Phoned on Thursday, got a next day booking for an MOT and service. Quoted £200.00 for the service…read moreplus £39.50 for the MOT plus VAT arrived 8 a.m. this morning got a call later on saying that I got some chassis damage and it would be an extra £50 total bill £339.50. I would thoroughly recommend this garage. I found everybody very pleasant they even cleaned the car. I will use this company again.

After many fliers on my windscreen I decided to give them a go…read more Asked for a full service and MOT. Best thing I've done for a long while. My car is running better than it has done for ages,,they got rid of my break squeal, which no other garage has managed, I didn't request that by the way. My petrol consumption is definitely improved. Over all it was a first class job. I'm extremely pleased with the garage,

Capital Cars have looked after my Suzuki Vitara, Nissan Micra, Toyota Avensis and my pride and joy…read more...the Range Rover (previously owned by Sir Roger Moore !) ..without fault and have always been honest, trustworthy and excellent value. I thoroughly recommend Capital Cars in Raynes Park and their boss AJ, understands cars better than anyone.

I've liked using Capital Cars for quite a few years. They tend to be cheaper and do only what needs…read moredoing. Granted they cut corners (e.g. cutting through the body to fit the fuel pump rather than charging loads to take out the fuel tank), but I've been fine with that - that's the reason I've continued to use them even when I've moved away from the area. However this time they cut too many corners. They supposedly fixed a problem, but clearly didn't test the car because as soon as I started driving the power was unreliable. After a couple of minutes, I was about to turn around to take it back when the the car wouldn't start again. At some busy traffic lights. On a dual carriageway. They refused to come and luck at it so I can to waste an afternoon waiting while a breakdown truck came to tow it back. When I dropped it back, I clearly told AJ "I don't want to spend any more money on it, so call before you do any work", intending to scrap the car if the problem was serious. What happened? He did more work, to remedy his earlier mistake, then charged me even more.

My clutch went when I was visiting Bournemouth and I had to be towed back by the AA. They left me…read morein the road where I live but quite a few houses away. My normal garage said I had to get my car to them; how? I had used an associate company of CB Motors years ago and when I contacted them they sent CB Motors to help me. CB Motors did a good job and returned the car to my road when it was finished. Only one slight problem, they returned my keys to the wrong house but quickly discovered the mistake. They retrieved the keys and brought them to me and handed them over in person quite late at night. So I have been back there ever since.

These people are so brilliant that a) I've been taking my car to them for years and b) I'm prepared…read moreto drive totally out of my way to get there. The staff are joyfully polite (I get called 'ma'am'!) and they really care about getting a good job done. They are very thorough and careful about their work. I can't recommend them highly enough.

Do you prefer your lights underneath your car, rather than in the headlight position? Or maybe you…read moreprefer to make your bonnet so shiny you can pull a comb out of your sock and do your hair like, wherever? Top Gear has it all: car accessories, mag wheels, tires, a full range of polishes, even 45000 colours of car paint. They have access to a full workshop so when I had my tires replaces I literally got it all done in a morning. You should probably spend more time waxing that new job more than you wax your car, but if cars are your thing you can find most kinds of car care material at Top Gear. And the lights and sound are amazing: they also have a good range of kit that will enable you to pimp your ride. So, even if you do spend your last £50 on new speakers, at least you'll have something to listen to while you're stuck on the highway with no petrol.

You don't meet many people as lovely as these in life any more. My car had a flat tyre and I had…read moreone hour to leave to pick up my kids who were an hour's drive away - they fixed two new front tyres for me and sorted everything out in 50 minutes. They are genuine 'old school' mechanics and know a lot about cars, are fairly priced and I couldn't recommend them highly enough. Thank you to you both for being so helpful and kind.

