The car I bought a couple of months ago needed its first WoF under my ownership last week, and after hearing good things, I booked it in at Auto Services on Thursday morning. They're a little hard to find, down tiny Eden Street in Newmarket, next to the Carbon Garage. My first (niggling) complaint is that when my car had issues they needed to inform me of, they didn't phone me, they texted me. I didn't hear it, and so my car was sat there for a couple of hours longer than it needed to. It failed the WoF, unfortunately, due to rust and a couple of mechanical things. After getting the rust seen to, we brought it back late Friday afternoon, and it was ready to go Saturday morning. I was very impressed with the turnaround time, as I know they had to order parts to get it done. The cost was maybe a little expensive - as it was my first WoF in NZ, I have nothing to compare it to, but Newmarket tends to be more expensive than other areas in my experience. The WoF itself was $48, the repairs a couple of hundred on top of that.
I'll definitely take it back there for future WoFs, because it's within walking distance of my home, and everyone working there that I dealt with was very friendly and helpful, happy to show us the rust, explain the mechanical problems, give us price quotes on what needed to be done and get it done when we needed it. read more