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Have visited Kwik Fit 3 times now in the past 10 years or so, basically bacause they are close and open on a Sunday.
2 visits were to get a puncture fixed. On both visits they said they could not fix it due to its position and on both visits they did not have a tyre of the size needed. On both occations our local indy repaired the tyres Monday morning. I knew in both cases that the puncture was not oustside the legal area and the indy confirmed this.
Simply wanted to sell me a new tyre.
But on the on the other occation I did quite well. Wifes Focus went in for service and the main Ford dealer rang to tell me tracking needed sorting. Quoted £70 for checking it and another £70 if it needed adjusting, told him not to bother. Rang Kwik Fit who quoted free to check and £25 to adjust. So I went down expecting the usual" you also need X-Y and Z sorting" and guess what, said I needed 2 new tyres. Told him I would sort it later but he was insistant i looked and believe it or not he was correct, the inside edge was bald yet the Ford dealer had not even mentioned it probably because strictly speaking the tyres were legal (just). After looking he quoted me £90 a tyre and again I said I would sort it later, had bought that size before from indy for £65 a tyre. He was pretty insistant and said he would price match so I told him £65 but only for a known brand. After looking he agreed to that price for Pirellis, so I said do it. When I got the bill it was for £145, only charged £60 a tyre. I was well happy, only £5 more that the Ford delaer wanted for only tracking it. Kept the car another 25,000 miles and no more tracking issues so it appears they had done a decent job.
Must have been a Berocca day.
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