
I absolutely cannot fault this garage! The owner is exellent. After just being sold a lemon of a Punto by a garage (Northridge Cars in Hemel Hempstead....) I have had no end of problems with it!
Lots of creaking and sqeaking and a grinding noise. I took it into him and he diagnosed the problem before he had even looked at my car. He drove it anyway to be sure and to check a couple of other niggly bits and confirmed it was the Transmission Bearing that needed replacing. Being a bird, I know nothing about this. He pulled up parts diagrams on the computer to show me and gave me a firm quote. He also said that as I had only had the car for a week or so I should take it back to the dealers to get them to do it and told me to give them his number if they had any questions. He also gave me a printout of work that needed doing to take to them. It worked and the dealer finally fixed my car. It took them a week, but they did it and saved me £450!
I just took it back in yesterday for a knocking noise and more creaking thinking it needed a new clutch and one of my wipers had packed up, and a wobbly passenger seat (see, I told you it was a lemon). He had it up on the ramps and showed me everything under the car, pointing out loose bolts and worn and missing exhaust mounts. He greased the handbrake props and tightened the gearbox mount bolt to stop the creaking there and then for nothing.
Booked it in for the next day (today) and he had welded the seat, replaced the mounts, put in a whole new wiper mechanism and checked over all the nuts and bolts the dealer would have changed/moved to do the transmission bearing and just generally gave the car a once over. He did all this in 3 hours! :worship:
I had a free loan car for the morning and my car back by lunchtime! Only got charged for wipers, exhaust mounts and seat strip down. The rest he did out of the goodness of his heart. So a bill for £187 wasn't blimmin bad for such excellent service. I will definately be taking my Fiat back to him. He is fair and honest with you all the way. Highly highly recommended.