Made up here
Bespoke exhausts
Specialist machinery to custom-bend pipe, so a system can be made for the car in front of them rather than a catalogue guess.
Commercial Road · NE33 1RQ
Not just
MOT tests.
Servicing and mechanical repairs to just about any car. A row of affordable used motors out front. And if you have to wait — Stan's aquarium, the news, and a coffee machine.
- Classes
- 4 · 5 · 7
- Engine clean
- 30 min
- Opens
- 06:30
The Commercial Road bay
Pit, ramps and whatever's in bits
Affordable cars out the front
Wait with the fish
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The work
What the bay actually does
The Hydroflow machine
One of just a few
Engine cleaning, from Spain, in half an hour.
Built-up carbon on a petrol engine is dissolved and burnt off. Their words: more responsive, smoother, cleaner running. Not a bottle poured in the tank — a machine they went and bought.
How the clean works
Still on the hub
Disc skimming
A resurfacing machine skims discs on the car — rust, scoring, or the distortion that comes from warping.
While you wait
The fish are not a metaphor.
If you have to wait for the car you can watch the fish in Stan's aquarium. There is a television on the news, and a coffee machine. People mention the fish almost as often as the price.
Inside the bay →From the forecourt and Google
People come back.
“Don't try the rest, try the best. I've known Stan all my life and you will be guaranteed first class service at a reasonable price.”
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MOTs from £45
Class 4 · 5 · 7
Diesel tests
Catalyst tests
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Painted on the board over the doors. Ring to confirm the price and a slot before you drive across.
Hours
Checking…
- Monday – Saturday06:30–17:00Workshop, MOTs and sales
- Sunday10:00–13:00Car sales only
140 Commercial Road, NE33 1RQ
DirectionsQuestions the phone usually gets
Classes 4, 5 and 7 — cars and light vans, larger passenger vehicles, and goods vehicles from 3,000kg up to 3,500kg design gross weight. The bay also offers diesel tests and catalyst tests. The VTS number is 1AKX10.
The board over the bay reads MOTs from £45. That figure is painted on the workshop, so ring 0191 455 4114 to confirm today's price and whether there's a slot.
It is engine cleaning technology from Spain. On a petrol engine, carbon deposits are dissolved and burnt off in about half an hour. Stan's describe the result as more responsive, smoother and cleaner running. They say they are one of just a few in the country with the machine.
Yes to waiting. There is Stan's aquarium, a television on the news, and a coffee machine. Customers do bring dogs — one review specifically mentions the dog getting a fuss.
Sunday 10:00–13:00 is car sales only. Workshop, MOTs and repairs run Monday to Saturday, 06:30–17:00.
Yes. Affordable used cars are kept at the premises for people to look around. Stock moves, so call before you cross town for a particular motor.
Write it down, then ring.
No inbox on the other end. The ticket is a prompt so the call is short: who you are, the reg, the job.