JIZZ UPDATE - NCT TIME
Well trying to book a NCT slot online continues to be a mass fuckabout with appointment slots starting
17 MAY 2023 as of now. Applus are blaming this that and the next thing and apparently are shipping in 22 EL TESTERS from their ITV operations in SPAIN and a further 44 testers from the PHILIPPINES are awaiting visas.
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2022/10 ... r-testing/
Obviously they can't throw up slots unless they know testers are going to turn up and not be on the Pat 'n' Mick, so you have to play them visit the website several times a day and move fast game. After looking for a few days at the start of the month, I seized on a block of slots that appeared on the 6th/7th October for the 24th onwards and opted for an early doors Sat appointment at 8.10am yesterday.
In preparation, I only got round to give the car the most cursory of glances and aborted attempt at doing something useful on Friday night as the weather was dry. I pulled the bumper off with the intention of swapping the nearside headlamp lens for a new one, but gave up as I really need a tube of Tigerseal and to get the hot air gun out to soften the old shite up if there was any hope of separating the lens from the back bowl. Having clipped the bumper back in again, I checked the oil (low again) and filled the washer bottle up. Despondent, I couldn't be arsed to even bother checking the lights.
Whilst I was down on the floor the front tyres were down near the wear bars and the outside edge, particularly of the nearside one was starting to feather off so I ordered another pair of Vredestein Quatrac tyres, These have done about 38k in 2 years and I haven't bothered rotating them this time round. New ones will go on the back and the rears will move for their turn to wear out at the front. Had a look through the front spokes and will get some new pads and discs on it soon enough too. This is all on top of the slightly overdue 175k service.
Fall out of bed at 7am and the mini Hondas are wanting in on the action too. So I drive down with them and get there for 7.50am and whilst their is activity, nothing has actually started yet. 4 men are sitting/standing in the waiting area to check-in, along with one women. Just after 8am, fat bloke starts call the names on the list and checking 2 or 3 of them in before the receptionist arrives at 8.05. She continues the job from their with the woman up next, who after having her ID checked and keys taken, is politely asked to check her appointment email. Yup after a bit of underbreath swearing the daft bint has got the wrong day - I sure the rest of us in the waiting area were pissing ourselves in our heads!
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I'll take that, it really should of had the OSF tyre down as a sub-3mm advisory too, but who cares?
Last years effort is here:
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