' . Now........ are we the ordinary citizens to be subjected to a backlash of NCT failures based on very narrow margins and minor issues because of the investigation into NCT practices by the PRIMETIME team in RTE . Yes I think so and I was one of the first .
Your car failed... get it fixed. Dodgy handbrakes DO cause the car to slip and roll when unattended. A couple of tons of rolling metal
That's gotta do some damage.70Libra: Your car failed... get it fixed. Dodgy handbrakes DO cause the car to slip and roll when unattended. A couple of tons of rolling metal That's gotta do some damage.
Someone took a wee in libras cornflakes
Urbuddy: I think it may have been an earlier thread but this is my own experience . Last night I took my car for its NCT to the local testing center , I had no real concerns of it failing as I had it checked over recently by my local trusted mechanic . But they failed on the handbrake 'by a very narrow margin' . Now........ are we the ordinary citizens to be subjected to a backlash of NCT failures based on very narrow margins and minor issues because of the investigation into NCT practices by the PRIMETIME team in RTE . Yes I think so and I was one of the first .
I brought my car in a few wks ago and it had a few things wrong with it, fair enough, I went away and got new, well, everything so it seems from brake lights, discs, lines, shocks, ball joints, wipers
, you name it, I got it, including repair to a little rust forming on the offside. I took it back, the same guy in the NCT centre tested it, went thru it with a fine tooth comb, then he got to the rust part which my mechanic had repaired. This guy proceeded to bang and bang and bang at it with excessive force with his spanner until he made a little hole in it.
With great pleasure he told me it had failed becoz of this, I had to back to my mechanic who was furious. This time I went to a different NCT centre to get the repairs checked, the guy came out, took his 2 fingers and pushed against the affected part, then lightly tapped it with the back of his screwdriver.
Then it passed - saw the expo in Prime Time, I for one was not impressed.
mcattack: Someone took a wee in libras cornflakes
I would give my right arm for it to something that small and insignificant.
Don't mind me
Modern_Fairy: im not usually a suspicious person but i reckon thats the case in some cases.. i brought mine knowing it was gonna fail but had to do the nct .. went to rebook it and they had no available date within the month.. the gave me an appointment 3 days after the limit for it to be half price.. i payed to get it fixed in garage they still failed me.. told me to rebook within what ever time.. my sis bf had brought it to the center that time.. his whole family are mechanics.. they see how it failed.. i went back to my garage they told me they fixed the problem they dont see how i failed either.. had enough of the car and traded it in with one of local dealers down here.. they took it with no NCT... why they said they dont see how my car failed nct and that if they were to put it through it would pass.. wheres the logic in that
They expected you to keep retesting the car spending a fortune on silly little problems that are not going to affect the safety of the car, I dont know how they can get away with doing that to people
mcattack: That'll teach you to stop pulling handbreakers
Ah now I don't drive a Honda Civic ! 
Ye know where she keeps the cornflakes ??? What do the NCT people and a Stork have in common ??
They can both stick their bills up their hole !!
They can both stick their bills up their hole !!
Urbuddy: I think it may have been an earlier thread but this is my own experience . Last night I took my car for its NCT to the local testing center , I had no real concerns of it failing as I had it checked over recently by my local trusted mechanic . But they failed on the handbrake 'by a very narrow margin' . Now........ are we the ordinary citizens to be subjected to a backlash of NCT failures based on very narrow margins and minor issues because of the investigation into NCT practices by the PRIMETIME team in RTE . Yes I think so and I was one of the first .
They are going to be way more cautious and probably overly cautious now thus likely rise in nct fails! even if the indivduals are testing were actually honest in the first place
Urbuddy: I think it may have been an earlier thread but this is my own experience . Last night I took my car for its NCT to the local testing center , I had no real concerns of it failing as I had it checked over recently by my local trusted mechanic . But they failed on the handbrake 'by a very narrow margin' . Now........ are we the ordinary citizens to be subjected to a backlash of NCT failures based on very narrow margins and minor issues because of the investigation into NCT practices by the PRIMETIME team in RTE . Yes I think so and I was one of the first .
listen pal, i have a full license 7 years.. that NCT is the biggest heap of balls you will ever come across.. its a complete money spinnerUrbuddy: I think it may have been an earlier thread but this is my own experience . Last night I took my car for its NCT to the local testing center , I had no real concerns of it failing as I had it checked over recently by my local trusted mechanic . But they failed on the handbrake 'by a very narrow margin' . Now........ are we the ordinary citizens to be subjected to a backlash of NCT failures based on very narrow margins and minor issues because of the investigation into NCT practices by the PRIMETIME team in RTE . Yes I think so and I was one of the first .
the whole thing is a scamThe whole point of the NCT is to grab your money. Road Safety? Don't make me larf!
howlingwolf: The whole point of the NCT is to grab your money. Road Safety? Don't make me larf!
€50 every two years...?
70Libra: €50 every two years...?
I'm sure they'll take more if you want to give it to them
Tigerlily79: I brought my car in a few wks ago and it had a few things wrong with it, fair enough, I went away and got new, well, everything so it seems from brake lights, discs, lines, shocks, ball joints, wipers , you name it, I got it, including repair to a little rust forming on the offside.
I took it back, the same guy in the NCT centre tested it, went thru it with a fine tooth comb, then he got to the rust part which my mechanic had repaired. This guy proceeded to bang and bang and bang at it with excessive force with his spanner until he made a little hole in it.
With great pleasure he told me it had failed becoz of this, I had to back to my mechanic who was furious. This time I went to a different NCT centre to get the repairs checked, the guy came out, took his 2 fingers and pushed against the affected part, then lightly tapped it with the back of his screwdriver.
Then it passed - saw the expo in Prime Time, I for one was not impressed.
I'd very quickly tell him where to put his screwdriver . Seriously though it was a rather determined effort to pull in another re-test fee . I'd chance reporting that .I took it back, the same guy in the NCT centre tested it, went thru it with a fine tooth comb, then he got to the rust part which my mechanic had repaired. This guy proceeded to bang and bang and bang at it with excessive force with his spanner until he made a little hole in it.
With great pleasure he told me it had failed becoz of this, I had to back to my mechanic who was furious. This time I went to a different NCT centre to get the repairs checked, the guy came out, took his 2 fingers and pushed against the affected part, then lightly tapped it with the back of his screwdriver.
Then it passed - saw the expo in Prime Time, I for one was not impressed.
Urbuddy: I think it may have been an earlier thread but this is my own experience . Last night I took my car for its NCT to the local testing center , I had no real concerns of it failing as I had it checked over recently by my local trusted mechanic . But they failed on the handbrake 'by a very narrow margin' . Now........ are we the ordinary citizens to be subjected to a backlash of NCT failures based on very narrow margins and minor issues because of the investigation into NCT practices by the PRIMETIME team in RTE . Yes I think so and I was one of the first .
my car failed yesterday on a visual, i thought it was a bit picky but when i was waiting there, the woman next to me was putting a brand new bmw through th test as its a taxi, 300km on it and it has yo get tested, robberyjbomf: my car failed yesterday on a visual, i thought it was a bit picky but when i was waiting there, the woman next to me was putting a brand new bmw through th test as its a taxi, 300km on it and it has yo get tested, robbery
Not sure if you or anyone saw the program about taxi`s the other night on RTE .............. the state of some of the cars that were passing the test
it showed fottage of Taxi drivers giving the lads in the NCT centre backhanders to pass cars that should be scrapped 
bigjohndeere: ok well some i agree, tho there is usually a cause, renaults and new sprinters are like christmas trees for no reason,
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