Mot

cazkins

Hello all, hope everyone's okay!

I've got my MOT due December 1st for my little KA and was wondering what people thought of a few MOT centres. My local one charges £54, and I've used them once before and they spotted a repair worth £150. Wanting to save some money on the initial MOT cost, and not wanting someone to pick out faults that aren't really there, I'm thinking of travelling somewhere else.

I've found vouchers online for Nationwide, Kwik Fit and Autotrader so the general car MOT would be around £30; the first two seem to have some pretty bad reviews (ie. people have been quotes hundreds of pounds worth of repairs which suddenly disappeared when they took their car elsewhere), but I've not seen any reviews of Autotrader.

Does anyone have any thoughts? Thanks very muchly

custardy

go to your local council MOT station
they dont do any work on your car so have no interest in finding anything except what needs done

Inverurie
01467 627538

Aberdeenshire
Mintlaw
01771 623197

Aberdeenshire
Stonehaven
01569 763274

Barnet
Mill Hill Depot, London
02083 595103

Bedfordshire
County Council Vehicle Depot, London Rd, Bedford
08453 656150

Bristol
Sandy Park Rd, Brislington, Bristol
01179 036 319

Cambridge
City Services Transport Depot, Mill Rd, CB1 2AZ
01223 458265

Carmathenshire
Trostre Depot, Llanelli
01554 784138

Ceredigion
Glanyrafon Ind Est, Llanbadam, Aberysthwyth, Cerdigion,
01970 636713

Crewe & Nantwich
Direct Services, Pyms Lane
01270 537777

Croydon
Factory Lane
02082 552758

Derbyshire
County Transport, Ripley Rd, Ambergate
01773 856667

Derbyshire
County Transport, Brimington Rd North, Chesterfield
01246 405705

Derbyshire
County Transport, Halstead Garage, Buxton
01298 813141

Doncaster
Vehicle & Plant, North Bridge, Doncaster, DN5 9AN
01302 736851

Dorset
Wanchard Lane, DT2 9RP
01305 228132

Edinburgh
CEC Fleet Services, Gorgie, Russel Rd
01313 372307

Essex
Coval Lane, Chelmsford
01245 435108

Essex
Vehicle Servicing, Westside Centre, London Rd, Stanway, Colchester
01206 282624

Fife
Fleet Services, Denburn Yrd, KY1 2HD
01592 414141

Gloucestershire
Swindon Rd Depot, Cheltenham
01242 264184

Gloucestershire
LeyDat Services, Unit G5 Innsworth Technology Park, Innsworth
01452 731263

Guildford
Woking Road
01483 445091

Gwent
Newport Transport, 150 Corporation Rd, Newport
01633 220044

Halifax
Amos Fleet, Battinson Rd
01422 355419

Harrogate
Claro Rd
01423 556877

Hounslow
Bridge Rd Depot, Pears Rd, TW3 1SQ
02085 835430

Surrey
Reigate and Bansted Council
01737 276650

Lanarkshire
Old Edinburgh Rd, Bellshill, ML4 3JF
01698 506284

Leeds
225a York Road, Leeds, LS9 7QQ
01132 143161

Leicester
84 Syston Street East, Cobden Industrial Estate, LE1 2JW
01162 519185

Luton
Central Depot
01582 546839

Merseyside
Hardshaw Brook Depot, Parr Street, St Helens
01744 456757

Middlesbrough
Cargo Fleet Lane
01642 264586

Northumberland
Northumberland, County Council, Morpeth
01670 510153

Nottinghamshire
Rolleston Drive Workshops, Arnold, Nottingham
01159 567420

Oldham
Operational Services Depot, Moorhey Street
01619 11 4446

Oxfordshire
Thorpe Lane Depot, Cherwell
01295 221940

Redcar & Cleveland
Limerick Rd, Dormanstown
01642 444979

South Ayshire
McCalls Avenure, AYR
01292 267802

South Gloucestershire
BRd Lane, Yate
01454 863920

Southampton
Albert Rd North (City Council)
02380 834362

Stockton-on-tees
Cowpen Lane Depot, Cowpen Lane, Billingham, TS23 4DD
01642 527167

