Formula One Autocentres - Lincoln Reviews Summary

Category: Tire shop Lincoln, UK

Address: 1 Tritton Rd, Lincoln, LN6 7QY, United Kingdom

Phone: +441522522422

Rating: 4.0
based on 148 reviews.

Customer Service

Pros:

  • "The customer service is fantastic, the manager and all of the team are friendly and professional."
  • "Staff are excellent and very very helpful."
  • "Always friendly, professional and competitively priced."
  • "Really friendly helpful staff but I took it in for a safety check which they said the car was OK."
  • "Greeted by friendly staff who took care of everything for me."
  • "Very transparent and honest."
  • "The guys are always amazing, I had a load of work done when I first bought my car."

Cons:

  • "Awful service, went to get 2 tyres fitted straight from work."
  • "manager very rude and accepted no responsibility"
  • "Overall wasn't impressed and would never return."
  • "Would have given no stars for today's service at Lincoln."
  • "Manager Barry is argumentative on the phone, hung up on me and refuses to admit they are at fault"
  • "the managers was very rude so I won't be going back there again if that's how people are treated very poor service and I told him so regards mark waby."
  • "Awful customer service!"

Pricing and Charges

Pros:

  • "Good price on tyres but that's all they are good for had to take my car somewhere else to fix what they did."
  • "They didn't charge me for an MOT and advised me on what needed to be fixed before they did an MOT."
  • "Excellent service at a fantastic price."
  • "Recently bought two new tyres (£240), at very competitive prices."
  • "And at a very competitive price."
  • "Prices for tyres competitive and beat a number of other suppliers."
  • "Reasonable price too."

Cons:

  • "They wanted £50 more for the tyres than I can order online."
  • "I was also charged disposal of the said tyre."
  • "I have now had to replace the other two tyres (a further £240)."
  • "Took my Nissan Tino here in to have the back pair of tyres replaced which was done a few months later took it back to take advantage on a cheap deal on the MOT and it failed …………… why because there were two different tyre sizes fitted to the back."
  • "Absolutely disgusted at this. Had I just gone with the quote, I'd have been had for £520."
  • "After losing my locking wheel nut they are refusing to pay for work to be done to remove the locking wheel bolts and refusing to pay for a new set of locking wheel nuts."
  • "I bought 2 tyres, paid for prestine balance extra, and all the way I felt sick from my cars vibration."

Quality of Service

Pros:

  • "Fixed the problem within half an hour and didn't charge me."
  • "Outstanding. Took my car for a wheel change and an MOT. Although it failed the test the guys carried out the work and had it back to me the same day meaning I wouldn't need to spend extra time sorting it out."
  • "Had the car back the same day, no issues or hidden charges."
  • "Very professional and hard working people with hassle free attitude."
  • "I will be going back as and when in the future. Very satisfied."
  • "Great communication throughout the day as to progress."
  • "Advisories talked through with an easy and polite manner."

Cons:

  • "Regrettably the under tray to the vehicle was not refitted correctly, hence was ripped away whilst driving on a dual carriageway."
  • "Took my car there for full service. Got it back with engine light on."
  • "Long wait for mot and tyres, nearly 2 and half hrs."
  • "Would advise anyone to avoid this garage! Had 2 tyres fitted onto my car, both of which started to lose pressure"
  • "Purchased 2 front tyres and done alignment on all 4 wheels, but after few days my car started to pull to one side and steering wheel wasn't in straight position."
  • "Had two new front tyres fitted to my Volvo which were supposed to include new valves. Took car to local garage for MOT 3 months later and picked up an advisory - Valves on front tyres age perished."
  • "After driving away i noticed oil stains all over my jeans and the steering wheel was sticky."

Facilities and Comfort

Pros:

  • "Guest internet, TV, Toilet. All was good."
  • "Very happy with everything. Convenient location and easy parking."
  • "Good warm waiting area."
  • "Excellent waiting room - no torn/damaged chairs that seem to plague other establishments."

Cons:

  • "The waiting room was freezing cold (unheated) and the drinks machine didn't work."
  • "Customer service at the centre was terrible and in no way did they offer an apology or resolution"
  • "Feel totally ripped off by Formula One."
  • "I don’t think the tyres were available at point of order and therefore should not have been sold!"

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