The base

A base, not a garage.

The vans are stocked at the lock-up on Dunraven Street each morning and the parts come there. The work happens where your car is, so please ring before calling in.

A brick lock-up with a green roller shutter half open on a back lane, a green van outside and shelves of parts and tyres inside

Where we come and how it works

The base

2 Dunraven Street, Tonypandy, CF40 1AL: a lock-up where the vans are stocked each morning and the parts are delivered. We do not work on cars there, so please ring before calling in.

Where we come

Free call-out anywhere in the Rhondda Fawr and Fach and Porth; £15 to Pontypridd, Beddau and Mountain Ash; £20 to Aberdare, Llantrisant and Tonyrefail. The area checker gives your postcode an answer.

What we need

Somewhere reasonably level to park, the keys, and permission if it is a work car park. For a clutch we need a level, firm drive. Electricity is not needed: the vans carry their own.

When we come

Slots at 8, 10:30, 1 and 3:30 Monday to Friday, and 8 and 10:30 on Saturday. In winter two slots a day are kept free for non-starts until eleven.

Paying

By card in the van, by a payment link, or by bank transfer for businesses. No deposit for anything but a dual-mass flywheel, which we order specially.

Parts

From two motor factors in Porth and Pontypridd, delivered to the van within the hour, in the brands the car makers use: Bosch, Brembo, TRW, Mann, Gates, Valeo.

Collecting a part or paying in person? Ring 01443 496 0860 first; there is usually nobody at the base between 8 and 5.

Book a slot. We bring the garage.

Pick a time, tell us the car and the job, and Dai or Ffion turns up with the van. Fixed labour, the parts at what they cost us plus our margin on the receipt, and twelve months on everything.