Out of touch with how much things cost or totally ripped off?

I heard their nonsense first hand - a friend's daughter recently went to one of these places offering service and MOT for silly money (oh, and a free re-test was mentioned on their advert too, not that they were pre-empting anything); long story short, they did the service and then called to say that it wasn't going to pass the MOT and needed work including a fault with the tail lights, suspension shot and needing discs and pads.

Suffice to say, she rang her dad who told her to bring it home without getting the work done, and take it from there - we found a bad earth on the rear nearside light cluster (easy fix), but the suspension and the brakes were fully serviceable. Her dad presented the car at another MOT station a couple of days later and it passed without as much as an advisory.

He did go back to the fast fit place, and had a word about them stating that work was needing to be done when it wasn't necessary, but they weren't interested.

 

He should have done, but to be honest I think he was more interested in giving them a piece of his mind.

 

I'm with Kristen on this . I usually buy new and keep the car for about ten years (over 100,000 miles).

I have it serviced by our local, small, garage once a year (according to the book). This is much less frequent than cars used to need servicing so tend to work out cheaper, overall.

They give a superb service at a price that is considerably less than the Main Dealer and use manufacturer's parts. They have the computer software for full diagnosis and keeping that updated for each manufacturer costs quite a bit.

My last service, including MOT, was £223.11 and I think that's good value for money. If anything happens between services that fix it straight away and, if it's a very minor thing, they don't charge - such as replacing a light bulb etc. They keep busy all the time and good luck to them!