Nationwide Autocentre

judderman

any more reviews on these http://www.nationwideautocentres.co.uk/ ? my mot due on 4th May
Tesco club card holder brings mot to £40.28

whatsupthefrog

load of rubbish took my car in to be serviced(see other thread) and mot they broke the tensioner and cam belt- £900 damage to repair, seeing if I have any claim.

monkeyspanner

judderman wrote: »

any more reviews on these http://www.nationwideautocentres.co.uk/ ? my mot due on 4th May
Tesco club card holder brings mot to £40.28

Yes if you pay cash/cheque/credit card you get the reduced price but if you use Tesco vouchers you need to have enough vouchers for the full MOT price i.e. £50.35 or pay difference in cash etc.

Mandark

They were my regular MOT garage. Found them to be honest and never had a problem.

Iamthesmartestmanalive

whatsupthefrog wrote: »

load of rubbish took my car in to be serviced(see other thread) and mot they broke the tensioner and cam belt- £900 damage to repair, seeing if I have any claim.

No they never broke them

Parts of your car broke whilst with them

Theres a difference

fox2319

I used them a couple of times. On the 2nd occasion, the put the wrong spark plugs in during a services and had to keep it for a week while they checked the cylinders and replaced the head gasket, that blew again 6 months later and we were told we needed a new engine (which they paid for). The car was never the same since and we traded it in last august for a new car.

I appreciate I may have just been unlucky but I will never use them again.

03022242

does anyone know how much it costs to replace a clutch on a MK1 ford focus?.. at nationwide autocentes?

boatman

They do have a habit of finding things that don't really need doing(pads, discs and tyres are a particular favourite)!! That is fine for a service because you can decide if you want them to do it or not. In the case of the MOT i feel they have you captive because you can't get your car back until they fix whatever they have found. Strictly speaking you can get your car back but you are in effect driving it illegally if it has failed.

polarbearit

Like many chains there are good and bad ones and so the quality does seem to vary. I've used the one in Swindon previously and been happy (though without discounts some of the work is pricy)...

LandyAndy

03022242 wrote: »

does anyone know how much it costs to replace a clutch on a MK1 ford focus?.. at nationwide autocentes?

Yes, they do. Ring them up and ask and stop wasting our time.