Very reliable and busy garage that does MOTs and repairs. We've taken a variety of cars there over…read morethe years and they never recommend work that doesn't need doing. Their rates are very reasonable compared to other garages in the vicinity and their work of a high standard.

Just collected my car from Kevin at Waterside Garage. A great job with great service as ever.read more

Must be under new management since the previous review as I couldn't have wished for a better…read moreservice! I recently went to a very well known (chain) of garages to get my brakes checked as they were "screeching". I was quoted over £400 for what I was told were dangerous brakes and needed replacing urgently!! I was reluctant to fork out so much money and wanted a "second opinion" so I decided to try Astley Garage as my friend had had her MOT done there and said the staff were extremely helpful and didn't try to "rip her off". I called to Astley Garage on the off chance and they gave me a courtesy car whilst they looked at my brakes! A short while later I received a phone call from the garage to say the cost would be less than half of what the previous garage had quoted!! They fixed my car straight away while I kept the courtesy car - saving me quite a bit of money and an added bonus to have a car to use whilst mine was off the road. Would definitely recommend this garage and have arranged for them to do my service later this month. 5 stars. Thank you.

had the worst experience of my life with this garage, bought a car for £750 from them on the 31st…read moreof january 11.00am, by 14.30pm the car had broken down due to some battery problem, the car was dead. thankfully some young women stopped and had some jump leads and offered to help, sadly the car was having none of it. i was 10 miles plus away from home and the garage, and was with my girlfriend and 18 month old son. i rang the garage and told them what happened, and they adopted the " i don't care attitude" all they were bothered about was they managed to sell the car. i hung up and tried to get the car started again with no luck, i rang the garage back half an hour later to see if there was any way they could come and fix the car, at this point they said they had a brand new battery i could have but they would not bring it too me, so i had to either get the car to them to fit it, or collect the battery and take it back to the car and try and fit it myself! now like i say i was with my girlfriend and 18 month old son, this isnt what i want to hear, the young women that stopped to help gave me and my family alift home (thanks, unknown young women) and me and my dad, who had just finished work then went to the garage to pick up the battery from the garage, they gave me the new battery and disgruntly agreed to send the young mechanic back up with me to fit it (why couldt they have sent him in the first place) the battery was fitted and i drove it home and it was fine, i then went to drive it about an hour later and it was dead again, so i rang the garage and told them what had happened, they said it must be something more serious and they would take a look at it. later that night i got a call from the owner of the garage on a withheld number shouting the odds and using foul and abusive language to me saying if he was there when i initially rung he would of told me to F off! he finally agreed to give me my money back if i was able to get the car back to the garage in the morning, thankfully the next morning the car decided to start, i got the most frosty reception at the garage, but lookly got my money back. i would never recommend this garage in a million years, they are the biggest cowboys in the world, maybe the universe

The Automotive Maintenance company is located in South Shields close to the new retail outlet where…read moreNext and Debenhams is. The garage moved from being a back street garage to a quite large main stream garage which employs about 5 staff. The staff in my view are not very friendly and do not explain things in simple terms and always try to talk very technical to you to try and confuse you into getting whatever work they want carried out. There quotes are on the expensive side compared to many garages in South Shields, the work carried out by these guys is of an average standard and is in my opinion not worth the money that you pay to have the job done.

I have been a customer of Andy at Automotive Maintenance for well over 10 years when he fixed a…read moreproblem with my car that 2 other garages could not even find, and I can honestly say that he and his staff including Michell his wife on reception have always been very friendly, happy to help, and above all professional and prepared to go the extra mile to find out and rectify any problems. unfortunately I recently lost my husband and as you can emagine when I experienced an intermittent fault on my car which is the worst kind of fault it seemed like a major problem to me, but Andy was so sympathetic and nothing was too much trouble he found the fault rectified it and explained everything to me so that I understood, and as I am in my 70's he had to keep it very simple I always recommend him to friends and would have no hesitation recommending him to anyone.

We were on our way to Newcastle when we noticed an issue with our car. Having arrived we noticed we…read morewere losing diesel. Premier Vehicle Care was close by so we popped along. Despite it being Friday close to closing time, they put us on the ramp, diagnosed the problem, ordered the spare parts and we could pick the car up on Monday. Great service and the price tag was very reasonable.

Would not recommend this company. The diagnosis Of what was wrong with the car changed several…read moretimes the more they fiddled with it. Estimate went up by thousand of pounds and they took weeks to fix car leavin us without transport. Once they had repaired the had to take it back three times as the parts thy had replaced were not installed correctly. Would never take a car there to be repaired. Would have Preferred it of they had admitted they knew nothing about this type of car on the first place 44 and would have saved unfold hassle by going elsewhere

Dealt with Cavendish Motors for my Tyres, Aircon Re Charge and MOTs for some time now and always…read morebeen very happy with their service. very competitive pricing and always able to fit me in when i have a problem. Will always recommend to anyone as their service is excellent.

After a recommendation from a friend, I've taken my car to Nigel and his team numerous times. I've…read morenever been disappointed. Nigel has always done great work, clearly explaining why repair work was needed and giving me up front estimates before proceeding. Unlike many of the high street garages, which make me feel like I'm a nuisance to pay them to repair my car or put it through an MOT, Nigel is friendly and easy to deal with. I now won't take my car anywhere else. Great service!

If you should be unfortunate enough to find yourself in the area of this garage with a problem with…read moreyour tyres then prepare for the worst. The service was poor and the prices through the roof, Having worked in a tyre and auto garage for about ten years in the past I knew fine well this place was expensive and the staff were definitely working on bonus as rather than just fixing the job at hand they were looking constantly for other problems to point out to me. Best avoided unless in emergencies.

Staff could not be more helpful if they tried, 4 bays for cars to be worked on . They can carry out…read morebrakes and exhausts as well as tyre service. The staff have been there years so they know what they are talking about and have twice turned me away telling me that my tyres are fine rather than selling me something I don't need . Can find better with prices either, have looked all over and have come nowhere to matching.