Posts tagged: car

Body-shop garages in Leeds?

Posted October 30 by Dan Cryer

Does anyone know of a garage in Leeds that could fix and respray my bonnet cheaply? Is bent and dented in the middle. I’m sure Evans Halshaw would do it, but it’d cost the soul of my first born child and seventeen goats to do.

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Evans Halshaw Vauxhall Leeds

Posted October 13 by Dan Cryer

In June, I bought a three and a half year old Vauxhall Astra from Evans Halshaw in Leeds. The car is great, and I’m very happy with it overall, it’s a significant upgrade from my old 2001 Fiesta. However, I’ve not had the best of experiences with Evans Halshaw and their Vauxhall garage, and wanted to write [...]

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New car!

Posted June 26 by Dan Cryer

As you’ll know already if you follow me on Twitter, I bought a new car this week. After a mess-up by the garage and a bit of hassle, I picked it up on Thursday. The car is a Vauxhall Astra 5-Door 1.7 CDTI. If you know me too well, you’ll know this is the exact [...]

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Car leasing?

Posted June 9 by Dan Cryer

I got the dreaded call with the results of my car’s MOT today. Unfortunately, it was not good news. My car failed, quite a lot:

The two front tires are just below the legal limit
Advisory that the two rear tires are nearing the legal limit
The front-left wheel is damaged/bent
Advisory that one of the rear tires has [...]

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