So after failing on emissions only last month i went down to Souhans today to get new cat put in, job done in about 90 mins and emissions were zeroed, result. Chanced my arm and tried to get a cancellation in NCT and do the full test, managed to blag into Fonthill, i was certain it would pass, comes back to me, and it failed on loose headlight and earth cable disconnected from starter motor, balls, so i completely forgot about the cable from the starter motor so thats my fault, but i wasn't aware of the loose headlight, seems one of the plastic pop-its on the bottom snapped off when i damaged my bumper a few months back. So i went to work, put the car up on the ramp, fixed headlight, cut a bolt to length to secure earth cable. put everything back together, Went back to Fonthill to blag a re-test, result, in i go. Guy thats doing the re-test is useless cant figure out what headlight was loose and barely makes an effort to check them, he spends 10 minutes looking for loose cable in the engine bay and cant find it. He puts the car up on the ramp and figures it out. Went down to the counter, "congrats, you passed, everything perfect" I look at the cert, and its only valid until 31/08/14, balls. I know its been out since then, but i thought it goes a year from date it passed, he says, no and walks off. Balls.
Busy feckin day, walk to the fridge to get a beer, balls, forgot to get some, and its Good Friday. Milk it is so!