Formula One Autocentres - Mansfield

I took my car in to see if they could fit a new headlight connector as the previous one had melted. The chap took the keys and had a look over it, came back and said he managed to fit the part, but the headlight was only drawing 1.3 volts instead of 12 and since they didn't have an auto electrician there they were unable to assist me further (turned out all was needed was a new fuse). I said that was fair enough and asked if he would be able to look underneath the car as I had a knocking sound. He checked it over and came back telling me both of my track rod ends needed replacing, both sets of discs and pads on the front needed replacing, as well as the cv boot, and then the tracking would need doing due to the track rod ends being replaced. I asked for a quote for it, and including parts and labour it came to £500. I was then told that if I did decide to go ahead with this quote he could "jiggle the prices about" for me, basically telling me straight away I was being overcharged. I asked a mechanic known to my family how much he would charge for the work and he said he could do it for £250! And even then, the knocking on the car had still not been diagnosed as it persisted after having the work done. I felt as though they had seen a young, naive lad come in and decided this was going to be an easy way to make some money. After researching into the parts they were going to use I saw that the brake discs they were going to use cost £25 each from euro car parts, but they were going to charge me £120 for both, an added premium of £70! I shall not be visiting this garage again, nothing but a money making scam, evidently...

Quick, easy, cheap and reliable place. Even with the covid situation. Still managed to get me sorted Thank you

Lovely bunch of lads that are good honest people, very polite and professional... young lad called tom helped me today

Staff were very pleasent and efficient tyres were cheap and looked just like a tyre. Will let you know how long they last

Just went for a simple battery change. Staff was not friendly from the start. After I got home saw that the mechanic couldn't find the battery in my car and looked for it in the boot as well. He bent the plastic cover I have in my boot and my things in there were also damaged that he pushed away to to look around. Very unprofessional job and even tried to get me to pay in cash without giving a receipt. DONT GO THERE!!!