Furthest you've travelled for a good garage?

[calibrax]

Yesterday I had the following work done on my car...

new cooling fan
new intercooler-EGR boost hose
new AC condenser and seals
AC re-gassed
Oil & filter service
Auto gearbox oil changed
new front brake discs & pads
Brake fluid replaced
new pollen filter

...and numerous other tweaks and modifications.

I live in Rochester, Kent and I travelled up to Colwyn Bay in North Wales - around 250 miles each way. It was well worth the trip, as the guy doing the work is an MG specialist, he knows these cars inside out, has very high standards of work. Plus, he can do all the little tweaks and mods to improve the car - things which should have been done by MGR at the design phase. Well worth the trip, and still worked out considerably cheaper than the local MG garage, even taking into account travel etc.

How far have you travelled so that your pride & joy will be in trusted hands?

[calibrax]

lee_erm said:

I've travelled for 2 hours in the past to get work done by WGT autos. I guess that was kinda specialist work though, not sure I'd travel far for normal stuff.

I can understand that, this wasn't a routine job, the cooling fan alone from MGR is about £350+vat plus fitting, and it's a front end off job to do it... so, a considerable saving to get it supplied and fitted for less than £300.

surveyor said:

Jules by any chance?

I'd have done the same if I could have got my old Rover to travel that far....

Yep, Jules. Top guy, and universally recommended by everyone I know, now including me! Some overseas 75 & ZT club members even come over on holiday primarily to take their cars to him!