The van open on a driveway, shelves of parts inside
Nine jobs, one van

Everything we do
without a workshop

The honest answer is that about nine jobs in ten can be done properly at your address. The tenth needs a ramp, and we would rather tell you that on the phone than discover it on your drive.

Not sure what it needs?

60 seconds
Diagnosis before a quote No obligation
Mobile
nine times in ten
40 min to
half a day
Quoted against
the registration
12 months on
parts and labour

Pick the one that fits

If none of them quite matches what the car is doing, ring and describe it. Half our diagnostic work starts as somebody saying “it is making a noise”.

a diagnostic reader plugged into a car

Mobile diagnostics

A code is a starting point, not an answer. We read live data, run actuation tests and find the fault rather than replacing the part the light points at.

Mobile diagnostics
a brake disc and calliper on the hub

Brakes & discs

Grinding, pulling, a spongy pedal or an MOT advisory. Pads, discs, fluid and calipers, with the wear figures written down so you can see what was left.

Brakes and discs
jump leads on a battery, hands only

Batteries & charging

A flat battery is a symptom. We load test it, check the alternator output and look for a drain before anybody spends money on a new one.

Batteries and charging
oil going into an engine

Interim & full servicing

The manufacturer’s schedule, the right oil grade, and a digital record stamped the same way a franchise would. Block Exemption means your warranty is safe.

Interim and full servicing
suspension and steering parts under a car

Suspension & steering

Knocks over speed bumps, a wandering steering wheel, uneven tyre wear. Usually a drop link or a bush rather than the shock everybody expects.

Suspension and steering
a timing belt and pulleys

Timing belt & water pump

The one job where leaving it is genuinely expensive. Belt, tensioner and pump together, because doing the belt alone is a false economy.

Timing belt and water pump
a hand inspecting a car's headlight and bodywork

Pre-purchase inspections

We go and look at it before your money does. Two hours, a written report, and no interest either way in whether you buy it.

Pre-purchase inspections
a van being serviced

Van & fleet servicing

At the yard, early, before the run. Several vehicles in one visit is cheaper per vehicle and nothing loses a working day sitting in a queue.

Van and fleet servicing
a hazard triangle behind a broken-down car

Won’t-start call-outs

Wherever it stopped, including a work car park at five o’clock. Most are fixed on the spot; if it needs recovery you get told straight away.

Won't-start call-outs

Two things people get wrong

“Mobile means basic”

The van carries dealer-level diagnostics, calibrated torque wrenches and rated stands. The limit is a ramp, not the toolkit.

“A code reader is a diagnosis”

A code says which circuit is unhappy. Replacing the part named in it is how people spend three hundred pounds and still have the fault.

What we will say no to

Gearbox out, engine out, anything needing a lift or four-wheel alignment. You will hear that on the phone, not on the driveway.

Where you are barely matters

Every service here runs across the whole patch at the same price. Your postcode changes the slot, not the bill.

Choosing between them

I do not know what is wrong. Where do I start?

Diagnostics. Describe what it is doing and when — cold start, over bumps, under braking — and we will tell you on the phone whether that sounds like an hour or a morning.

If the diagnosis leads to a job we do, the diagnostic time comes off the repair.

Can everything really be done on a driveway?

Not everything. Gearboxes, engines out, four-wheel alignment and anything needing a lift are workshop jobs. Everything on this page is not, and we say which is which before travelling.

Is mobile more expensive than a garage?

Usually less, because there is no premises overhead. What you definitely save is the half day of your own time that dropping a car off and collecting it costs.

Do you fit parts I have bought myself?

We will if it is safe to do so, but we cannot guarantee a part we did not supply, and the labour is not covered if that part turns out to be the problem. Most people find the difference is smaller than they expect once we have priced it.

All of it, anywhere here

Every service on this page runs across the whole patch. The only thing your postcode changes is which day the van is already coming your way.

Base
Unit 9, Wyvern Way, Alvaston, Derby, DE21 6BF
Bookings
★★★★★
Pre-purchase check found a failing clutch. Saved me buying a dud Golf.
Jamie FordLong Eaton · inspection
★★★★★
Three vans serviced in our yard after hours. Nothing came off the road.
Mark DaleRipley · fleet
★★★★★
Belt and pump on the Fabia at a fixed price. Ash explained why both.
Sophie WraggIlkeston · timing belt
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