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Reply ID 71986

My partner and I have used Nationwide in Hertford regularly for the past fives quite happily. They are very courteous, efficient and extremely helpful there. If you book MOTs online you get a discount too. http://www.nationwideautocentres.co.uk

Reply ID 71988

I use them all the time. Always check online for discounts. Got my last mot half price. If you have alot of work done aswell they can knock some money off at discretion.

Reply ID 72044

I have also used them for MOT's with no problem - and with the half price offers is a no brainer. Also they show some common sense - the headlight adjust was out on one car so they fixed it there and then such that the car passed. Now I could be a cynic and say that there was nothing wrong with the adjustment and it was a way of clawing back some of the half price fees, but given they only charged a tenner I was not really going to argue!! A vote from me.

Reply ID 72083

Quite the opposite vote from me. My 4 year old car always comes back with hundreds of pounds of work due. Last time it also came back with an oil leak which they said was nothing to do with the hundreds of pounds of work they had done underneath the car but were happy to charge me several hundreds more to fix it. They didn't understand why I was assuming that a leak which became apparent within two hours of returning from the garage should be anything to do with the work they had just done. I will never set foot in there again and wouldn't have gone the last time if I hadn't mistaken them for the Formula One Autocentre and mistakenly booked it into the wrong one [:(!]

Reply ID 72087

I have not tried Nationwide, but have used Formula 1 in Ware Road for both my car and my wife's for the last 2 years. I've found them to be really honest compared to main dealerships (Mercedes and Mazda) we used previously who both tried to say various things were wrong with the cars during full services, such as dangerously worn brake disks and pads or worn tyres, where as 6 months down the line Formula 1 found no issues with either car, even though no work had been done! I'd never trust a main dealer to carry out a service again as they seem very fond of trying to scare you into thinking work is needed, especially where safety is a concern.

Reply ID 72104

I read in the paper the other day that Halfords are in the process of acquiring the Nationwide Autocentres. Your car will soon be serviced by someone who normally puts two wheels and stabilisers on push bikes [:D]