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Ian974
1,581 posts
68 months
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No issues with AW autotech here either, Elise usually goes there for its MOT, and despite turning up late, they did their best to try and get a pass for it in May. Though most other work I run it out to JD in insch.
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jamieboy
5,415 posts
98 months
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justin220 said: Wish I'd seen this thread last week. Dropped the wife's Mini Cooper off there this week for an MOT Let us know how it goes, could you? I'd not seen anything bad about them, and have had my old C-Class in there twice now (once for a routine service, once for suspension wear-and-tear) and I've got no complaints. It's due another service soon, and I was just intending to take it there again.
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Lawsome
550 posts
52 months
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ClarkyboyS
180 posts
60 months
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AW look after my cars also,
have had nothing but great service from Kevin there, along with the other guys, and they certainly havent ever treated my not so nice cars any differntly to the good one!
Great service as far as im concerned, i can't reccomend them highly enough.
just my 2 pence.
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justin220
2,530 posts
73 months
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jamieboy said: Let us know how it goes, could you? I'd not seen anything bad about them, and have had my old C-Class in there twice now (once for a routine service, once for suspension wear-and-tear) and I've got no complaints. It's due another service soon, and I was just intending to take it there again. No issues at all with the Mini's MOT. Bit pricey IMO, but cheaper than John Clark so can't really complain. GF seemed happy and said she'd go back
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gofasterrosssco
436 posts
105 months
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Thumbs up from me for AW Autotech.. Always good service, and I've turned up a couple of times with a 'I can't get this thing off' car part, and they disappeared into the back and sorted it for me FoC.
Treats the shed well also whenever its there (admittedly not for much).
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davidsp80
63 posts
12 months
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ClarkyboyS said: AW look after my cars also,
have had nothing but great service from Kevin there, along with the other guys, and they certainly havent ever treated my not so nice cars any differntly to the good one!
Great service as far as im concerned, i can't reccomend them highly enough.
just my 2 pence. What's AW auto techs hourly labour rate? £40-50?
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BorkFactor
4,878 posts
27 months
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Just to bump this, I need to get the rear wheel bearing done on my car fairly soon, and BAW have given me the best price out of all the garages in Aberdeen. John Clarke wanted over £100 more, and Premier Motors wanted £50 more. Now, the local specialist back in Inverness would have done it for even less than BAW which is annoying, but I am not going to be back home any time soon. Does anyone have any other recommendations of places to try now that AW Autotech are shut due to the fire? Reading through this thread, I don't fancy taking it to BAW. JD Motors is too far out for me, but if it really comes to it I suppose I could wait for a couple of hours while they do it. Cheers 
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ViperPict
8,448 posts
106 months
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BorkFactor said: Just to bump this, I need to get the rear wheel bearing done on my car fairly soon, and BAW have given me the best price out of all the garages in Aberdeen. John Clarke wanted over £100 more, and Premier Motors wanted £50 more. Now, the local specialist back in Inverness would have done it for even less than BAW which is annoying, but I am not going to be back home any time soon. Does anyone have any other recommendations of places to try now that AW Autotech are shut due to the fire? Reading through this thread, I don't fancy taking it to BAW. JD Motors is too far out for me, but if it really comes to it I suppose I could wait for a couple of hours while they do it. Cheers No garage should get a wheel bearing replacement wrong! Which specialist did you use in Inverness?
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onesickpuppy
2,105 posts
26 months
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BorkFactor said: Just to bump this, I need to get the rear wheel bearing done on my car fairly soon, and BAW have given me the best price out of all the garages in Aberdeen. John Clarke wanted over £100 more, and Premier Motors wanted £50 more. Now, the local specialist back in Inverness would have done it for even less than BAW which is annoying, but I am not going to be back home any time soon. Does anyone have any other recommendations of places to try now that AW Autotech are shut due to the fire? Reading through this thread, I don't fancy taking it to BAW. JD Motors is too far out for me, but if it really comes to it I suppose I could wait for a couple of hours while they do it. Cheers You should speak to Scott Feaks. He used to be the workshop manager for JC BMW. Great guy, started on his own about a year ago. Got a wee garage on the Hardgate. Many of my friends, family and colleagues use him as he's very reasonably priced but really knows his stuff. His mobile is 07436 263437. Tell him David with the X5 gave you the number.
