Rubbish!! Avoid!!
Well, where do we start with someone who promises to fix something then changes his mind leaving you high and dry without a car? I'd give minus 5 stars if possible.
My car broke down on a Weds eve, neighbour messaged me the next day to say oil had leaked out. Rang this guy and he was friendly and chatty on the phone, said he had one of his guys out on an awkward job so he'd send him afterwards, if not he'd come himself. Turned up in the afternoon, claimed to have found the issue with an oil leak, possible crack at the back of the rocker cover. Seemed genuine, saying he would tell me if it was worth repairing the car or just replacing it. Told me it was def worth keeping. He left saying he'd get a quote from BMW for the part then send over full costs later. I asked about labour costs, he said £90 an hour with 4-5 hours labour. Later never came until later into the evening when he text me saying BMW never got back to him so it will probably be the morning. The next day I get a call saying it'll be a thousand pounds due to the part being £453 from BMW. No mention of getting the part anywhere else, whereas previous mechanics I've used all have other places they can either source parts or recommend you get your own from. Then he's umming and arring about how long it'll take and "I'm worried I'll find more things wrong once I take it all apart." Er isn't that your job? And doesn't that lead to potentially more work for you, you know, your livelihood?
So after the call I text and asked if he could source a part cheaper elsewhere, no response, so then I sent a part I found on ebay asking if that was the right one so I can order it. No reply. Later I rang his number, no answer. Tried again later and left a voicemail, nothing. Rang later still, no answer and that was that. For a mobile mechanic he was totally useless and left me having to call round other mobile mechanics to fix it. I managed to get hold of one the next day who actually did carry out the work necessary. Pointless relying on fixing cars if you're not going to fix cars.
In response to your reply:-
1) I didn't say anything other than what you have said, you came out, thought you'd found the issue but even when you put your camera round the back you said "I think it's where that stickers peeled back, behind there..." But you weren't 100% sure. The next mechanic found it straight away and said "It's cracked round the back where the breather pipe is attached."
2) We had no discussion over whether I source parts but you can't validate or warranty them, you just said it was BMW only part and it's £453. There was no discussion on sourcing other parts and there are plenty of verified parts dealers online, Autodoc for example, so saying it's a dealer only part is nonsense.
3) Yes and? You didn't carry out the work. You gave me a final price, didn't ask if I wanted to go ahead with it or not, just radio silence. Basically everyone I've spoken to has said "Seems like they just didn't want to do the job."
4) I don't think that was a technician, I think that was you Richie and if that's how you treat people, and then reply to a poor review, which was based on your own behaviour, well good luck.
At the end of the day you haven't responded once, or even tried to respond, you left me hanging. No discussion on parts sourcing, in fact you took my car apart to get to the back of the rocker cover then left it like that and disappeared. No matter how you want to dress this up, you made a mockery of yourselves with poor work ethics.
31 January 2025
Unprompted review