Public liability
Injury to a member of the public or damage to their property arising from what we do, on our premises or off them.
024 7496 0114
bookings@haldenmotorworks.co.uk
Torrington Avenue, Coventry CV4
Mon–Fri 08:00–17:30 · Sat 08:30–13:00
About us
Eighteen years on Torrington Avenue
You are handing over a car and often the keys for a day. This page is the evidence that we are a real business that can put it right if we get it wrong.
Come and see it
Walk in any working dayNo obligation — we price it before anything is touched
Book your car in- Registered
- Halden Motor Works Ltd, England & Wales, company no. 09482137
- VAT
- GB 214 7739 05 — shown separately on every invoice
- MOT
- DVSA approved test station, Class 4 and Class 7
- On site since
- Torrington Avenue, Tile Hill, eighteen years
How it started
A workshop, not a
A workshop, not a
sales floor
Halden started with two ramps and one tester. Eighteen years later there are three ramps, four technicians and an MOT bay, and the thing that has not changed is the rule we started with: nobody touches a car until the owner has heard the price.
We are independent, which is the whole point. A franchised dealer has targets on parts and on hours. We have a diary and a reputation in a city where everybody knows somebody who has been stung by a garage.
3Ramps, no queue
Cover
What we’re actually insured for
Most garage websites say “fully insured” and stop there, which means nothing. There are several separate covers and plenty of businesses carry one or two. Here is the list. Certificates are on the wall.
Employers’ liability
Compulsory with staff. The legal minimum is £5m per claim and non-compliance runs to fines of up to £2,500 a day, so it is worth asking anyone you use.
Motor trade road risk
Under the Road Traffic Act 1988 any vehicle on a public road needs cover. We road test and we collect, so we carry it. A garage that does neither may not.
Straight answers
What we won’t do
Nobody invents reasons to turn work away, which is why this is the most useful section on the page.
Work without a price
Nothing is touched until you have heard the cost. If we find something mid-job, the car stops and the phone rings.
Structural welding
It needs a specialist with the right equipment. We will refer you rather than patch something that holds the car together.
Repairs worth more than the car
If putting it right costs more than the vehicle is worth, we will say so and let you decide rather than quietly taking the work.
Clear a light and say nothing
We can clear a fault code. We will not do it without telling you what it was and what causes it.
The team
Who’ll be working on it
Four technicians, all directly employed. Nobody subcontracts your car to a unit down the road.
Steve HaldenOwner · since 2008
Lee CarverTechnician · 2012
Amrit SohalDiagnostics · 2017
Nicola PriceService desk · 2019
Where we work
Where we work
Collection and return across the CV postcodes from the Torrington Avenue workshop.
Book in
Tell us the reg and what it’s doing
Same working day answer with a realistic price and the next free slot.
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