While vacationing in London (from Chicago IL, US), my wife and I wanted to rent bikes for a ride…read moredown to Brighton, where my wife was born. We landed on About Town as it was just outside London proper (we didn't want to battle city traffic) and seemed to have a good selection of bikes for hire. We couldn't have been more satisfied with our experience! About Town is a small, but very complete and professionally operated establishment. We handled all of our preparations and reservations via email, to which the About Town staff (Anna and Mike) always attended to promptly. While my wife was disappointed that her Ducati Monster 696 wasn't available, she settled for a Honda CBF600 while I reserved a BMW F650GS. On the day of our rental, we took the train out of London to Wadsworth and somewhat apprehensively showed up with helmets in tow to the About Town shop. Our fears were quickly put to rest when we were greeted by Anna with a warm hello and were quickly walked through our paperwork while our bikes were rolled out front. Mike walked us through the bikes, gave us directions out of town, and we were ready to head out. As an added bonus, due to threatening weather that day, Mike spontaneously offered and threw in (at no charge) a top bag and 2 sets of rainwear (including one slicker off of his own bike!). Now that's the kind of service you don't often find these days. And it's that kind of service that made our experience with About Town so pleasurable. Needless to say, we highly recommend About Town. (And we also recommend the ride down and back to Brighton!) We look forward to a return trip, where we can hopefully have more time to tour the wonderful roads of England.

Sometimes it takes a problem for one to fully appreciate a companies commitment to service…read more In preparation to my visit to London, I contacted several bike hire businesses, and being on a tight budget, I was looking for a deal. Companies promoting "budget bikes" were not helpful when I asked for details, so I decided to contact About Town and pay what it took to get just the bike I wanted, a Triumph T100. The bike ran like a dream, and was in good condition. However, on the morning it was due back at the shop, I was unable to start it. Assuming I had done something to run the battery down, I got the assistance from a neighbour to boost it. I contacted About Town to let them know of my dificulties, in the hope that they would not charge me for an extra day when the bike was returned late. After some time, we got the bike started, and I set off to bring the bike back. Unfortunately, the GPS brought me to the wrong place, and frustrated I stopped to figure out where I was and how I could get to where I was going. When I tried to resume my journey, the bike would not start again, so I once again called about town and told them of my troubles. The bike was at this point over 2 hours late, and I was very concerned that I would be charged for an extra day. They sent a truck to pick me up right away, and when he arrived we discovered that the problem was with the starter switch. They were very apologetic, and seemed almost disappointed that I was unable to accept a different bike for another day at no charge. They gave me a substantial discount, and went above and beyond to ensure that I left a satisfied customer. I am very impressed to their commitment to customer service, and I hope to be able to rent from them on future visits to the UK. P.S. They didn't know it at the time, but I am the president of a riding club in Toronto with a membership of 800+. I will be giving a strong recommendation on our website as well.

I couldn't be more positive about the team from Advantage Wimbledon if I tried. Having recently…read morecompleted my CBT with them I was hugely impressed by how much they care about their students and how hard they work to get you to pass. They obviously love their jobs and this really comes across. I will definitely request to be in Dave's group for my Direct Access training and Craig's students said the same regarding him. While the whole experience was excellent the instructors' ability to set all their students at ease and help them relax into the training is worthy of particular mention. Thank you Dave and Craig and see you for the DAS training.

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As someone not particularly knowledgeable about cars, I was nervous about finding a reliable…read moremechanic. However, J & J Motor Engineers put all my worries to rest. They completed the repairs quickly and at a fair price. And they were incredibly friendly and explained everything in detail.

It's convenient that you can pay over the phone or online. All I had to do was show up with the car…read moreand let the technicians do their magic. My window looked brand new!

Absolutely appalling! You come out with more problems than you went in with! they are thieves! Mo…read morethe owner had my car for about a week to fix the AIr-con. He charged me £450!! to only have it fixed for one day?!! In the process killed my battery also! Which cost another £80?!! When i went back to him he said theres no warranty on the air-con! There's a leak in the cylinder?!! so what did you charge me £450 for Mo?? Also I had previously had my car serviced with him & found out down the line that he had not refilled my oil after draining it to replace?!! I was driving my car without oil!! Previously to that had i to have my handbrake repaired and turned out he broke my car stereo casing & the sport button on my gear lever had stopped working!! If you're a lady do not use this place! he takes advantage of women and causes more issues for you to keep coming back!! You're a disgrace to the muslim community!

