Car Servicing and Car Repairs in Arundel |The Benefits of Choosing an Independent Local Garage

When you need the services of a mechanic, do you automatically book in for car servicing or car repairs at a dealership, or do you look for the services of a local garage with independent status? At Goldbarz Autoz, located near Arundel, we trade as a combined servicing, repair and MOT garage. Every preventative and reactive service you could possibly need, from an annual MOT test to a clutch replacement, is available from our Climping workshop.

We also deal in all aspects of engine management, using advanced vehicle diagnostics to identify subsystem faults through your car’s ECU.

So, what separates a main dealership in Arundel from an independent local garage, and what are the benefits to using a company like Goldbarz Autoz?

The easy thing to remember here is that main dealerships have manufacturer approval and only focus on one brand. A dealership primarily sells cars but will have a workshop available for undertaking car servicing, car repairs and MOT tests. Much of the work that passes through a dealership garage will fall under warranty, so profiting from sales is easier than profiting from repairs.

Unfortunately, with huge overheads to pay to cover the cost of showrooms and running workshops at little to no profit, dealerships need to make up the difference by charging higher prices. Using an independent is a more unique experience where you get to know your mechanic personally and build faith in a servicing, repair and MOT garage that always treats you fairly on price.

Goldbarz Autos of Arundel also competes well against other independents with costings. We do everything in our power to never be beaten on price.

Parts and Components

Book in for car repairs, like a clutch replacement, and we will always use OEM parts in much the same way as a dealership. Even so, we believe that our customers should have a choice when it comes to spend, and some cars won’t hold enough value to have too much put into them. Goldbarz Autos can undertake car servicing and repairs using patterned parts too, an option for anybody with an older model or with only a modest budget to work with.

We have a strong supplier network in West Sussex that makes deliveries to the Arundel area daily, meaning your car is never off the road for too long.

State-of-the-Art Technology

Dealerships and local garages both invest heavily into innovation, and this is extremely apparent when we look at engine management and vehicle diagnostics. The modern mechanic is also a technician and will have access to advanced tooling which plugs directly into the ECU to retrieve stored fault codes. Dealerships have little choice but to purchase engine management tooling that ties in with the one brand that they sell, service and repair.

Our workshop and MOT garage in Arundel can offer a diagnosis on any car with an ECU. All diagnostic equipment used is trade and industry approved.

A Complete Range of Services

Compare a dealership to an independent local garage and you’ll see that the latter offers a broader range of services. Combined car servicing and MOT tests will usually work out cheaper with an independent, and a major job such as a clutch replacement will often be lower in price because we have the option to supply new, reconditioned or patterned parts. A dealership will only use components supplied direct from the original manufacturer.

A local mechanic in Arundel will work on many different makes and models over the course of a year. A dealership will only work on one.

Note that with vehicle diagnostics, we can now assess your car’s actuators via the ECU to determine the reasons behind poor performance or the appearance of dashboard warning lights. This essentially means that we can now recommend the car repairs you need within minutes instead of hours.