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I called in one today, them and the other chains have a bad reputation, well I listened in to the first customer who had come to collect her car from being mot’d (bargain at £27.42) It passed with 2 advisories, rear bush and rear pads, she asked about the cost “ here we go I thought” £50 fitted for the pads and he told her not to worry about the bush as the tester is an  . 2nd customer passed but a mention of low oil, he asked about the price to get it topped up, he got told to go to the supermarket and get a decent brand, top it up and he will have loads spare and it’s much cheaper. I was pleasantly surprised My turn next, I needed a rubber exhaust mount for the spiders back box and figured as they did exhausts it’s worth an ask. He went in the back and came back with something different but perfect for the job, it’s brand new but he wouldn’t charge me, I put a couple of quid in the box for their tea money.  |
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Alfa Giulietta (now wife's)
Alfa 156
BMW 630i
Honda rc36
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Always good to hear the positive side,you normally only hear the bad stuff.
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Yeh, just shows you, obviously sometimes it’s the person behind the counter not the company logo over the door. He was a good guy by the sound of it
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I used them recently for an mot on the Audi
Failed on a corroded exhsust clamp!
£6 later and a pair of new clamps fitted I was sorted and on my way !
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Have to say i used them for an MOT once and they passed it, but it really shouldn't have. Other than that I've not used them, they've not been very competitively priced when I've phoned for prices on tyres.
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I used to live opposite one when I was just beginning to learn about cars (only 2 or so years ago). I popped in once or twice to ask stupid questions, and they always gave me really good advice and were happy to chat about things generally, despite not getting my immediate business. They'd even pop out back and bring things back suggesting I try them. I've had spanners, cans of penetrating fluid, spark plugs, free puncture repairs, even a small blowtorch for getting out seized bolts. Never asked for a penny. Highly recommended! (I now stick the daily in with them for MOTs as they've been so good.)
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Last Edit: Apr 3, 2018 20:56:19 GMT by arsonist
1979 Mk1 Passat Estate 1.6 LS
1996 Mk3.5 Fiesta 1.3 Classic
1997 Mk1 MX5 1.8i
2005 Mazda 3 TS
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You hear/read so much bad stuff it's always nice to hear good things like this  |
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2001 vauxhall corsa 1972 VW Beetle 1986 Ford Capri Laser1999 BMW E36 323i Touring 1991 Volvo 940 estate 2002 Mazda 323f 2.0 sport 2016 Mercedes Sprinter 1999 nissan almera 1.4 1995 lexus gs300 1995 lexus ls400 1975 bmw 1602 fiat punto 2003 ford fiesta something else... |
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I think it depends on the whether the person behind the counter is a ‘car’ person, or just a company person only interested in targets.
Used to be a large Halfords in Aylesbury, just after they got bought out by Boots ( yes the Chemist) and they turned into Lifestyle stores rather than a good pkace to get car stuff , there was one member of staff who was a proper car bloke, knew the parts list like the back of his hand,very helpful, always ready to give advice etc .. he left, everyone else was clueless .... in fact I purposefully used to go and ask for Handbrake shoes for a 2 1/4L Land Rover Series 3 109 hardtop ....... ( they didn’t stock them) ... one spotty oik tried to convince me i meant a Discovery.......
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I have always had good service whenever I've used a National. They seem to be much more switched on than the usual chains. I remember I took my Mini's exhaust off on a carpark speedbump and the local National sorted it and wouldn't take a thing for the new mounts "Because we like your car mate!". I took them a tub of chocolates in later that afternoon. Shame I don't live there anymore...
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Popped a 5 star review on google, funnily enough the other 4 reviews were all 5 stars |
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Bicycle x1
Alfa Giulietta (now wife's)
Alfa 156
BMW 630i
Honda rc36
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National tyre and exhaustMercdan68
@forddan68
Club Retro Rides Member 68
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Back in the day when I was 18 I worked for
Tyreservices Great Britain , I used to earn more money selling used tyres and fixing up people’s broken exhaust mounts than I earnt in wages!!
Glad to hear some of the tyre/exhaust centres are still helpful, I popped into three on the same ind est recently to buy an exhaust clamp for young George’s escort
Not one would help, eBay two days later for us
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Fraud owners club member
1999 Jaguar s type
1993 ford escort
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