Good garage near Henley on Thames for my 1994 Volvo 850 T-5

[theador]

Hi all;

I'm new on here; I've just picked up a lovely old 1994 850 T5. Does anyone know of a good garage in or around Henley on Thames for me to take my car when the need arises? I'd rather not take it to Volvo, but again; any opinions/advice on this would be welcome.

Thanks in advance.

Kris

[chris-oxon]

We had very good service for years from WhiteHill Garage, although this was mostly with an imported Honda Civic. Don't know how they are with Volvos but it may be worth a call - . We found they were able to diagnose and fix several problems with the Civic, despite it being a unique to Japan model, with lots of incompatible parts compared to UK models. The 850 T5 should be much more straightforward in comparison.
See:

http://whitehill.boschauto.co.uk/our-services/

[Laney760]

Originally Posted by theador

Hi all;

I'm new on here; I've just picked up a lovely old 1994 850 T5. Does anyone know of a good garage in or around Henley on Thames for me to take my car when the need arises? I'd rather not take it to Volvo, but again; any opinions/advice on this would be welcome.

Thanks in advance.

Kris

That wasn't you parked in the Esso garage yesterday? Nice motor if so!

I tend to do all my small jobs and servicing myself. I used to use Courteneys till Casey Courteney sold the business, if I want a big job done cheaply I use Yeo's Auto Workshop in Newtown Road, if I wanted a big job done properly I'd probably use the garage in Binfield Heath. I have personally had problems with Shiplake Motors in the past and don't use them anymore

[theador]

Originally Posted by Laney760

That wasn't you parked in the Esso garage yesterday? Nice motor if so!

I tend to do all my small jobs and servicing myself. I used to use Courteneys till Casey Courteney sold the business, if I want a big job done cheaply I use Yeo's Auto Workshop in Newtown Road, if I wanted a big job done properly I'd probably use the garage in Binfield Heath. I have personally had problems with Shiplake Motors in the past and don't use them anymore

Hey Laney, thanks, yeah I was parked up at the Esso garage yesterday picking up some fish and chips :-D. Re: the garage in binfield Heath, do you mean the Coterals garage opposite the post office, or the garage nearer the bottle and glass? I'm going to post a thread in the relevant section regarding suspension. Mine feels ever so bouncy as there's a couple of advisories on the mot regarding shocks, I'm wondering about swapping in some T5R Suspension parts, or hearing peoples recommendations.

[loopeylimey]

Originally Posted by Laney760

That wasn't you parked in the Esso garage yesterday? Nice motor if so!

I tend to do all my small jobs and servicing myself. I used to use Courteneys till Casey Courteney sold the business, if I want a big job done cheaply I use Yeo's Auto Workshop in Newtown Road, if I wanted a big job done properly I'd probably use the garage in Binfield Heath. I have personally had problems with Shiplake Motors in the past and don't use them anymore

Just to let you guys know , the chap that runs Yeo's Auto Workshop worked for Casey Courtney for a number of years and left when Casey sold up , so the chances are he worked on your volvo.

[Laney760]

Originally Posted by loopeylimey

Just to let you guys know , the chap that runs Yeo's Auto Workshop worked for Casey Courtney for a number of years and left when Casey sold up , so the chances are he worked on your volvo.

Yeah, Dave, he went out on his own after Casey left! I should have said that in my post

[rasored]

[QUOTE=Laney760;1584702]

if I want a big job done cheaply I use Yeo's Auto Workshop in Newtown Road, if I wanted a big job done properly I'd probably use the garage in Binfield Heath.

sorry but i take umbridge with the statement above -

It implies that Yoe`s auto workshop dose not do a proper job

THIS IS UNTRUE

Yeo`s dose a cheap job AND better than those around ! any implcation that states otherwise is both unfounded and liable . For cost and honest work this is one of the best independent garages in Oxon. and Berks , offering services to every car / van on the market .

I find this very annoying when a good garage gets mis represented and feel i have to say something .

[Laney760]

[QUOTE=rasored;1876656]

Originally Posted by Laney760

if I want a big job done cheaply I use Yeo's Auto Workshop in Newtown Road, if I wanted a big job done properly I'd probably use the garage in Binfield Heath.

sorry but i take umbridge with the statement above -

It implies that Yoe`s auto workshop dose not do a proper job

THIS IS UNTRUE

Yeo`s dose a cheap job AND better than those around ! any implcation that states otherwise is both unfounded and liable . For cost and honest work this is one of the best independent garages in Oxon, and Berks , offering services to every car / van on the market .

I find this very annoying when a good garage gets mis represented and feel i have to say something .

Hold on a moment, that post is quite old and when Yeos first started up out of a lock-type building, I didn't imagine any single man garage working out of a lock-up could take on a big job due to lack of equipment, thats all I meant, compared to a big garage with lots of equipment. I should have put the emphasis on big and small jobs as oppose to properly, it was not meant to infer that Yeos don't do things properly. Since I posted this Yeos have done lots of good work for me. Sorry

I didn't word it very well I agree but I would hardly recommend a garage to use if they didn't do things properly would I?

My definition of big job is anything I cannot do myself (or don't have time for) I take to Yeos, big as in a really big job I would have thought Yeo may not be able to do due to restrictions I would have considered taking to a bigger garage

[theador]

Cool, I've been using Josh at JS motorworks - next to Thames View Tyres - for a few jobs, he's pretty good.

[JackDaniels]

Originally Posted by rasored

sorry but i take umbridge with the statement above -

It implies that Yoe`s auto workshop dose not do a proper job

THIS IS UNTRUE

Yeo`s dose a cheap job AND better than those around ! any implcation that states otherwise is both unfounded and liable . For cost and honest work this is one of the best independent garages in Oxon. and Berks , offering services to every car / van on the market .

I find this very annoying when a good garage gets mis represented and feel i have to say something .

I find it a bit odd mate that your first ever post on the forum is this one do you work for Yeos then?
I dont think she meant it like it was put though, Ellie still uses that garage, why would she do that if they werent any good?? wind your neck in.
john.