The Official TFK NCT Thread

[Fagan_ODowd]

@flattythehurdler

Herself was driving from the UK yesterday with a carload. 4am start 445 on the road. Drove all the way to near ballinasloe and got a blowout and rang me in tears. Rang the tyre centre in bsloe, who put me on to the place in Athlone, who put me on to kilroys tyres in Athlone. I explained I had a semi hysterical wife stranded on the motorway and he moved a lad from another job straight there. She was underway again with a new tyre and hour after phoning me. Dear do at 245 but they were so brilliant

She must be a fine driver to be able to navigate it to the hard shoulder after the fright she must have got.
Best bit of driving I ever saw was a fella getting a blow out in the fast lane of the Naas Road doing a fair owl speed and managing to manoeuvre the car into the hard shoulder in busy Sunday evening traffic.

[balbec]

Wasn’t a bad price considering. She must have been knackered

[Heyyoubehindthebushes]

The 19" ones? At least 150 euro a corner

[carryharry]

Depends on tyre make & size. Call out too.

Sounds more than fair tbh

[gilgamboa]

@flattythehurdler

She was underway again with a new tyre and hour after phoning me. Dear do at 245 but they were so brilliant

The tyre is prob 120 alone so 125 for a quick emergency call out hardly a gouging IMO

[myboyblue]

@flattythehurdler

Herself was driving from the UK yesterday with a carload. 4am start 445 on the road. Drove all the way to near ballinasloe and got a blowout and rang me in tears. Rang the tyre centre in bsloe, who put me on to the place in Athlone, who put me on to kilroys tyres in Athlone. I explained I had a semi hysterical wife stranded on the motorway and he moved a lad from another job straight there. She was underway again with a new tyre and hour after phoning me. Dear do at 245 but they were so brilliant

What price peace of mind however. Cheap out all in all

[habanerocat]

I suppose the spare was well hidden in the boot.

[mikehunt]

My jallopy managed to sneak home. The boys were quiet so i said they were in good form and felt sorry for it.

[flattythehurdler]

She was exhausted too. She’s exhausted putting up with me 20 years.

[Jahan]

@Julio_Geordio

My man from the Philippines comes out and takes the car. Comes out the other end and he slaps a big dangerous fail sticker on the front window.

I’d say I may have met the same fella today. I had one bad tyre which I knew was on its last legs so failed on that.

I had a quick errand to do in town before going to replace the tyres (one other advisory tyre), so I parked in the taxi rank on Sarsfield Street instead of putting on the hazards on William Street.

I arrived back a few minutes later and there were two Guards standing beside the car, at a taxi rank full of other private cars, talking to an auld wan.

I went to hop in, hoping for the best, but one of them pulled me up and said the taxi drivers were giving them awful trouble about the rank being full but he knew I hadn’t been gone too long so no ticket. Next thing he says, ’ what’s that’s all about?'. I looked on the screen and unbeknownst to me there was a dangerous fail sticker on it which was obscured by the rear view mirror from the driver’s seat perspective. He told me had never encountered one of those stickers before. After a bit of discussion he concluded I was sound enough and in a catch 22 situation so sent me on my way.

[habanerocat]

Hard to fathom that.

[gilgamboa]

You must have had a fierce gormless head on you

[Jahan]

I’d say so. I think the Limerick GAA jacket got me over the line.

[Bod95]

@Jahan

I’d say so. I think the Limerick GAA jacket got me over the line.

You’re lucky it wasn’t Pawdee

[balbec]

Or the sprinter from Clare

[FatChops]

Linford Christie and his mate, Stevie Wonder. FFS.

[tazdedub]

I have an NCT in June on my last NCT the car passed but I got an advisory on my tyres that they were nearly 6 years old, didn’t think they were that old. Will I need to get them changed before the next NCT in June? Thread depth is fine on them.

[Julio_Geordio]

6 years old Jaysus Taz

[FatChops]

Yerra let it in and see how you get on.

[PhattPike]

So long as the tyres are road-worthy, e.g., above min thread depth, no nicks etc you should be fine, I don’t think there is a legal max age.