Itv

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 12:00am

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I am buying a used car which has a couple of months left on the itv can I have the garage get it done again before I buy it and before the itv expires

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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 4:19am

jimtaylor

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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 4:19am

Yes. If it's tested more than a month before it expires, then you just get an ITV valid for twelve months from the date of the test.

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 5:08am

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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 5:08am

I'd have expected any reasonable and reputable car trader to automatically renew an ITV due to expire so near to the sale of a vehicle.

I'm afraid not doing so would oblige me to place a rather large question mark over their after sales policy and performance!

Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 2:33pm

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Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 2:33pm

I dont care where you buy a car. You ALWAYS test thw car you are thinking to buy to another garage, better if you had experience with them, to find any problem before you buy it.

ITV is a test for security and very small mecanical problems.

I work in a garage and we found big problems in cars that clients wanted to buy.

For example ITV would not check if there is water on the oil circuit and this is a big problem. The seller always will say that they just made service and a lot of timea that is not true.