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PhiL_P_3

Croydon Council (operated by Cleanaway Ltd), Factory Lane, tel: (020)8255-2758.

Costs £42 and they only do three per day.

PhiL_P_3

rjbhada wrote:

The cheapest mot test i have found and got done recently is at kwik-fit, only £25/- if you book it on line. also no extra charge for re-test. check their web site on

http://www.kwik-fit.com/arrange-mot.asp

Gone up to £29.99 now but still tempted to go for this over the council run place to save the extra £12. Reasonably confident my car will pass...hmmm what to do..

lwinter

I posted a request about MOT's in Somerset on the 26 Sept but no one has replied. Perhaps there are no Test Centres run by the Local Authority, can anyone confirm. I did check with the Post Office but apparently they now out source their M O T's or at least that was what the man at their garage told me. In the absence of any Gov Test centres does anyone know of a reliable test centre nr Bridgwater in Somerset. Getting desperate now.

mjjordan

for a good sensible friendly bloke who only does MOTs ( has others on his premises who will do a repair but he does not grind their axes for them ) try Kevin at New Stadium MOT Centre, just off Britannia Rd, near St Marys Stadium. He will cheerily tell its either passed or failed and what can be done about it if necessary.

charlwillis

After reading about local councils performing MOTs for residents, I filed the thread away somewhere for when it would become useful. My car came up to MOT time in September and after digging around, I remembered I should ring the council to see if they would do it for me.

I rang Wandsworth (London) Council's Transport Dept on 020 8871 6761 and they booked me in for the following morning. I was able to dop the car off at 7am on my way to work, and it was ready the same day for collection. It cost £40 and they were nice as anything. Another thumbs up for Wandsworth Council.

richiethekid

Anyone know of anywhere in the Stafford area that does MOTs and not repairs? I don't think the council do them.

Gel_2

Guildford Borough Council test centre off the A322 Woking Road between Woking and Guildford. Open Mon - Fri.
Tel 01483 445091
Fee £44.15

Will be trying them in the near future.
Anyone trying to find their nearest centre needs to 'phone their local Borough Council.

AllyP_2

Suggested to my Hubby that he try the local one in Huddersfield. Unfortunately our car had loads of probs - ended up paying local garage over £300 in repairs plus another £40 for a re-test on top of original £40 test! If we'd took it to the local garage in the first place we'd have probably paid less for the retest. Didn't realise what an old banger we have so be warned...

moniemango

Hounslow council carry out MOTs for 40.75 GBP at:

Bridge Rd Depot
Pears Road
Hounslow TW3 1SQ
Tel: 020 8583 5430
email: vehiclemaintenance@hounslow.gov.uk

patay123

There is an MOT centre at Eastbourne buses, Birch Road, Eastbourne which only charge £42.00 and they don'tlook for work like a lot of cut price mot centres.
Tel 01323 418077 :j