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BorkFactor
4,878 posts
27 months
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ViperPict said: No garage should get a wheel bearing replacement wrong!
Which specialist did you use in Inverness? Jimmy Cruikshank - was recommended on here and has been fantastic. He has done all of the work on my car so far and done a great job, and fantastic prices too. Apparently it is a pig of a job - driveshaft has to come out and since it is on the passenger side the guy at Premier Motors said the exhaust may have to be dropped too. Scanning through threads on here, BAW don't seem to have the best reputation!
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BorkFactor
4,878 posts
27 months
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onesickpuppy said: You should speak to Scott Feaks. He used to be the workshop manager for JC BMW. Great guy, started on his own about a year ago. Got a wee garage on the Hardgate. Many of my friends, family and colleagues use him as he's very reasonably priced but really knows his stuff.
His mobile is 07436 263437. Tell him David with the X5 gave you the number. That's not the guy at Premier Garage just off Holburn street is it? Called them already today and they wanted more than BAW, but if they have a good reputation I may well go for them. Cheers
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ViperPict
8,448 posts
106 months
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BorkFactor said: ViperPict said: No garage should get a wheel bearing replacement wrong!
Which specialist did you use in Inverness? Jimmy Cruikshank - was recommended on here and has been fantastic. He has done all of the work on my car so far and done a great job, and fantastic prices too. Apparently it is a pig of a job - driveshaft has to come out and since it is on the passenger side the guy at Premier Motors said the exhaust may have to be dropped too. Scanning through threads on here, BAW don't seem to have the best reputation! May well have been me that recommended him as I have used him for years. None better (or more honest) in the north of Scotland! Used to take my M5 there and then my wife's Mini.
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BorkFactor
4,878 posts
27 months
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ViperPict said: BorkFactor said: ViperPict said: No garage should get a wheel bearing replacement wrong!
Which specialist did you use in Inverness? Jimmy Cruikshank - was recommended on here and has been fantastic. He has done all of the work on my car so far and done a great job, and fantastic prices too. Apparently it is a pig of a job - driveshaft has to come out and since it is on the passenger side the guy at Premier Motors said the exhaust may have to be dropped too. Scanning through threads on here, BAW don't seem to have the best reputation! May well have been me that recommended him as I have used him for years. None better (or more honest) in the north of Scotland! Used to take my M5 there and then my wife's Mini. It may well have been, if so then thank you! He is fantastic, but I won't be back in Inverness for quite a while so need to get the bearing sorted here in Aberdeen ideally. Meant to be doing a few trips down towards Fife over the next month, so I don't fancy waiting too long.
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onesickpuppy
2,105 posts
26 months
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BorkFactor said: onesickpuppy said: You should speak to Scott Feaks. He used to be the workshop manager for JC BMW. Great guy, started on his own about a year ago. Got a wee garage on the Hardgate. Many of my friends, family and colleagues use him as he's very reasonably priced but really knows his stuff.
His mobile is 07436 263437. Tell him David with the X5 gave you the number. That's not the guy at Premier Garage just off Holburn street is it? Called them already today and they wanted more than BAW, but if they have a good reputation I may well go for them. Cheers That's him. Good guy.
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SrMoreno
133 posts
15 months
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BorkFactor said: That's not the guy at Premier Garage just off Holburn street is it? Called them already today and they wanted more than BAW, but if they have a good reputation I may well go for them. Cheers He should get his workshop and sign painted. I drive past there daily and thought it was vacant!
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onesickpuppy
2,105 posts
26 months
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SrMoreno said: BorkFactor said: That's not the guy at Premier Garage just off Holburn street is it? Called them already today and they wanted more than BAW, but if they have a good reputation I may well go for them. Cheers He should get his workshop and sign painted. I drive past there daily and thought it was vacant! Yea, I had that chat with him. He's getting quotes at the moment. I don't think he relies too much on passing trade though, mostly referrals.
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Clubber330
39 posts
8 months
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Used Bavaria once in the past, I havent used them since.
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