Service before or after NCT?

What are you thoughts on this?

my gf got her car serviced (with the NCT in mind) before an NCT and it still failed, she went back to the garage and got all the things fixed FOC and passed on the next attempt, next time she plans to do the test and fix what it fails on, that said its still a good ideal to get your car serviced at regular intervals, check tire threads etc, last thing you want to do is compromise your safety to save a few quid

A mixed strategy is best I think. You should get a car serviced every 6-12 mths anyway, so it's best to try and time these with the NCT. However only a standard service & checks. If they come back with a list of things to be fixed or replaced, I would then wait until the NCT to see in fact if they were needed.

I got the car nct just before it was due a service didn't seem to make any difference passed no bother without a service.

The only thing I did do was get the headlights alligned the day before.

I would say unless the car sounds rough or is smoking heavily then I would wait till after and see what needs to be done.

Thanks for the replies.

You are better off sticking it thu without a service and then getting what they tell you is wrong fixed. You will save money that way.