Suffolk
Lodge Lane, Great Blackenham, Nr Ipswich
01473 588600

Suffolk
Rougham, Industrial Estate, Bury St Edmunds
01359 270777

Suffolk
Blythe Rd Industrial Estate,Halesworth
01984 874427

Sussex
Colas
01273 815850

Swindon
Thamesdown Bus Depot, Corporation Street
01634 306000

Tower Hamlets
Tower Hamlets Vehicle Workshop
02073 641069

Wandsworth

02088 716761

West Dunbartonshire
Richmond Street, Clydebank
01389 738741

West Lothian

01506 775000

West Sussex
Accord, Broadbridge Heath Depot, Worthing Rd, Horsham
01403 211246

Wigan
Hindley Depot
01942 404371

Worcester
Six Ways Depot
01905 753000

York
Hospital Fields Rd
01904 541888

bear in mind the MOT is to keep your car roadworthy and safe so its better to find out about things needing done

Nile

Hello cazkins

I'll move your thread to the 'Motoring, Public Transport & Cycling' board.

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cazkins

Thanks Nile. And thanks Custardy - I called one within a 45 min drive from me, and they charge £45 like the one down the road from where I live, but I guess they're less likely to pick out things that aren't necessary (which, according to reviews online, places like Nationwide do).

Any thoughts on Nationwide/Kwik Fit or Autotrader in terms of the half price MOT would be much appreciated! Thank you

atrixblue.-MFR-.

nation wide are part of the AA group if you have AA cover this is the first place recovery will take your car! as for MOT's if something falls below standard and ultimately fails the mot you do not have to take it to that garage to be repaired it can be done elsewhere then when done you can take it back to the MOT station for them to check the item has been repaired and give you the mot certificate! pitty you dont live by me a garage mot station does mot's for £28 and lets you take it away to be repaired and free retest when yopu take it back.!

NickWarren_2

Please Please whatever you do ignore the national chains. The MOT may be half price but the extra work the pile in certainly isnt worth it.

The safest option is to take it to a council run MOT station. You'll save yourself a packet in the long run, And they wont pile any un-needed work onto you.

You'll find hundreds of kwik fit ripped me off threads on this board.

hopefulfooluk

cazkins wrote: »

Hello all, hope everyone's okay!

I've got my MOT due December 1st for my little KA and was wondering what people thought of a few MOT centres. My local one charges £54, and I've used them once before and they spotted a repair worth £150. Wanting to save some money on the initial MOT cost, and not wanting someone to pick out faults that aren't really there, I'm thinking of travelling somewhere else.

I've found vouchers online for Nationwide, Kwik Fit and Autotrader so the general car MOT would be around £30; the first two seem to have some pretty bad reviews (ie. people have been quotes hundreds of pounds worth of repairs which suddenly disappeared when they took their car elsewhere), but I've not seen any reviews of Autotrader.

Does anyone have any thoughts? Thanks very muchly

Where's 'local' roughly? I got mine done for £40 in a garage in County Durham the other week and it sailed through (it's 7 years old with over 100k on the clock so wasn't expecting it to!).

cazkins

Thought so; I'll steer clear of the chain MOT centres then! Thanks for the list of council run centres, I think I'll either travel to one of those (I'm Herefordshire/Worcestershire area by the way) or use a more local one, even if it's more expensive in the long run, & hope they don't go out of their way to find 'problems' that aren't there. Maybe my little KA will be as lucky as you car Hopefulfooluk!

SimonJB

cazkins wrote: »

Thought so; I'll steer clear of the chain MOT centres then! Thanks for the list of council run centres, I think I'll either travel to one of those (I'm Herefordshire/Worcestershire area by the way) or use a more local one, even if it's more expensive in the long run, & hope they don't go out of their way to find 'problems' that aren't there. Maybe my little KA will be as lucky as you car Hopefulfooluk!

You could also find an MOT testing station which only does MOTs. The same applies, they're not doing the repairs so they're unlikely to look for problems that don't exist. I used to use one and they were really helpful, when something was wrong they showed me it.

Worth bearing in mind that if something is wrong you'll probably pay at least a partial fee for the retest after you've had it repaired elsewhere, unless the repairer MOTs it inc in the cost of the repair.

The best option is to find a trustworthy local firm who'll MOT and repair and not look for fault.

If only it was that easy, eh?

Keith

The council MOT argument is a poor solution, as they don't do repairs then you face a retest for a simple fix, which a decent garage will do free of charge.

LandyAndy

Keith wrote: »

The council MOT argument is a poor solution, as they don't do repairs then you face a retest for a simple fix, which a decent garage will do free of charge.

I agree that there is no substitute for a reliable local garage. The problem, for many people, is identifying one.