Cheap MOTs: London

KeithP

shinkyshonky wrote: »

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

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

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

Sidface wrote: »

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

Craigemundo wrote: »

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/council-commercial_activities-mot_testing/789/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.

harryabc

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE BY NO MEANS USE THIS CENTRE. I WENT THERE NOV '09 AND THE TESTER MADE ME SCRUB ONE OF MY HEADLIGHTS CLEAN ALL BCOS SOME KIDS ROUND MY WAY HAD POURED A SEMI-OPAQUE LIQUID ONTO THAT LIGHT BUT THAT HEADLIGHT LOOKED THE SAME AS THE OTHER ONE?? HE WAS TOO STRINGENT IN THAT TEST - I CAME AWAY WITH PALMS RED SORE AFTER ALL THAT SCRUBBING :mad: