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Local garages ... recommendations?

SimonBSimonB
edited January 2007 in Local discussion
Guys - I need to take my car in for a service and would rather use a good local company rather than some over-priced dealership garage ... can anyone recommend a VW/Audi specialist garage in the area?
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  • andyandy
    edited 3:42PM
    I've used MEB motor centre in Tottenham Lane. Not VW specialists, but good local chaps.
    Nice guys too and do MOTs
    http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=N8+9BT

    The VW specialists around here are aircool, but they are really expensive.
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  • andyandy
    edited 3:42PM
    <http://sitebuilder.yell.com/sb/show.do?id=SB0002985747000150>; and they have a website
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  • mattmatt
    edited April 2007
    I used MEB for my last car, but fancy something different for this one. No real reason other than I paid a lot for my last MOT work.

    Anybody used Sparsholt? The one in <a href="http://www.stroudgreen.org/comments.php?DiscussionID=519">the previously mentioned</a> 28 weeks later promo shot.
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  • IanIan
    edited 3:42PM
    I've used Kelvin Motor wagons on Brownswood Road for the last 5 years and wouldn't have any complaints. VW/Audi specialist.
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  • EwanEwan
    edited 3:42PM
    I used Sparsholt for my MOT last year with no issues. However one of the guys in the repairs garage next to the old dairy (Hornsey Automatic Transmittions) recommended the garage on Mount Pleasant Villas or Victoria Road......Jewels for a service rather than use Sparsholt........I got the impression there was no love lost between Sparsholt and Hornsey Automatic Transmittions.
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  • mattmatt
    edited 3:42PM
    I know the tyre guy opposite the Larrick, next door to Hornsey Automatic Transmissions. Really good guy.

    Where is the garage on Mount Pleasant Villas or Victoria Road?
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  • EwanEwan
    edited 3:42PM
    Well I think I've seen it on Mount Pleasant villas (on the left behind the houses) but for some reason www.yell.com lists it on Victoria Road.......
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  • mattmatt
    edited 3:42PM
    I might have to go for a walk later on. Still no idea where you mean.
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  • mattmatt
    edited May 2007
    Ah! Found it.

    Bizarrely Victoria Road crosses Stapleton Hall Road and goes as far as the crossroads at the bridge over the railway. The bridge and onwards is Mount Pleasant Villas.

    Still, garage didn't seem to be open. Could it be part of the rest of the yard - <a href="http://www.purkelly.com/contact.php">Purkelly Bros</a>?
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  • EwanEwan
    edited 3:42PM
    oh I really don't know....hmmm....maybe ask the Hornsey Automatic Repair people....they seem to be the oracles!!
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  • mattmatt
    edited 3:42PM
    I'm looking to get an MOT done soon, and I did go in there. He said "oh, we're not authorised. but if you go to Sparsholt and it fails we'll do the work cheaper than they will".
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  • EwanEwan
    edited 3:42PM
    I'm going to get "HAR" to fix my car as well. My friend worked in an office next door and said they were good. Sparsholt strictly MOT only.......
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  • mattmatt
    edited June 2007
    Finally got round to speaking to the guy from Jewel's garage. Very friendly. Going to attempt the job myself but would otherwise have used them. "HAR" only do work on automatic gearboxes according to a guy I spoke to there.
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  • Billy BookcaseBilly Bookcase
    edited 3:42PM
    John's garage is in the Purkelly complex.
    He is a reliable and honest person who has taken good care of our cars over the years.
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  • mattmatt
    edited 3:42PM
    Yep, John's garage goes by the name of "Jewel's" in the Purkelly complex.
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  • EwanEwan
    edited 3:42PM
    I got my car fixed at jewels last week really good service and VERY cheap. He left it outside my house when he was done so I didn't have to leave work early.
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  • mattmatt
    edited 3:42PM
    Now THAT'S what I call service.
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  • EwanEwan
    edited 3:42PM
    I'm never going anywhere else.
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  • SimonBSimonB
    edited 3:42PM
    My MOT ran out the other day ... and I didn't realise! Fortunately, even though they were solid with work, Kelvin Motor wagons on Brownswood Road (recommended by Ian at the top of the thread) saw me with less than a day's notice and didn't charge me a bomb either. Very friendly and helpful people.
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  • mattmatt
    edited 3:42PM
    If only I had a VW/Audi.
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  • IanIan
    edited 3:42PM
    Kelvin Motor Wagons have always been OK by me.
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  • mattmatt
    edited 3:42PM
    Am I missing something about them or does everybody here have a VW?
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  • mattmatt
    edited 3:42PM
    Anyway, I had to get my car MOT'd and have some new brake discs and pads put on the front. A&M Tyres (new garage at yellow car wash end of Woodstock Road) to the rescure! They did the brake work, after letting me know there's a German/Swedish/French car parts supplier on Wightman Road which had stuff that would fit my Twingo. He also took it for MOT at Sunnyside Road service centre. I also get my scooters worked at A&M, both branches of which (the other is by The Larrik) are in the Directory.
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