Garage and MOT centre in Coundon and Radford
Coundon and Radford sit north-west of the centre in CV6, alongside Holbrooks, Longford and Whitmore Park.
Book your car in
Coundon & Radford · same working day answerNo obligation — we price it before anything is touched
Book your car in- From Coundon
- Across town, or we collect
- Postcode
- CV6, north and north-west Coventry
- Common work
- Older vehicles, MOT repairs, brakes, welding referrals
- MOT
- Class 4 and Class 7, free retest if it stays
Older cars, and being straight about them
CV6 sends us a broad mix, and a fair share of it is cars over ten years old being kept going sensibly. We like that work and we are careful with it, because the maths is different on an older car.
The DVSA failure rate climbs to the mid-thirties for cars aged thirteen to fifteen, and a failed test on a car worth eight hundred pounds can easily cost more to put right than the car is worth. We will tell you when that line has been crossed. We would rather lose the job than take four hundred pounds off someone for a car that needs another six hundred next year.
What we will and will not do
We do not weld, and we will not pretend otherwise. Structural corrosion needs a specialist with the right equipment, and we will point you at one rather than patch something that matters.
What we will do is tell you honestly whether it is worth the trip. If the corrosion is in a prescribed area and extensive, the car is probably finished, and knowing that before you spend money on a welder is worth something.
Where we collect from in Coundon & Radford
Coundon, Barkers Butts
Radford, Daimler Green
Holbrooks, Whitmore Park
Longford, Courthouse Green
Coundon & Radford questions
My car is old. Will you still look at it?
Yes. Age is not the issue — whether the repair makes financial sense is. We will give you the numbers and let you decide.
Do you do welding?
No. Structural welding needs a specialist and we will refer you rather than attempt it.
What happens if it fails the MOT?
We ring you with what failed, what it costs, and whether it is worth doing. If the car stays with us the retest is free within ten working days.
Can you do it cheaper with used parts?
For some jobs, yes, and we will say when that is sensible. Not on brakes or anything safety-critical.
Do you charge to look at it?
For a diagnostic, £54, refunded against the repair. For a quick look at something obvious, usually not.
Coundon & Radford and the areas around it
We collect and return across all of these from the Torrington Avenue workshop.
Tell us the reg and what it’s doing
Same working day answer with a realistic price and the next free slot.