Kwik-Fit

Casdawer · 18 Jan 2010 at 14:28

Afternoon all,

Got my MOT due soon and i wanted to know if Kwik-Fit is as bad as people say it is.

I have Kwik-Fit right next to my work which is the reason i'm asking as my usual garage is 7 miles out of town and i don't fancy walking to work from there

Anyone had any good/bad experiences with them?

Thanks.

antijoke · 18 Jan 2010 at 14:30

I used Kwik-Fit for my last MOT in November. Dropped the keys off, collected at night, no problems.

So yeah had a very good experience of using them.

Janesy B · 18 Jan 2010 at 14:30

Monkeys. I'd rather walk the 7 miles.

Peerzy · 18 Jan 2010 at 14:33

They are just likely to MOT your car and say, "Hmmmm you need 4 new tyres, a new exhaust and your in luck because that's exactly what we do!". Also not the best trained workers ever. If it's your only option and you know your car isn't a total shed and should either pass or only fail on a minor thing I wouldn't be too worried but if not I'd look for a good local indy garage. Always good to have a garage you use frequently and trust as it could potentially make things cheaper in the long run.

Reality Bites · 18 Jan 2010 at 14:34

Janesy B said:
Monkeys. I'd rather walk the 7 miles.

on your face?

lemzip · 18 Jan 2010 at 14:35

Janesy B said:
Monkeys. I'd rather walk the 7 miles.

agreed, overpriced....way overpriced

Went in to get a quote on 4 new tyres, some brand i have never heard off at around 70 each with 1 free tyre or some offer (looked then up, they are bad bad tyres), ended up being 210 quid with the free one. Went to a local garage, 207 for 4 new goodyears.

nuff said and wouldnt ever go back.

Berger · 18 Jan 2010 at 14:39

Well the MOT is an MOT, they cant fail your car on items which arent a fail can they.

You have to be an approved MOT tester etc etc blah blah so its not just anyone doing it for you, the work experience kid wont have a go like he might do if you went in for some tyres.

Id say go for it and see what happens.

Skii · 18 Jan 2010 at 14:45

Depends on the branch, I've had good experiences and couldn't really fault them.

Liquidfox · 18 Jan 2010 at 14:48

Berger said:
Well the MOT is an MOT, they cant fail your car on items which arent a fail can they.

You have to be an approved MOT tester etc etc blah blah so its not just anyone doing it for you, the work experience kid wont have a go like he might do if you went in for some tyres.

Id say go for it and see what happens.

I've heard horror stories where they can, and will fail them on trivial things which should have passed. As long as you have your wits about you, you'll be fine.

Biohazard · 18 Jan 2010 at 14:52

Reality Bites said:
on your face?

haha

TomO · 18 Jan 2010 at 14:53

3 visits , 3 bad experiences.

That was 12 years ago as I learnt my lesson and havent used them since.

bledd · 18 Jan 2010 at 15:02

I only take my car to get MOT'd where I know the people doing it.

More likely to get nudged through with an advisory if something needs to be looked at, of course you can't always do this.

poopots · 18 Jan 2010 at 15:02

I think it's just cool to hate them. I wouldn't have any problems with them doing an MOT on my car. It's going to be blatantly obvious if your exhaust is blowing and need new tyres .

Matt82 · 18 Jan 2010 at 15:07

they failed my sister's car because the NSF tyre was allegedly below teh legal limit

the shoulder wasnt fantastic but the rest of it was "ok". 3mm-4mm everywhere.

she took it there because they did a cheap £13 mot wanted to charge her £170 for the replacement tyre. we took it elsewhere and got it dont properly

DM · 18 Jan 2010 at 15:19

An MOT is a MOT, who cares who does it, if you are confident it will pass an MOT, save yourself the 7 mile trip.

Berger · 18 Jan 2010 at 15:22

Matt82 said:
they failed my sister's car because the NSF tyre was allegedly below teh legal limit

the shoulder wasnt fantastic but the rest of it was "ok". 3mm-4mm everywhere.

she took it there because they did a cheap £13 mot wanted to charge her £170 for the replacement tyre. we took it elsewhere and got it dont properly

If your so insistant that the tester was wrong then appeal about it or do you think it would fail at a VOSA chosen MOT station?

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicle/Mot/DG_4022113

antijoke · 18 Jan 2010 at 15:24

lemzip said:
agreed, overpriced....way overpriced

Went in to get a quote on 4 new tyres, some brand i have never heard off at around 70 each with 1 free tyre or some offer (looked then up, they are bad bad tyres), ended up being 210 quid with the free one. Went to a local garage, 207 for 4 new goodyears.

nuff said and wouldnt ever go back.

Really? I got mine for £35 in November.

And you can still get it for that price by booking online.

Unlight · 18 Jan 2010 at 15:25

Whilst they are normally very overpriced, each branch is different - all depends on the quality of the staff really!

Matt82 · 18 Jan 2010 at 15:41

Berger said:
If your so insistant that the tester was wrong then appeal about it or do you think it would fail at a VOSA chosen MOT station?

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicle/Mot/DG_4022113

the requirement is more than 1.6mm across 75% of the tyre, hers had a naff shoulder, so one inch of the width and its a 275 tyre (on an ML mercedes)

we didnt bother disputing it (other than arguing with the branch) because it was only a £13 test

allllec · 18 Jan 2010 at 19:12

It's an MOT at the end of the day.

As long as you have your wits about you they can't really shaft you. Its either MOT worthy or not. To be totally honest I'd rather not walk 7 miles for the sake of putting it in an indy.