Service from Kwik Fit?

Col.Mastard

Has anyone had a Service from Kwik Fit? are they any good?

Many Thanks

stamford

Col.Mastard wrote: »

Has anyone had a Service from Kwik Fit? are they any good?

Many Thanks

They're shysters - overcharged me (walk in price compared with the one shown on their website) on some tyres in 2004 got a refund out of their head office - I'd avoid them

tomstickland

I wouldn't use them myself. It's pot luck whether you'll get a good one or bad one. Tyres are cheaper at places like Protyre / Micheldever group or local independants. Basic servicing it better from small backstreet garages. They're OK for tracking.

exel1966

Personally I'd steer well clear of the likes of Kwik Fit even to change my tyres !! Thats goes for Nationwide/Lex Autocentres.
Find a reccomended local dealer or small business. You'll get much better...service and they probably won't reccomend you change everything from your windscreen wipers to your cam-belt.

Gnid

I agree with other people...stay well well clear of Kwik-fit. There should be some honest dealer in that chain but finding them is harder than making blood come out of stone. It is an almost certainty that you will be deceived and conned.

FlameCloud

Find a board for make of car and ask on there for recomendations!

Col.Mastard

They sound like a Ripoff!

Col.Mastard

Are 'Mr Clutch' any good?
http://www.mrclutch.com/

dnc1781

mrclutch.com? ..........See:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=98619&highlight=mrclutch.com

anewman

There are a few websites which offer tyre fitting services. I recently used https://www.blackcircles.com

As for servicing, if the car is oldish and out of warranty, have you considered buying a haynes manual and doing most of the basic stuff yourself? Then you'll know what exactly is done to your car, and you can find out what needs doing and the things you can't do or don't want to attempt, when you go to a garage you can ask them to do that specific thing, for example changing the cam belt.

Spark plugs, leads, distributor caps, rotor arms, air filters, oil and filter changing are all usually relatively easy to fiddle with and sort out yourself.

olly300

Ask everyone around you including people you know at work where they get their car serviced. Then use one of their recommendations.

Don't just go into a Kwik Fit unless it's the nearest place to you and something like your tyres are illegal and have to be changed now. Then if you do refuse to take any of their suggestions to fix anything else. (The only time they don't try and do this when they have another customer shouting at them in front of you and 5 other customers.)

Good local garages are cheaper and have better service.