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#104826 21-Jun-2012 10:40

Hi i have an old basic Toyota corolla that needs wof and the occasional service. Due to convenience i have narrowed three service places

Centre city mechanic opp new world and next to beaurepaires

The one on harrow st next to begg security

Mcleod mrchsnic on larnach rd Waverley

The guys on the one way going south cnr of hanover and castle st which also used to be shell petrol station.

I would like to hear good and bad feedback pleasr or any obe ekse nearby these guys.

Thanks.

Ps nevet ever go to that midas they will rip you off and damage your car

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#644173 21-Jun-2012 11:02

Paul Davies Auto in Ward Street, deal with them all the time. Brilliant mechanics

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#644179 21-Jun-2012 11:16

i know am taking it slightly bit off track , but within the same topic >

we need a thread with honest reliable mechanics - which geekzoner's have dealt with in Auckland (and possibly other cities ) , how they found them , something sort of a review so that it helps everybody out here.

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#644188 21-Jun-2012 11:29

T M Automotive in Howe St are who I usually use. Have also had positive dealings with the one opp New World. K G Mcleod have a really good rep but are quite out of the way up in Waverley.

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#644197 21-Jun-2012 11:44

joker97:

Ps nevet ever go to that midas they will rip you off and damage your car

+1 for one of the Nth Shore branches... "fixed" wifes car for it to blow up short time later.

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#644214 21-Jun-2012 12:12

Brendon Motors in Taranaki St, Wellington - Honest, well priced & friendly. Never had an issue with their work.

Richards motorcycles in Johnsonville if you're of the 2-wheeled persuasion, he's a good mechanic.

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#644217 21-Jun-2012 12:17

stevenz: Brendon Motors in Taranaki St, Wellington - Honest, well priced & friendly. Never had an issue with their work.

Richards motorcycles in Johnsonville if you're of the 2-wheeled persuasion, he's a good mechanic.

Wellington is probably a bit to far to go for the OP

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#644220 21-Jun-2012 12:20

semigeek:
stevenz: Brendon Motors in Taranaki St, Wellington - Honest, well priced & friendly. Never had an issue with their work.

Richards motorcycles in Johnsonville if you're of the 2-wheeled persuasion, he's a good mechanic.

Wellington is probably a bit to far to go for the OP

Previous post suggested listing alternatives elsewhere, so I did.

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#644877 22-Jun-2012 18:31

xpd:
joker97:

Ps nevet ever go to that midas they will rip you off and damage your car

+1 for one of the Nth Shore branches... "fixed" wifes car for it to blow up short time later.

yeah and then deny any responsibility and charge you for the same work over again to "fix" the "new" problem

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#644912 22-Jun-2012 21:09

semigeek: Paul Davies Auto in Ward Street, deal with them all the time. Brilliant mechanics

Agreed.
He looked after our car well when we lived in Dunners.

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#644943 22-Jun-2012 21:54

Sims Bros, Harrow Street

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#644972 22-Jun-2012 23:03

In Auckland definitely I would suggest Wills Automotive - The only reason I went there was because they have the domain name of one of the companies who continuously caused issues with my car.

Apart from that, they answered the phone at 8:30PM on a Saturday night and booked me in for 6:45AM on a Monday morning, fixed a really difficult problem with my Subaru (boxer engine) within 2 hours and haven't had issues since - Plus they charged me very reasonably.

One place not to go (these guys lied, broke cars, overcharged and just generally don't seem to know what they are doing) is Birkenhead Car Repairs on the shore.

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#644978 22-Jun-2012 23:11

joker97: Hi i have an old basic Toyota corolla that needs wof and the occasional service. Due to convenience i have narrowed three service places

Centre city mechanic opp new world and next to beaurepaires

The one on harrow st next to begg security

Mcleod mrchsnic on larnach rd Waverley

The guys on the one way going south cnr of hanover and castle st which also used to be shell petrol station.

I would like to hear good and bad feedback pleasr or any obe ekse nearby these guys.

Thanks.

Ps nevet ever go to that midas they will rip you off and damage your car

Back to an answer that's useful to the OP.

McLeods are the way to go. I recently took my Legacy there for a service and to get a couple of sensor's replaced. They found it to be a bigger job than expected since one of the sensor's had fused itself into the manifold. They didn't charge for the extra labour time and even took it for drive and found it wasn't running quite like it could be so they gave it a bit of a tune up and adjusted the turbos slightly for no charge.

Have had a lot of work done by them over the years, they are very good at what they do and I have heard nothing but good things about them from other people.

Worth checking them out.

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#645272 23-Jun-2012 22:00

marvellous! kg mcleod it is then!