Cheap MOTs: London

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[C3P0]

Hi, wondering if anyone knows of a reliable garage fro repair and / or test centre in Camden or north London.
Hoping to buy a car this month and not jhad one for 4 years, so have no idea where is trust worthy!

[Philip honest Mot tester]

Hi My name is Phil
I work for a local independent mot testing station in upper Holloway north London and i pride myself as a fair and honest mot tester, you say that there are cut price mot test stations out there but cheep is not always best remember the hidden cost of retest, we at out test station do not charge for retest with 10 working days whether the work is carried out at the test station or not, but there are many simple items on the test sheet that the presenter can help them selves, items like make sure that all lights work,water in screen wash ,make sure all seat belts are accessible {no need to remove child seats} Tyre inflated and with more that the legal limit of 1.6mm thread dept and even check the oil level, if no oil the emission test can't be completed ,you would be surprised how many cars fail just for these items, i would do my level best to make a car pass but all the little items cost time and time is money in this day
so prepare before an mot its time well spent and always check out the garage that you intend to visit ,ask about, ask friends.
the tester has no vested interest in whether the car passes or fails, when the tester is testing your car he is not working for the garage he is working on behalf of VOSA
to find out about council test stations ring up your local mot area office to get tel & address or search the web

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[Philip honest Mot tester]

Marlborough service station tel 0207 272 9405/ 72811101/ 72812201
N19 4NP
Ask for Philip

Originally Posted by C3P0

Hi, wondering if anyone knows of a reliable garage fro repair and / or test centre in Camden or north London.
Hoping to buy a car this month and not jhad one for 4 years, so have no idea where is trust worthy!

[Philip honest Mot tester]

Marlborough service station tel 0207 272 9405
172 Marlborough rd
N19 4NP
Ask for Philip

Originally Posted by C3P0

Hi, wondering if anyone knows of a reliable garage fro repair and / or test centre in Camden or north London.
Hoping to buy a car this month and not jhad one for 4 years, so have no idea where is trust worthy!

[Gosia]

Hi

Silly question I know but here it goes....

Can I use my local MOT centre to do a Service as my car is not yet 4 years old so only need a service and it would be prudent to have one???

Any help much appreciated. :confused:

[Philip honest Mot tester]

i would recommend you do a service as it my experience as an mot tester that most newer cars are not looked after as well as older ones and newer cars seem to have more problems when it comes to mot time so by having your car maintained regularly is money well spent, and yes your local mot centre should be able to deal with normal servicing

[trinidadone]

hey all, I am due for a MOT after my current certificate runs out on 25th oct. I am thinking of using the council run one in wandsworth, just got a few questions for anybody who has used the MOT service in andsworth:

1) how much do they charge for a MOT?

2) did it take long for an appointment to be arranged?

3) If it fails the MOT, what next?

[Sidface]

I was really worried about getting my MOT done and couldn't find any council run ones locally. I ended up going to a place called Michaels Garage (11 Balmoral Gr, London, N7 9NQ, 020 76077380). It was a friendly old greek guy who owned the place and he put my car through (for £55) and even changed a brake light at no extra cost. Highly recommended!

[igaquo1]

Bad news! On booking my car today into the Waltham Forest council MOT centre in Walthamstow, London, I was told that the council was preparing to close down the centre. I'm not sure at what stage the decision is, but I'd suggest to everyone if they support these independent council MOT centres then should they use the Waltham Forest council MOT centre to try and reduce its chances of closing. Even write an email or letter to the Council as well might help.

http://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/inde...ot-testing.htm
Argall Avenue
London E10 7AS

[shinkyshonky]

Originally Posted by igaquo1

Bad news! On booking my car today into the Waltham Forest council MOT centre in Walthamstow, London, I was told that the council was preparing to close down the centre. I'm not sure at what stage the decision is, but I'd suggest to everyone if they support these independent council MOT centres then should they use the Waltham Forest council MOT centre to try and reduce its chances of closing. Even write an email or letter to the Council as well might help.

http://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/inde...ot-testing.htm
Argall Avenue
London E10 7AS

I can confirm the above has closed,
does anyone know the number for newham council....

[KeithP]

Originally Posted by shinkyshonky

...does anyone know the number for newham council....

Just a thought, but perhaps google will have the answer.

[campioni06]

Anyone living in South London I definitley recommend using the Wandsworth centre at the Frogmore Complex. Booked it late Thursday, went in Friday morning. Friendly staff, told me to leave the car and go back in an hour, went back and the MOT had been done, passed and was ready to go. Highly recommend them.

[cybetron]

Hi,

Can anyone suggest a good MOT and a service center in Harrow-on-the-Hill please? My car is a Toyota Corolla 1.6 CD, MOT is due next month.

Many Thanks,
Tosh.

[Craigemundo]

Hi, could anyone advise me where to go in the Ponders End/Enfield area? I'm pretty new to the place, and I'm not sure where all the centres are! Any help is very much appreciated.

[teamwork]

I went to PITSTOP who are on the Staples Corner Roundabout. They were great. They only do MOTs just like the council centres, so also have no vested interest in failing you. On the contrary, I realised that they would rather pass you to save themselves the extra work from a retest. They charge £54 and retests are free within 10 days.

My car hadn't had an MOT for a year (was in garage) and it is 8 years old, but still passed. They just put me 2 notes on my paperwork saying I needed to deal with an oil leak and one tyre that was near the legal minimum, but the car passed anyway.
PITSTOP MOT CENTRE2 Adrian Avenue
Staples Corner
London
NW2 1LXTel: 0208 8306409

[UEF]

The Rutlish Auto Care Centre (SW19 1LY) isn't a council test centre - it is a standard garage who do repairs etc.

Although I am very pleased to report a swift pass from them with no nasty surprises and no advisories

The closest council run centre is the Wandsworth one - SW18 1EY

I can also vouch heavily for the Tower Hamlets centre at E14 0JJ - very good service up there.

[TheAble]

Originally Posted by Sidface

I was really worried about getting my MOT done and couldn't find any council run ones locally. I ended up going to a place called Michaels Garage (11 Balmoral Gr, London, N7 9NQ, 020 76077380). It was a friendly old greek guy who owned the place and he put my car through (for £55) and even changed a brake light at no extra cost. Highly recommended!

Based on this recommendation I also tried Michaels Garage. Top marks! I've got nothing but praise - excellent service, very good value and friendly staff. I'll definitely be going back, no question about it.

[MoneySavingSpender]

Originally Posted by Craigemundo

Hi, could anyone advise me where to go in the Ponders End/Enfield area? I'm pretty new to the place, and I'm not sure where all the centres are! Any help is very much appreciated.

Enfield:
http://www.enfield.gov.uk/info/869/c...89/mot_testing
Address:
Carterhatch Depot
7 Melling Drive
Enfield
EN1 4BS
Tel: 020 8379 2180/2196
Fax: 020 8379 2200

[dodgy_damo]

Newham MOT’s

020 8472 0343 or 0208 430 3963.

Appointments Only.
3-Wheeler, cars, mini-buses, van – 3.5 Ton.

Free retest.
Central Depot, Folkestone Road, East Ham, London E6 6BX

I've used Newham Council MOT test centre several times. Very good!
The public entrance is actually at Jenkins lane, near to the Bectkton roundabaout where the North Circular (A406) meets the A13.
Press buzzer, expalin you're there for MOT test and drive through, you will see MOT parking on right hand side as you drive further in.