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  Used Van Buying Guide: Renault Trafic 2001-2014 16 Jun 2025 (News)
  Seek out a well-looked after example and keep on top of servicing and it should be relatively hassle-free as an ownership proposition. It’s simple enough to work on yourself, while there are plenty of garages competing to work on them, so servicing, running costs should be inexpensive. Part supply is plentiful, as are the vans themselves.  Looking for more used van buying guides?
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  Used Van Buying Guide: Nissan NV200 2009-2019 16 Jun 2025 (News)
  Parts costs for a full service vary depending on where you take it, but they should be between £60-£100 as a guide, the service itself taking one or two hours. A timing belt replacement will cost around £220 from a Nissan dealership, that dropping to around £160 if you shop around the independent service centres.
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  Used Van Buying Guide: Volkswagen Caddy 2010-2015 16 Jun 2025 (News)
  Indeed, Chris Leppard, Service Manager from VW specialists Volks Autos  describes them as: “generally good vans, with a few known problems”. Most of these are centred around the EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) valves, which have a tendency to fail, and if they do you’ll be looking at a bill in the region of £800-900.
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  Used Van Buying Guide: Toyota Hilux 2004-2015 16 Jun 2025 (News)
  Ask what fuel the owner has put in it, cheaper, poor quality fuel not doing the common rail injection system any good. Not the sharpest looking, nor most exciting to drive pick-up you can buy, but for dependability it’s right up there with the best. It deserves its reputation for rugged reliability, which isn’t true of rivals like Nissan’s Navara.
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  Peugeot Expert Used Guide 2007-2016 16 Jun 2025 (News)
  Everything you need to know and look out for when buying a used Peugeot Expert.
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  Good Garage Guide: Highest rated garages in the North-West 9 Mar 2017 (News)
  With both Manchester and Liverpool in the North West there is no shortage of built up areas, and so plenty of garages to choose from. Picking can be tricky, so we've filtered out the ten most highly rated from the Good Garage Guide. 
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  Good Garage Guide: Highest rated garages in the South-West 9 Mar 2017 (News)
  South-Western England has fewer population centres than most other regions, but it still has its fair share of Good Garage Guide entries. Click the maps below to see what users thought of the ten top-rated South Western garages. 
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  Good Garage Guide: Highest rated garages in Scotland 5 Jan 2017 (News)
  A run through of the ten Scottish garages most consistently and highly recommended by Honest John readers.
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  Good Garage Guide: Highest rated garages in East of Engand 9 Mar 2017 (News)
  A run through of the ten garages Honest John readers have most recommended in East Anglia.
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  Focus On: Andrew Wood Vehicle Repair 13 Jan 2017 (News)
  You can read more reviews on the Good Garage Guide page Andrew Wood Vehicle Repair is in Glossop, Derbyshire. Have you visited? Leave a review on the   Good Garage Guide page.
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  Focus On: PMW 18 Jun 2019 (News)
  Leave a review on The Good Garage Guide page .
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  Highest rated garages: Wales 9 Mar 2017 (News)
  Wales isn't densely populated, and with lots of clear countryside and open space finding a local gararge that is both trustworthy and close enough can be hard. We've filtered out the ten most highly recommended garages in Wales from the Good Garage Guide. Click through below to see them all.   
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  Focus On: Burton Motors 21 Aug 2014 (News)
  There are dozens of reasons to recommend a garage in the Good Garage Guide, from specialist expertise to value-for-money, but with Burton Motors, in Halesowen , there’s a theme running through most of the recommendations – customer service and integrity.
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  Focus On: Volks Autos 4 Feb 2016 (News)
  They are also happy to work take work from fleet operators and fixed pricing is available. Rated the fifth in the Good Garage Guide overall an third in the London area, Volks is one of the most consistently well-reviewed garages in the country. You can read all of the user reviews on the Good Garage Guide page, where you can also find contact details. 
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  Focus On: Surrey Saab Specialists/Joe's Repair Shop 17 Feb 2014 (News)
  There's a change of name, to Joe's Repair Shop, but the garage continues to specialise in Saab models, however it will also repair, maintain and service all makes and models. Joe explained to us that his business owes a lot of its success to the positive ratings on the Good Garage Guide – the Surrey Saab Specialists / Joe’s Repair Shop entry currently features 38 reviews.
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  IMI warns car owners to check mechanic’s credentials 26 Nov 2013 (News)
  The Good Garage Guide also lets you search for a rated garage in a specific area, as well as to search for specialists in a particular field such as bodywork, or to search for garages which specialise in a particular brand of vehicle. 
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  Focus on: Empire Garages 25 Sep 2015 (News)
  The fact that Empire Garages, in Enfield, North London , has the highest rating in the Good Garage Guide should speak for itself. But we decided to go along anyway, in order to find out what makes it so popular with HonestJohn.co.uk users.
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  Focus On: Russell Automotive Centre and Garage Express 1 Oct 2018 (News)
  Russell Automotive Centre and Garage Express are located in Kingsbury Trading Estate in London. These two garages are owned by Jane and Steve Russell and both are ranked in the top 10 garages in London on the Good Garage Guide. Russell Automotive Centre opened in 2007 as an Audi, Volkswagen, SEAT, and Skoda independent garage with Bentley being included a few years later.
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  Honest John's Website in a Book 17 Oct 2001 (News)
  Most of this website, plus some other useful features and directories are now available in hardcopy as 'Honest John's Motoring Yearbook'. Contents include: Good Garage Guide, Car Clubs Directory, Step-by-Step Guide to Buying and Selling Cars, FAQs and Answers, De-mystified Motors ('Jargonbusters' from the paper), Dishonest John's Guide to Service Scams, and, of course, the Car by Car Breakdown as it was about a month ago.
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  DfT plans to improve MoT test reliability 1 Feb 2012 (News)
  “Giving drivers the very best information about garage performance is absolutely key to achieving this goal. It means that responsible garages will be well placed to reap the commercial benefits of transparency. Garages where performance is not up to scratch will find themselves under pressure to do more for their customers.” If you’re looking for a good, reliable garage you can find reader recommended MoT centres, tyre fitters and dealerships in your local area in the Honest John Good Garage Guide , and you can also submit your own recommendations.