Jobs
Everything a car needs between MOTs, done where it is parked: servicing, brakes, batteries, warning lights, clutches and cambelts, and a second opinion before you buy one.
Job 01
Interim and full services done on your drive or in the car park at work, to the manufacturer schedule, with OE-quality parts and the digital service record stamped. Keys at eight, car back by lunch, and your warranty kept.
Interim service £65 labour plus about £28 to £52 of oil and filter.
Job 02
Squealing, grinding, a pull to one side or a soft pedal: we change pads, discs, shoes and calipers on your drive, wind back electronic handbrakes with the diagnostic tool, and road-test it before we leave. Front pads and discs from £160 for a small car.
Front pads and discs £85 labour plus £75 to £150 of parts.
Job 03
The car will not start on a cold morning. We come out with a jump pack and a tester, find out whether it is the battery, the alternator, the starter or something else, and fix it there, usually the same day. Stop-start batteries coded to the car.
Battery fitted £25 labour plus £85 to £175 for the battery, by size and type. A non-start visit is £55, deducted from the repair.
Job 04
A warning light on the dash, a car in limp mode, a misfire or a rattle. Ffion plugs in the dealer-level tool, reads the codes and the live data, road-tests it and finds the cause, not just the code. £55, deducted if we do the repair.
Diagnostics £55, up to an hour, deducted from the repair if we do it.
Job 05
The two jobs everyone assumes need a garage. A clutch kit is a day on your drive on axle stands with the gearbox out; a cambelt with the water pump is half a day. Fixed labour by size of car, and a call before any extra.
Clutch kit £260 to £420 labour plus £150 to £340 of parts.
Job 06
Buying a used car? We meet you at the seller's house or the forecourt, go over it for an hour with a torch, a diagnostic tool and a paint gauge, drive it, and tell you plainly whether to buy it, what it needs, and what to knock off the price.
A pre-purchase inspection is £95 within our area, written report included.
Prices
Labour fixed, parts estimated, VAT in. The job pricer does small and large cars.
£103
£65 labour and about £38 of oil and filter. Thirty checks and the record stamped.
£188
£110 labour and about £78 of parts. Seventy checks and the brake fluid tested.
£190
£85 labour and about £105 of parts. Road-tested before we leave.
£140
£25 labour and about £115 for the battery. Stop-start batteries coded.
£55
Codes, live data, a road test and the cause found. Deducted from the repair.
£370
£240 labour and about £130 for the kit. Half a day on your drive.
On the day
We text when the van leaves Dunraven Street with a time. A mat goes under the car and covers on the seat and the wing. If we find something that was not booked, we stop, ring with a photograph and a price, and only carry on if you say so. When we finish, the paperwork and the old parts are on the passenger seat and the bill is the one you agreed to.
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.
