Ok, so I wasn't sure what to make of this company and thinking that I needed an MOT urgently as my tax was about to expire, I decided to try this company out. I think the gist of this is that they act as a middle man between you and a local MOT station/garage. I had a £24 offer of only MOT as I wanted my tax sorting urgently and also was not sure I felt happy getting the service at an unknown garage.
I can't comment about the service option therefore, but the MOT worked out fine and just as well because I discovered that I already had an MOT which had another few months left to go on it (DOH!) I was cursing myself when I discovered the MOT document, but took solace in the fact that I hadn't paid all that much for the new one.
The garage called me to check when they could come, and as they have a driver come to collect your car, they needed to check if they could leave their car at mine without parking restrictions. They had a 2 hour window to come collect it and came towards the end of it. Word of warning....do tell them if your car is out of tax, as they can bring special plates down and so avoid problems since the police seem to be out at every opportunity raising cash, and probably would not care that your car is on its way for its MOT and will ba taxed later that day.
The car passed, no extra costs and I was kept informed by email and phone of its progress etc. I didn't get my car back in the 4-5 pm slot but more like 6.30 pm, but as the garage was actually some distance away and it was Friday rush hour, I was not surprised.
Payment was online - you definitely need a debit or credit card, and as they don't release your car until it is paid, if you want your car back quickly, you should get that paid as soon as they invoice you (by email) as it seemed to take a little while before it showed up on the system.
So, all in all I was pleasantly surprised. Everyone was curteous, my car was not stolen (I did have my reservations) and no one tried to fleece me with fake problems.
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