NCT's on imports

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I've just returned from the test centre and I'm p1ssed off!
Because my car's imported and it was reg'd in jan '99 , they would only issue a disk til 12/06 .. that's 9 months before I have to do the bloody thing again!
They explain it away by saying that if the car was Irish registered in jan '99 this would be the correct renewal date. It makes my blood boil 'cause I think the system is set up to penalise imports.
Right , I'm off to kick the cat or somethin....

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The only difference is , Mark that the car was in the uk for the first year that it was supposed to have it's Irish NCT .. There's no non compliance factor here. If I'd known this was going to happen I could have held off til dec before doing the first one .. A pal of mine has a boxster in a similar situation and he's considering this at the mo.

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Sounds just about what WOULD be tried. I think the only prob with holding off on the test til dec. would be trying to avoid a fine for non- display .. although I've never heard of someone getting dun for no nct.