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MOT Compare Price
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MOT Compare Price
Wondering whether to go to BMW for £54.85, stumbled across this website, might help some https://racgaragecompare.co.uk/
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Re: MOT Compare Price
I'm always highly suspicious of discounted MOT's because how do they make any money?
I prefer to take mine now to one of these MOT only garages now. They have no axe to grind
- I.e. No motivation to "fail" on rather dodgy grounds.
I prefer to take mine now to one of these MOT only garages now. They have no axe to grind
- I.e. No motivation to "fail" on rather dodgy grounds.
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Totally agree with the above, unless you have a garage you trust and have used for years - I have been going to the same family run garage for all my MOT and servicing for the last 15 years.
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Re: MOT Compare Price
This.original guvnor wrote:I'm always highly suspicious of discounted MOT's because how do they make any money?
I prefer to take mine now to one of these MOT only garages now. They have no axe to grind
- I.e. No motivation to "fail" on rather dodgy grounds.
I did use BMW last year when they had an offer on. They failed it, and then passed it after adjusting the headlight, and for no extra cost.
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Re: MOT Compare Price
Same here - if you book & pay online my local place charges a reduced rate of £40 for an MOT but, if you book/pay for it at least 90 days in advance, you can get it for £27original guvnor wrote:I'm always highly suspicious of discounted MOT's because how do they make any money?
I prefer to take mine now to one of these MOT only garages now. They have no axe to grind
- I.e. No motivation to "fail" on rather dodgy grounds.
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Re: MOT Compare Price
Same here - Just MOTs for me. Ultimately the difference is only £10 between the cheapest and someone who I know is fair so worth it in my opinion. They failed mine then adjusted the headlights and passed it - first I knew about it was the extra sheet stapled to the back which was good of them. Still thorough though - spotted the slight tear in the tie rod boot that I put into it a month ago when attempting to remove it from the steering knuckle but down as an advisory as it's still clean at the moment. Got the replacement bits on the way now, just need a bigger hammer to break it free.PerryGunn wrote:Same here - if you book & pay online my local place charges a reduced rate of £40 for an MOT but, if you book/pay for it at least 90 days in advance, you can get it for £27original guvnor wrote:I'm always highly suspicious of discounted MOT's because how do they make any money?
I prefer to take mine now to one of these MOT only garages now. They have no axe to grind
- I.e. No motivation to "fail" on rather dodgy grounds.
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Re: MOT Compare Price
Mine is always £30 at Huddersfield BMW
Only ever failed one car and that was for a broken spring.
Only ever failed one car and that was for a broken spring.
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It takes 45 mins to 1 hour to do an MOT. Work it out, the cheaper the price they are more likely to fail and charge you for minor adjustments.
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last couple of years i have had mine done at VW, i think it was £35
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Re: MOT Compare Price
I always take my cars to the same place. Only used BMW once and it passed but cost an arm and a leg and in talking about 10 years ago and it cost about £70!) and it was carried out elsewhere. Not pleased with that to be honest.
I've heard of people getting groupon offers for a 'service' and MOT for £20/£30 and then the car fails on loads of costly things. Strange that. Never once heard of one passing but when challenged by someone with a bit of knowledge they soon change their tune about what's actually needing done.
So unless you've used a garage listed before and trust them, then I'd stay clear of cheap garages offering MOTs
I've heard of people getting groupon offers for a 'service' and MOT for £20/£30 and then the car fails on loads of costly things. Strange that. Never once heard of one passing but when challenged by someone with a bit of knowledge they soon change their tune about what's actually needing done.
So unless you've used a garage listed before and trust them, then I'd stay clear of cheap garages offering MOTs
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Re: MOT Compare Price
For the Audi, they "forced" me to do the MOT there, as I have two year warranty with the car but only if you do the MOT there (servicing included for 2 years as well). Obviously full price MOT and obviously passed as they guarantee to pass it when you buy the car (with the two year warranty etc).
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Re: MOT Compare Price
Headlight adjustment is a common theme here and it happened to us on the e91, I'm sure they were fine but they charged us £11 to adjust them. 20s with an allen key with no need to remove any parts... They failed it on the brakes too saying there was an imbalance on the front (one of the discs was not wearing on the outer edge like the other did to the edge) but there was no issue with it in use. Told them to stick it and changed all the discs/pads myself and they said we could retest for free as we paid for the headlight adjustment. Then they tried to charge us for the retest. KwikFit.
Still quids in with the cheaper garages though.
Plus to be fair the KwikFit I used where I lived before always passed my car every time, even with the pathetic handbrake on the e46. Halfords tried to charge me £160 to change the shoes. Cheaper to get the test at KwikFit and it passed!
Still quids in with the cheaper garages though.
Plus to be fair the KwikFit I used where I lived before always passed my car every time, even with the pathetic handbrake on the e46. Halfords tried to charge me £160 to change the shoes. Cheaper to get the test at KwikFit and it passed!
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Re: MOT Compare Price
Halfords for my last MOT at £30. Advisories for brake pipe corrosion, rear bump stop not attached (???) and weeping diff. Seemed pretty legit to me so will use them again. If I get any grief in future though I'll use the council test centre.
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Re: MOT Compare Price
If any of you are London based then I highly recommend The Test Centre in Deptford http://www.thetestcentre.co.uk
They are very friendly, you can watch them work, open 7 days a week, can book online and also really into their cars. Last year I took my 95 Merc SL500 there and ended up taking one of the testers out for a quick spin as he was drooling so much
Also they only do MOTs so there is no potential business for them if your car fails.
Will be taking the Zed there for sure when it's due.
They are very friendly, you can watch them work, open 7 days a week, can book online and also really into their cars. Last year I took my 95 Merc SL500 there and ended up taking one of the testers out for a quick spin as he was drooling so much
Also they only do MOTs so there is no potential business for them if your car fails.
Will be taking the Zed there for sure when it's due.