tootlewagon

Can anyone remind me, just how soon before expiry can I put my car in to be retested.

Thanks...

peterfc

Two months

tootlewagon

Thanks for the info peterfc, will put it in for inspection next week

Red Eric

Hope nobody thinks me too pedantic but it might be useful to some to know that the law was changed a few years ago and the inspection can now be done up to 3 months in advance.

tootlewagon

Even better news - more time = more flexibility

Jonny22

Yes, the reminder card I got through the post says 3 months.

tootlewagon

Last year I missed the expiry date by 3 days, and it cost me a €250 fine. Won't let that happen again!

Mike

I take it you got pulled over and then realised....

tootlewagon

Absolutely - an fine example of Portugal Policing ( walking around car parks, looking at windscreens)!

EMR

We do a much better job in the UK, with all the data instantly available via the DVLA to the police.
Thousands caught out every month with cars imponded at the roadside.
Don't knock Portugal.

Red Eric

You haven't actually been required to display the vignette from the IPO certificate in the windscreen for a while now. The only one it's necessary to display is the insurance.

Not that that would help if you were pulled over and they demanded to see the certificate, which you need to carry about with you when driving - but it may have helped not to alert them in the car park scenario.

tootlewagon

Fair point and I have a feeling that, without a valid IPO sticker on the winscreen, the Police might be more inclined to do a "stop and check" so I will keep on displaying the vignette - " just in case" 😃😃

Red Eric

I'm not sure their eyesight is good enough to see which vignettes you're displaying at the distance you'll be from them when they flag you down for a docs inspection.

Ingles

Always display mine as this happened to me a couple off weeks ago.
GNR stood in middle off the road ,I slowed down ,he saw I had seat belt on & checked windscreen then flagged me on.