Hi,
This isn’t the first time I’ve asked this question, but I keep moving house/area! I’m now up near Biggleswade - does anyone have any recommendations for garages/mechanics around there?
Just looking for somewhere to do basic servicing/MOT at the moment, so could probably take it anywhere, but that can be a bit hit and miss…
I’ve got one recommendation for a guy in Baldock, but just wondering if anything closer?
Thanks!
There is one in Leighton Buzzard that isn’t to far from you but avoid like the plauge
Post on my experience with them https://www.mx5oc.co.uk/forum/yaf_postst94087_Servicing-problem.aspx
That wasn’t all when I went elsewhere to get a new clutch fitted turned out the one in the link above hadn’t tightened the plug on teh rear diff after changing the oil in that so I was leaking oil from it & needed that topped up, also some of the exhaust bushes where unclipped hence the rattling noise I was hearing every now & then.
This guy also advertises in the club magazine - but in my opinion he should be avoided like the plague - also he was a car salesman to start with - had I known that before I’d every went to his garage then I’d never have went near him in the first place!
I know exactly who you’re talking about… I posted my experiences with them a while back, though not sure if it was on here or another forum. Basically I took a mk1 for some small repairs, they advised a cam belt change, I said OK, but but be careful as it’s a short nosed crank engine - long story short, engine gradually lost power, got worse until a few months later had serious crank wobble, would barely pull away - managed to limp back to the Leighton Buzzards “experts” who weren’t at all interested in fixing the problem, or admitting any culpability, just tried to sell me an £8000 car they had in their lot instead! As I carefully stated when posting about this before, I can’t prove they did wreck the engine, and maybe they didn’t, maybe it was just co-incidence. But there are a fair few other complaints about this garage out there. Approach with caution…
There are doubtless many great mechanics, not necessarily MX5 specialists, in the area, but many of these probably don’t advertise much, hence hard to find! Would be useful to have some sort of database on this site for trusted mechanics/garages?