nationwide mot

[james walker]

hi, anyone had any experience with these guys nationwide, they do mot, service etc.

mate got booked in for an mot tomorrow and, anyone know if they are quick with any repairs, i.e brakes, tyres etc as he really needs a pass for work.

cheers

happy new year

 

[highguyuk]

As with any National Chain, there are good and bad stories!

Personally for me for a service, they were spot on and very good.

 

[edmong]

Pay peanuts and you get monkeys! Thats all I have to say.

 

[james walker]

payed 33 quid for mot, passed through, took 40 mins.

waited while tyhey did it and the customer service was excellent

so if you do pay peanuts, you dont always get monkeys edmong.

so when you went to the stealers they werent monkeys???

 

[edmong]

I know what type of mechanics they employ from experience working closely with them.

They used to be called Apple (got a bad name) so they changed it to Stop and Steer (got a bad name) now they've gone to Nationwide.

 

[andycupra]

payed 33 quid for mot, passed through, took 40 mins.

waited while tyhey did it and the customer service was excellent

so if you do pay peanuts, you dont always get monkeys edmong.

so when you went to the stealers they werent monkeys???

thats good news, but to be objective you would not really find out how good they are unless something needed doing.

 

[oldman]

and mot cost is standard for whole country and regulated by the dvla (govt dept.)

but i don't agree that pay peanuts get monkeys - based on fact people state dealership workmanship is poor and you can't say that costs peanuts!!!

 

[Phillc]

and mot cost is standard for whole country and regulated by the dvla (govt dept.)

but i don't agree that pay peanuts get monkeys - based on fact people state dealership workmanship is poor and you can't say that costs peanuts!!!

from my experience the charge for an mot is not standard £33 is good, the local garage to me charge £50 and the garage i take mine too are £40 so it seems to fluctuate quite a lot.

 

[edmong]

and mot cost is standard for whole country and regulated by the dvla (govt dept.)

but i don't agree that pay peanuts get monkeys - based on fact people state dealership workmanship is poor and you can't say that costs peanuts!!!

VOSA control the cost of the MOT not the DVLA. A garage can charge what they want but cannot go any higher than £50.35.

What I meant with paying peanuts is the employees of Nationwide not what a customer pays.

 

[oldman]

VOSA control the cost of the MOT not the DVLA. A garage can charge what they want but cannot go any higher than £50.35.

Thanks for tidying that up for me.

 

[james walker]

the 33 quid was with an aa member discount.

they were very good members of staff mates.

doncaster branch recommended.

overall very happy bunny

 

[andycupra]

VOSA control the cost of the MOT not the DVLA. A garage can charge what they want but cannot go any higher than £50.35.
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interesting, thats not what all the garages say around here when they went up from £25 to £41..
but i guess i can see there point, the VOSA cost went up, and i believe several minor things like adjusting headlights were added as something the station should do at no extra cost.

Certainly the place i go to which does not do any repairs, (just the test) now adjust headlights at no extra cost which they didnt do at all before.

 

[Romeoisgraham]

just watch that they dont try tell you that you need parts replaced, they often tell you your tracking is out or that your suspension stutt is leaking. Just be careful and get a second opinion.

 

[edmong]

VOSA only charge MOT garages (i think) £2.17 per test and £1.50 of that goes to Seimens for the computerised system. So VOSA hardly make anything from it.

IMO if you run a MOT garage its a licence to print money!