Cheap MOTs: Wales

jumpinjon69

Blaina Gwent Council M.O.T Station in Bayfields Ind Est
Brymmwr
B Gwent

Chris_in_Bridgend

There is a council test station in Bridgend off Waterton Road, where the council depot is. This is at Waterton Lane / Lon Tre-dwr. There is a really nice chap there named Graham who is doing the inspections.
No repairs, no hidden costs no nasty surprises. We previously paid in excess of £600 to get our (older) cars through the MOT, and since a few years we go there and the cars pass usually without problems (last time we went we had a 25 year old Volkswagen Bus and were fearing the worst. Passed with only minor recommendations).
The phonenumber is 01656 642884

ianjamie7

I have been using the council garage for years for my mot in Wrexham. It used to be based by Marcher Sound Radio (now Heart Radio ) but the council has moved its base to Wrexham Industrial Estate. If you head for the Redwithers Pub which everyone knows it as and it is around 1/4 mile on the same road heading up towards the old BICC factory which I think is called Minerals Cable or something like that. There is a Saab garage on the right and it is just before the Saab garage on the left.

Wig

welshasiancheapskate wrote: »

Hi,
Any council run mot test centres in Cardiff,wheres Clair Road? TIA

Sloper Road Bus depot has an MOT station, you go in through the blue doors up the stairs to the hackney office to book an MOT.

Though why you would want to is beyond me.

They will charge the full test fee
They inspect everything with a fine tooth comb any fail item will be a guaranteed fail
If it does fail on anything you have to take it away for repair meaning an extra £30 re-test fee if within 10 days or full fee after that.
There are outlets in South Wales with £35 test fees. And garages are more likely to be lenient than council stations. And no retest fees if left for repair. A possible saving of about £55 - £60 over using a council station. I can't be bovvered to work out the exact amounts.

Sullybum

I've just made a website for a company on Newport Road in Cardiff called Executive MOT & Service Centre.
They wanted an offers page which made some of the services really cheap. They also had a referrals thing.
Not sure what rules are like in this thread but on the GIOL threads no live links were allowed, so if you wanted to google it, its-
http://www.cardiffmotservice.com
hope it helps someone?

winnie_999

There is a council run MOT centre in Wrexham, as mentioned above it is on the Industrial Estate.

Further information:

Environment Department
Transport Depot
Abbey Road South
Wrexham Industrial Estate
Wrexham
LL13 9PW

Tel no 01978 729600
Fax no 01978 729601
email: environmental@wrexham.gov.uk

I'm not allowed to post with links, so if you Google Wrexham Council MOT, the web page is top of the search results.

petertrow

:beer:

patuk666 wrote: »

I use (and have for more years than I care to count!) Caergwrle MOT Services just outside Wrexham.

I live near Loggerheads, outside Mold, so Caergwrle would be handy. Have you got a phone number for them by any chance? My MOT runs out in 8 days! Cheers Pete

Lychee

Hello

Can anyone recommend a garage in Swansea for repair and MOT please? It definitely needs a repair before the MOT!

Thanks in advance

pwharley

rhiannon1234 wrote: »

This isn't listed on the Money Saving Expert MOT page yet is it?

No, the Newport Transport MOT Centre still isn't added!

Can the adminstrator get it put on the list and map, please?

BaileyB

anyone know if there is a Swansea council run centre, cannot see anything on the map.

thanks