MOTs Aberdeen

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duka

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429 posts

220 months

Monday 14th July 2014
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Used to put all the fleet to a garage in Kemnay for MOTs, pretty understanding with some of the 'special' older cars. They've since been sold on, so looking for a fair place who can perform some MOTs in Aberdeen. We need to play around with the ECU hand controller on one of the cars to get it through the low idle emissions, so most garages don't offer that service as standard! Any ideas?

8bit

4,867 posts

155 months

Monday 14th July 2014
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Not sure if it'll help with your ECU hand controller thing but if you want a "fair" MOT then I'd suggest using one of the council fleet places. They have to, by law, offer MOTs to the general public but that's all they offer, they don't do repairs, so they've no incentive to fail a car to get more work out of you. If you normally do your own repair/maintenance work on your cars then it's a good way to get the test done.

I used the Aberdeenshire place in Inverurie recently, the bloke there was brilliant. Aberdeen City Council have a place near Kittybrewster retail park too, a friend of mine has been using them for years.

MGZRod

8,087 posts

176 months

Monday 14th July 2014
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I'd recommend Wallace performance smile

CO2000

3,177 posts

209 months

Monday 14th July 2014
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Granite City Motors are very good & fair.

Kiltie

7,504 posts

246 months

Tuesday 15th July 2014
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Steve,

How about the Albyn Garage?

Not used them for years but they seem to regularly have older type cars in their shop when I pass.

Handy for you too. no?

Eric

duka

Original Poster:

429 posts

220 months

Wednesday 16th July 2014
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Good call Eric, used to know the guy who ran the place few years ago, but new guys now I think?

will see what they say.

Cheers
S

Lefty

16,154 posts

202 months

Saturday 19th July 2014
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duka said:
Used to put all the fleet to a garage in Kemnay for MOTs, pretty understanding with some of the 'special' older cars. They've since been sold on, so looking for a fair place who can perform some MOTs in Aberdeen. We need to play around with the ECU hand controller on one of the cars to get it through the low idle emissions, so most garages don't offer that service as standard! Any ideas?
If the garage you're referring to is the one I think it is, the new owner is a real petrolhead and helpful guy, sure you wouldn't have any issues.

Kiltie

7,504 posts

246 months

Sunday 20th July 2014
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Steve, another thought, what about Dave Sedgewick?

Central Garage
Glenkindie
Alford
AB33 8RE

01975 641230

duka

Original Poster:

429 posts

220 months

Monday 21st July 2014
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Lefty said:
If the garage you're referring to is the one I think it is, the new owner is a real petrolhead and helpful guy, sure you wouldn't have any issues.
Same one, as guy across the road has taken it over, but it's not him that does the MOTs!!

Lefty

16,154 posts

202 months

Monday 21st July 2014
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duka said:
Lefty said:
If the garage you're referring to is the one I think it is, the new owner is a real petrolhead and helpful guy, sure you wouldn't have any issues.
Same one, as guy across the road has taken it over, but it's not him that does the MOTs!!
Yeah I know but he hired the old mot tester when he bought the garage!

-Ad-

887 posts

175 months

Monday 21st July 2014
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I generally used Carden as they were close by.

Also used AW Autotech up near the Uni.

Both good places.

Overseas

1,653 posts

237 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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Steve, Jim King at Lethenty Mill.

R