I should have written this review sometime in February 2017 but I kept on procrastinating because I…read morejust wanted to forget about this garage because of the experience I had with them. However, I have always felt that other people need to know my experiences with Prestige Performance (PP) because my review might just help someone who is reading this. After all, that is what reviews are for. Here is how it all started. I have a low mileage E38 740i which was built in the year 2000. That's a V8 and at the time it had done just under 55K miles on the clock. Late in December 2016 the car blew the radiator while I was away from home, so I called the AA to come and rescue me. The nice AA guy who came did a DIY job by covering the hole with some special glue and let it set in so that I could drive it home. He topped it up with water as well and he spent about two hours bleeding the engine to get rid of all the trapped air. He kept on telling me that these kind of cars need to be bled thoroughly or they would wreak havoc on you. So the plan was that I would drive the car home and then take it to the garage for a radiator replacement. Unfortunately I pushed my luck a bit and drove the car a few days without taking it to the garage. A few days later the temporary glue came off and the radiator raptured again on the motorway. The AA came and rescued me again. I asked them to tow the car to PP since that was the nearest garage from my house. I had only ever used PP once before for my wife's MOT and they seemed OK. We had only been living in the area for about two years, having moved from London. The AA guy who towed me to PP had warned me that there had been no damage to any part of the engine since it had not overheated in any way, and therefore, I should be weary of anyone who told me otherwise. So PP replaced the radiator and I did not have to pay a penny because the fix was covered under my AA Breakdown Cover. The car was fine for a few days until the dreaded "CHECK COOLANT LEVEL" message started appearing on the dashboard. I was confused since there was plenty of coolant in the car. I took the car back to PP and surprise surprise they told me that it had failed a head gasket test. Reading from the invoice I got back from them the amount I was charged for the investigation was £88 and the job was "Investigate cause of cooling system leaking and traced to cylinder head gasket failure". Further the workshop notes read: "Cylinder head gasket failed £2900 inc VAT to replace both cylinder head gaskets including skimming cylinder heads". Yes, they were going to charge me a whooping £2,900 to fix a problem that never existed! My heart was broken because my wife told me to get rid of the car - she does not have the emotional attachment that I have to it;) Remembering the warning from the AA guy I decided that I would take the car back to my normal garage in Hendon where the car has been serviced since about the year 2006. They investigated and found that the car had not been bled properly after the radiator had been replaced, hence the coolant level message on the display. They charged me less than £100 to fix the problem. I went back and told PP what had happened and all they told me was that they scanned the car with their machine and that was the result they got. Fair enough! I bet that even if I had the money and foolish enough they would have done the job and fail to bleed the car properly again. Imagine that a single AA guy could bleed the car whilst operating alone on the side of the road and PP could not do it whilst operating in a garage. Case closed! My car has done about 60K miles now and it's had no head gasket problems.

Work - Took an e90 in for an MOT and queried a warning light on the dashboard…read more Car passed it's MOT but they charged me nearly £300 for re-attaching a cable which is why the warning light came on. No courtesy call to warn me of cost, when I had asked for an update. Very rude response from Barry when I questioned the price, saying... "if I query something then they take that contractually as agreeing to go ahead and do the work and if they do find a fault then they'll go ahead and fix the problem without asking, incase I go elsewhere for a cheaper quote" Will not be using them again

Have been using this shop for service and repairs for years. Find them unfailingly helpful and…read morefriendly. Could be better at answering the phone, though!

Recently Purchased my first motorcycle off them, and i found the whole process very simple and the…read morestaff where willing to help at every stage. Lewis was always happy to answer any questions i had, and the man who delivered it for me have me a quick walk through of the bike. Overall a great experience for a new rider would definitely recommend these guys as everything was completely straightforward and with no hassle whatsoever!

If it is all Chinese in relation to Automobiles to my friend Yee, then anything about cars is…read moredouble dutch to me. Anything that goes wrong I call the Gremlin Busters! In the olden days people turned up with wrench and toolkit and a deep intake of breath on the spot eventually.Nowadays they arrive within a time armed with a laptop and testing equipment. Whatever happen to grease nipples? Do not answer that! I did forget to mention the new premises moved from besides Sainsbury`s to behind Wickes, that is only 50% smaller as a result!!

I'm not very car-savvy at all and am grateful for stores like Halfords when my car has a minor…read moreproblem. I've popped in here for replacement bulbs and fuses. Aided with my trusty car handbook and few sneaky peeks at the larger car manuals in the shop, I've managed to save myself a few bob by doing basic car maintenance. For slightly trickier jobs like replacing reversing light bulbs, the Halfords staff will fit them for a nominal fee. This will continue to be a lifeline until I complete auto repairs 101!

This is an old-fashioned auto-shop, which has everything, for every model under the sun, if not…read morethere in the shop, they'll get it for you quickly and without fuss. Much cheaper than Halfords and the staff are so knowledgeable. There is a lay-by outside the shop which is always full of their customers,