Would you trust Kwik Fit with a service and MOT

Sirrel Squirrel · 25 Apr 2006 at 13:22

Kwik fit are doing this little deal where you get a full service and MOT for about £120, thinking of going for it as it sounds reasonable and any problems with the car should be sorted in the service so more likely to pass the MOT, had a look at their service check list too and seems like they check pretty much everything including changing the oil, filters, spark plugs etc. Just don't know whether to trust them lol

M0T · 25 Apr 2006 at 13:24

The problem you might have is that if anything is wrong that would cause the mot to fail then they will charge you through the nose to fix it.

Sirrel Squirrel · 25 Apr 2006 at 13:30

Don't think anything is wrong with my car, just had a whole new braking system fitted and the car drives well, so hopefully no problems

[TW]Fox · 25 Apr 2006 at 13:32

Full service and MOT for £120? Doesnt sound like much of a 'deal' to me.

Sirrel Squirrel · 25 Apr 2006 at 13:34

How much would a full service normally cost, Ford down the road charge about £120 for just the service, never had it done by them though

Oakesy2001uk · 25 Apr 2006 at 13:34

go to a normal garage! wont cost you any more, and they shouldent charge you through the nose if anything needs doing. Your best finding a local garage that you can trust, might take you a few years and a few rip offs, but when you find one you will be sweet! I have the luxury of my best mate and his dad owning a garage about 0.5 miles away from my house!

burns · 25 Apr 2006 at 13:34

Especially not from KF. You'll need 4 new tyres and the tracking done at least. Thats not a good price in the first place and they're just crappy mechanics anyway.

Morba · 25 Apr 2006 at 13:39

[TW]Fox said:
Full service and MOT for £120? Doesnt sound like much of a 'deal' to me.

cheaper than getting mine done at local bmw indy!
tho tbh id prefer to take it to my indy

paradigm · 25 Apr 2006 at 13:39

Judging from members on SeatCupra.net i'll be looking at around £120-£150 for a main dealer service on the Cupra R. For a normal mass produced car, I'd have thought a dealer service could be had for £100~ probably lower.

£120 for a service from qwikfit (shudders :eek:

) and an MOT sounds like an awful price. And I wouldn't trust qwikfit near my car anyway.

Sirrel Squirrel · 25 Apr 2006 at 13:43

That's settled then, I'm off to find a good local garage, any recommendations for the Romford/Hornchurch area

cruel_kindness · 25 Apr 2006 at 14:12

Thats nothing, my local toyota dealer quoted me £300 for a service yesterday!

POB · 25 Apr 2006 at 14:17

cruel_kindness said:
Thats nothing, my local toyota dealer quoted me £300 for a service yesterday!

I paid for a 36k Service for a Fiat Stilo £330.

Now its out of warenty it went to the Fiat Specialists, they only wanted £150 for the service.

Shame the bill came to £530 after I have front discs and pads and rear pads replaced :eek:

ajgoodfellow · 25 Apr 2006 at 14:20

A major service on my Astra cost £350 - I think a minor one is about £200

LeoWyatt · 25 Apr 2006 at 14:21

Well the garage round the corner from work charge £80 for a full service and an MOT will set you back £35 so all in all they are charging a fiver more. I don't honestly see how that is such "awful" value.

I'll just point out I haven't actually had a car serviced there. I'm doing my own service this Friday.

Confused · 25 Apr 2006 at 14:22

It wouldn't surprise me if they failed it, saying that the brakes are worn, tracking's out, tyres are too low etc, then trying to charge you loads more to "fix" it.

Plus I wouldn't trust the trained monkeys they employ, either.

mattpc · 25 Apr 2006 at 14:27

No!!! Ask more sensible questions in the future please!!!!

penski · 25 Apr 2006 at 15:25

They are fitters (shoddy ones at that), not mechanics.

Go to a proper garage.

*n

Morba · 25 Apr 2006 at 15:46

penski said:
They are fitters (shoddy ones at that), not mechanics.

Go to a proper garage.

*n

the company are fitters, but the staff may well be spanner monkeys.
my brother is a manager of a branch and most are mechanics not just trained fitters ;]

Sputnik II · 25 Apr 2006 at 15:57

I don't really trust anyone to work on my cars because its soo difficult to find someone thats actually got the skill to do it properly.
One of my cars has now got a bent rear anti-roll bar due to the retard MOT tester that jacked the car up on it. Theres no point complaining because they'll just say it was like it when I took it in Etc.
As for the price of £120 for a service and MOT. Doesn't sound that good to me. Depends what kind of a service your getting though doesnt it ?

Morba · 25 Apr 2006 at 16:01

MOTs arent that dear and can be done while servicing tbh, so they arent losing much money.

£120 for a service isnt that bad, its how much the Halfords AA garages charge i think, and they are mechs not fitters (also more knowlegable than the spanners who work in normal halfords).