Kwik Fit

Like any national chain, each site will have its good and bad points depending on the people working and managing it. They're worth checking out, I'd say, if you know your stuff, but if you don't you should get a recommendation from someone you know instead.
 
Akira said:
That's just the ones who have to deal with your courtesy car.
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helphire drivers start on £5.62 for dropping off and collecting cars not too bad, i was on £5.62 early last year think its about £200 a week

and no kwik fit monkey could sort out the passat's problems;)
 
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BigglesPiP said:
Maybe in F1? But I always assumed it was again to keep the pressure more constant with temperature variations.
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This is one of those myths that just keep coming back. Nitrogen adheres to the behaviour described by the gas laws, the same as air does.

Nitrogen in car tyres is a good example of the power of marketing, little more.
 
BigglesPiP said:
Maybe in F1? But I always assumed it was again to keep the pressure more constant with temperature variations.
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Don't think so. My understanding has always been that it is a larger atom than oxygen, hence allowing less to diffuse through the rubber, meaning your tyres will stay properly inflated for longer.
 
Gaygle said:
Don't think so. My understanding has always been that it is a larger atom than oxygen, hence allowing less to diffuse through the rubber, meaning your tyres will stay properly inflated for longer.
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If that's true, it'll only work if the inflation is 100% nitrogen, rendering costco's nitrogen inflation worthless.
 
fair enough. I always slate them because my local branch is terrible. Rude, pricey and useless. Another branch where I had an exhaust done a few years ago mounted it in an utterly retarded place and it had to be redone by a different branch.
 
There are good people at kwik-fit, along with retards.

The nature of there business is "fast/rapid/quick" fit. They are not trained mechanics, they just change tyres, shocks, exhausts batteries. They are now branching into servicing and MOT.

As for wheel balancing they commonly get the apprentice boy to do, who is usually useless.

If you want a trained mechanic, best go to a mechanics.

Centre staff are constantly being driven for more sales. Hence, they are pushy in some instances. Just like ATS Euro master & others.
 
Kwik Fit only had one way to go and that was up, they had a bad reputation for a reason, they were basically incompetent fitters being managed by thieves.
Their appalling working practice has been shown up so many times in the past they must have decided the only way they could possibly carry on was to try and be a proper fitters.

I still wont take my car there no matter how many good stories i hear.
 
atpbx said:
Kwik Fit only had one way to go and that was up, they had a bad reputation for a reason, they were basically incompetent fitters being managed by thieves.
Their appalling working practice has been shown up so many times in the past they must have decided the only way they could possibly carry on was to try and be a proper fitters.

I still wont take my car there no matter how many good stories i hear.
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I understand what you say, but they have trounsed all the competition for sales since the year dot.
 
Oxy said:
I understand what you say, but they have trounsed all the competition for sales since the year dot.
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Not strictly true.
Going from a net worth of 1.3 billion to being worth 350 million in the space of 3 years under Ford before they sold it isnt exactly what you call being a roaring success.

yes they have a sizeable market share, but their standards and working practices that get that share are extremely questionable.
 
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