MOT & Service: Kwik-fit vs local garage.

mChavez

Hi!

I'm wondering if anyone could help me with a bit of advice on picking a garage for an MOT & annual service.

I've got a quote for about £250 on service + MOT (no discount for having two at the same time) from a local garage where I did my last service & MOT.
Having an old almera, its a bit steep, especially when kwik-fit offers the same for about £170. Furthermore, some checks are not included in the local garage's annual service (e.g. wheel alignment & balance, etc).

Now, there are quite a few bad reviews of kwik-fit online as they apparently like to rip people off, so what would you recommend? Is kwik-fit good enough to go there & save £70 or should I stay with the local garage and avoid Kwik-fit at all costs?

Thank you!

Sgt_Pepper_2

Don't touch kwikfit.

Indout96

Local garage = £250 job done
Kwik fit(up) = £170 + 4 new tyre + brakes & pads + suspension, tracking and a new exhaust heres your bill sir £650

s_b

problem with having an old almera is they have beauty spots to rub for corrosion like rear end sills ,now a fast fitter might miss and look for more juicy things like low tyres but a local garage would know to give them a damm good prodding and cause holes that require welding (all above board and in the best possible taste of course)
so
no easy answer
basically if your car is solid clean and well maintained an mot should be a mere formality

vax2002

What Indout 96 said !

Premier_2

How did I know the OP would be a brand new poster before I even opened this thread? :huh:

Perhaps I should do the lottery this week? :cool:

nomobel

Inspecting cars efficiently requires a lot of equipment, which your local may not have. I would use Kwit-fit.

Premier_2

mChavez wrote: »

...Now, there are quite a few bad reviews of kwik-fit online as they apparently like to rip people off, so what would you recommend? ...

I really don't know. My mind is currently preoccupied trying to find answers to the following questions:

• Is the pope a catholic?
• Do bears deficate in the woods?

Answers on a postcard please ... :cool:

Sgt_Pepper_2

nomobel wrote: »

Inspecting cars efficiently requires a lot of equipment, which your local may not have. I would use Kwit-fit.

But can the tyre monkeys use that equipment?

Homeagain

Premier wrote: »

How did I know the OP would be a brand new poster before I even opened this thread? :huh:

Perhaps I should do the lottery this week? :cool:

Everyone on this entire forum was once an original poster. Even you. Forget the lottery, you are far too cynical (and rude).

bluekaw

Don't touch quick fit they failed my car for brake pads and Discs, wouldn't of minded but they were less than a month old, use at your own peril