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[MickAP]

Hmmm.....I am skeptical.

'Association with' in my experience does not guarantee jack....so lets wait with baited breath.

I am thinking this.....my nearest would be Warwick.

STS, who are they? seem to have a few of those on the map.

My local tyre fitters are crap, but I found one across the city who fitted a full set of tyres and balanced, and that alone transformed the TD estate.
I asked about full wheel alignment last year.
Their answer was it's a special set up so we need time and of course we may have trouble getting things freed up to adjust it.
So they seem clued up, I just haven't taken it to them yet.

Mick

Mick

[TheBoy]

There's one not far from my place of work so may 'scope it out as I'm in need of a pair of boots.

Would be interesting to know to what extent the WIM Omega alignment expertise has been transferred to the other branches, though. :-/

Kevin

On 'easy' cars like the Omega, I believe they use the settings provided by WIM, and have some kind of 'live link' back to WIM if necessary.

Obviously, you are still at the mercy of the local operators being consciencious, but I suspect WIM will not tolerate that for long, as they have spent a considerable investment building up the brand.

That said, although there are centres nearer to me, I will probably still go to Chesham and Tony Bones for the setup, seeing as its only an hour or so from here, and always a good opportunity to see what it will do down the A41 stretch its legs....

[TheBoy]

Hmmm.....I am skeptical.

'Association with' in my experience does not guarantee jack....so lets wait with baited breath.

I am thinking this.....my nearest would be Warwick.

STS, who are they? seem to have a few of those on the map.

My local tyre fitters are crap, but I found one across the city who fitted a full set of tyres and balanced, and that alone transformed the TD estate.
I asked about full wheel alignment last year.
Their answer was it's a special set up so we need time and of course we may have trouble getting things freed up to adjust it.
So they seem clued up, I just haven't taken it to them yet.

Mick

Mick

STS were formally known as Stapletons....  ....a large chain of tyre fitters.

[tunnie]

think i'll still make the trip to WIM i've used before, although my millage will drop to zero soon so won't need them as much

[MikeDundee]

I just booked up today to go there next thursday morning to have mine done.

[wheels-inmotion]

Hmmm.....I am skeptical.

'Association with' in my experience does not guarantee jack....so lets wait with baited breath.

I think you have always been skeptical of wim for some reason? Thanks to TheBoy who introduced us to the Omega problem years ago I re-wrote the chassis positions to dissolve the Tyre wear issue, thanks to TheBoy he locked a price for OOF members that's actually £25 less than it should be.

Our invitation to the network went out last year and of the hundreds of applications only one indy and one national chain was excepted, plus from the national chain only 26 of the 90 centres were excepted.

All 27 centres have to adopt our pricing/ data/ sop and so on, this addition to experience has taken another seven months before the venture went live.

[MickAP]

Thanks for the explanation

Mick

[Marks DTM Calib]

Well sadly, I know the outfit in Northampton.....lets hope they have made big improvements.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Hmmm.....I am skeptical.

'Association with' in my experience does not guarantee jack....so lets wait with baited breath.

I think you have always been skeptical of wim for some reason? Thanks to TheBoy who introduced us to the Omega problem years ago I re-wrote the chassis positions to dissolve the Tyre wear issue, thanks to TheBoy he locked a price for OOF members that's actually £25 less than it should be.

Our invitation to the network went out last year and of the hundreds of applications only one indy and one national chain was excepted, plus from the national chain only 26 of the 90 centres were excepted.

All 27 centres have to adopt our pricing/ data/ sop and so on, this addition to experience has taken another seven months before the venture went live.

Quite the contrary, I have absolute confidence in yourself and one other outfit and that is based in experience (by other trusted friends) and myself.

Sadly, training does not always equal a proper job hence my preference to wait and see how well it works 

[Auto Addict]

Hmmm.....I am skeptical.

'Association with' in my experience does not guarantee jack....so lets wait with baited breath.

I think you have always been skeptical of wim for some reason? Thanks to TheBoy who introduced us to the Omega problem years ago I re-wrote the chassis positions to dissolve the Tyre wear issue, thanks to TheBoy he locked a price for OOF members that's actually £25 less than it should be.

Our invitation to the network went out last year and of the hundreds of applications only one indy and one national chain was excepted, plus from the national chain only 26 of the 90 centres were excepted.

All 27 centres have to adopt our pricing/ data/ sop and so on, this addition to experience has taken another seven months before the venture went live.

Will the centres give the same discount to OOF members that you give?

[wheels-inmotion]

Yes because the payment is made through us.

[wheels-inmotion]

Hmmm.....I am skeptical.

'Association with' in my experience does not guarantee jack....so lets wait with baited breath.

I think you have always been skeptical of wim for some reason? Thanks to TheBoy who introduced us to the Omega problem years ago I re-wrote the chassis positions to dissolve the Tyre wear issue, thanks to TheBoy he locked a price for OOF members that's actually £25 less than it should be.

Our invitation to the network went out last year and of the hundreds of applications only one indy and one national chain was excepted, plus from the national chain only 26 of the 90 centres were excepted.

All 27 centres have to adopt our pricing/ data/ sop and so on, this addition to experience has taken another seven months before the venture went live.

Quite the contrary, I have absolute confidence in yourself and one other outfit and that is based in experience (by other trusted friends) and myself.

Sadly, training does not always equal a proper job hence my preference to wait and see how well it works 

I understand your cynical thoughts on the topic but this is very different.

First the customer pays us online for the calibration, so we have control over the pricing, this also means under the sale of goods act we are totally responsible for the work being carried out.

Of the hundreds of applications to our scheme only 27 where excepted and all of these needed additional things to come up to code, like ( in no order of priority )
1: Centre appearance
2: Already doing Geometry calibrations
3: Correct imaging system... Of the 27 centres nine of them had to buy new equipment to comply with our standards at a cost of 12k each.
4: Advanced training for two members of staff at each centre done at wim station.
5: Only those trained members of staff can work the bookings bought online.
6: Only our settings/ SOP and QC can be used
7: A live link is available and must be used if there's any complications.

This is a world first and we will trip during the roll out but we won't fall. Every day, seven days a week people ask me "where can i go" because they want some assurance from wim in advance of their visit, well now they can have it by buying online from one of these 27 centres, to be expanded to 150 centres 2011.

[JamesV6CDX]

Hi Tony,

As soon as I've done my wishbones/droplinks/steering idler, I will be paying you a visit 

[CaptainZok]

Well this is the manchester Branch

Sadly no Phone Number though

Nigel Langs Tyre Pros Garage

164 Crook Street
Bolton
BL3 6AS

http://www.nigellangsgarage.co.uk/

[VXL V6]

Well done Tony. I know a lot of work and planning has gone into this and I know that with your attention to detail and hard work it will all come together.

I'm sure you'll face a few more hurdles along the way but I know with you attitude and quality control standards you'll be in control.