Im always sceptical of reviews on here but thought id try this garage as the only one recommended…read morein the area. Turning up and seeing taxis waiting for works seemed a good sign and I think it was. The car passed its MOT with a list of recommendations I cant argue with. The owner ran through what I need to do and when and said to do it in pieces as and when I can afford it, zero pressure. Nice guy, seems genuine and honest - wish id used him all along and not Kwik Fit. Very good opening hours, polite and knows his stuff. On a selfish note I hope others keep using him so he remains open so I can keep using him!

Mustapha at the Car Shop has serviced my faithful Mercedes cars for about 20 years and has always…read moregone the extra mile, to sort things out quickly and efficiently and with good humour.

I highly recommend this shop , Mustapha is a great and super honest mechanic , although they…read morespecialise in European cars he's been amazing with my American jeep , he's always done a great job and kept the cost down . Highly recommended

Mr Clutch. 'Mister' Clutch. Don Clutcheone. Big C. Yep, there's a new kid in town, and he's pretty…read moremean. He can enable your gears to engage at a safe and acceptable speed! Lock up your young gear-sticks mums and dads, these clutch gangs are loose and they mean business. I absolutely love the way these guys have humanised a clutch. I mean, of all the internal parts of a car, the clutch has to be one of the least exciting, without any discernible personality. And if I wanted my clutch fixed, an animated cartoon clutch wouldn't necessarily be my first choice. He looks too cheery with his cheeky smile, maybe he wouldn't take the job seriously. The fan-belt maybe, or the drive-shaft would probably make a good fist of it Actually, this place is pretty handy, being slap bang in the middle of the Wandsworth one-way system, is big and professional looking and always fairly busy. And it does do what it says on the tin. So in that sense it's no different from Burger 'King' or PC 'World' (what a fun 'world' that sounds 'hey, apparently there's a rave round Mr Microchip's hard drive, bring your portable storage device and let's interface!'). Also does exhausts, tyres and brakes. With all that work to do, I guess Mrs Clutch does the cooking!

When my clutch went I was towed to Mr Clutch in Wandsworth by the RAC, who recommended them. I…read moredeeply regret that they took me there. Initially Mr Clutch spent about three days just to diagnose the problem, even though I had already told them what it was. Then they took another week to do the job, claiming they were having problems getting a part, and after that they sheepishly announced that they had irreparably broken parts of my dashboard in getting to the clutch area. They never returned calls and I always had to hassle them to see what was going on. When I eventually collected the car there was a big part of the dashboard missing and the EPC warning light was on. I had to take the car back. They said they did not know where the missing part had gone but eventually I found it under a seat. Another two or three days went by while they supposedly 'fixed the problem' but it was a complete botch job. At various points they told lies and generally they just brushed me off. In the end I could see I was getting nowhere, so just wrote it off as a bad job. Worse still, it later turned out that in the process of doing their work Mr Clutch had damaged the electrics under the steering column. As a direct result of their interference with the electrics my (admittedly old) car failed its MOT a few weeks later and I have actually had to scrap the vehicle. The whole thing was a complete disaster and I'd recommend that others steer well clear of this branch.

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.

The van they offered on the phone wasn't available when I arrived. So I had to take a much larger…read moreone than I felt uncomfortable with. The van also had a fault with the door which prevented me from locking the van. I took the van back for 6 hours until I was able to actually use the van. Nothing was done. I then moved my goods that night but then was faced with the problem of securing the vehicle over night. I attempted to park close to a fence to prevent access to the unsecured near side. I misjudged the distance and damaged the near side. On taking it back they said I would have to pay £500 for the minor cosmetic damages. Tread carefully with these guys they don't care about the customer.

The van they offered on the phone wasn't actually available when I arrived. So I had to take a much…read morelarger one that I felt uncomfortable with. The van also had a fault with the door which prevented me from locking the van. I took the van back for 6 hours until I was able to actually use the van. Nothing was done to repair the faulty door I then moved my goods that night but was faced with the problem of securing the vehicle over night. I attempted to park close to a fence to prevent access to the unsecured near side. I misjudged the distance and damaged the near side. On taking it back they said I would have to pay the £500 waiver for the minor cosmetic damages. Tread carefully with these guys they don't care about the customer.

I've been going to Sparks for well over 30 years, they have been very reasonable for price and…read moreprovide a trustworthy and helpful service. I still shop around but they always come out tops!

Been my go to tyre shop for 10 years. Recently moved to new location on queens road. Always helpful…read moreand give good advice.