MOT sorted in one place for Mile Cross (NR3) drivers - we arrange the test at a trusted DVSA-approved centre and carry out every check and repair ourselves. Our Ber Street garage is about 2 miles away, via Mile Cross Road.
The part people worry about is not the test, it is what happens when the car does not pass. From Mile Cross that bit is straightforward. The car is already with us, so a defect gets repaired at Ber Street and we arrange the retest. You are not driving between a test centre and a garage with a failed certificate on the passenger seat.
It is around two miles down Mile Cross Road and through the city, ten minutes on a quiet run and a bit more at school times or when the ring road is backed up. Drop the keys in the morning and walk, bus or get a lift back, or wait here if it is a short job. There is free parking on site and a comfortable waiting area. Most work is finished the same day. Because we are open seven days, including Sunday from 10:00 to 16:00, you can book around shifts rather than giving up a weekday. All labour carries a 3-month or 3,000-mile workmanship guarantee, and we work on any make of car, van or 4x4.
Mile Cross has the road mix most Norwich estates have: speed humps, tight residential corners, minor potholes, and Aylsham Road or the ring road at either end of the journey. It is stop-start driving with a lot of low-speed steering, and it wears particular things.
None of this is unusual and none of it is expensive on its own. It only gets expensive when three of them turn up together on test day. We check the lot beforehand and tell you where you actually stand, with a price, before anything is done.
Running a car costs enough without being sold work it does not need. When we go over a car before its MOT we split what we find into three: what will fail the test, what is an advisory you can plan for, and what is fine as it is. You get told which is which, and a price, before anything happens.
That matters at MOT time because advisories are not orders. A pad with a few millimetres left or a tyre at 3mm is worth knowing about, but it is not a reason to spend money this month. On tyres we carry budget and mid-range options alongside premium brands, and for a car doing mostly short Mile Cross journeys a good budget tyre correctly fitted and balanced is a sensible choice. On the test itself, the government caps what a test station may charge for a car MOT at a statutory maximum of £54.85. That is the fee for the test, entirely separate from our own labour and parts, which we always quote clearly. Call 07933 900901 and ask.
You drop the car with us at 100-106 Ber Street, about 2 miles from Mile Cross via Mile Cross Road, with free parking on site. We run a full pre-MOT check, then book and present the car for its test at a trusted DVSA-approved test centre nearby. Anything that would fail, we put right here first, and we arrange the retest if it is needed.
To be clear about what we are: our Ber Street workshop is not itself a DVSA test station. We arrange the test and do all the preparation and repair work, so you deal with one garage and get one quote instead of chasing two. Every repair carries our 3-month / 3,000-mile workmanship guarantee. Call 07933 900901 to book.
No. There is no test bay here and we are not a DVSA-approved test station. We arrange your MOT at a trusted DVSA-approved test centre near our Ber Street garage, two miles from Mile Cross, and we do all the pre-test checks and any repairs ourselves. You hand the car over once. We prepare it, it goes for the test, anything that needs fixing gets fixed here, and we sort the retest. That is the whole point of doing it this way: one garage, one quote, one conversation.
About two miles. Head down Mile Cross Road towards the city and we are at 100-106 Ber Street, NR1 3ES. It is roughly ten minutes outside the rush, longer at school run times or if the ring road is busy. There is free parking on site, so you are not paying for a city centre space while your car is being looked at. Plenty of Mile Cross customers drop the car in first thing and get the bus back, then collect the same afternoon.
Yes, and we would rather you asked. We separate what will actually fail the test from what is only an advisory, and we give you a price on both before starting anything. An advisory means keep an eye on it, not spend money today. If a tyre has a year left in it we will say so. We carry budget, mid-range and premium tyres so there is a sensible option at most budgets, and all our labour comes with a 3-month or 3,000-mile workmanship guarantee.
Brakes and tyres, usually. Short stop-start journeys with a lot of low-speed steering wear pads unevenly and scuff sidewalls against kerbs while parking. Speed humps take their toll on suspension bushes and tracking. On top of that, a car that never gets properly warm builds surface corrosion on discs and exhaust sections, and small things get missed: a blown bulb, a smeared wiper, an empty washer bottle. All of those are cheap when caught before the test and irritating when caught during it.
The test fee for a car is capped by the DVSA at £54.85 and no test centre can legally charge more for the test itself. That is the government's maximum, not our charge. Any pre-MOT checks or repairs we carry out are quoted separately and clearly before we start, so you always know the full cost up front.
For the pre-MOT check and most smaller repairs, yes - there is a waiting area and free parking at Ber Street. The test itself happens at the approved test centre we book it into, so that part is done with the car away from our workshop and is usually why we ask for the day.
Serving Mile Cross (NR3) and all of Norwich & Norfolk
07933 900901 Get a QuoteAddress:
100-106 Ber Street
Norwich NR1 3ES
Opening Hours:
Mon-Sat: 8:00am - 6:00pm
Sun: 10:00am - 4:00pm
From Mile Cross:
About 2 miles via Mile Cross Road
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About 2 miles from Mile Cross on 100-106 Ber Street, Norwich NR1 3ES. Call 07933 900901 to book your appointment or get a free quote today.
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