1st Gear Autos LTD , South Yorkshire | ClickMechanic

Book Ben

(183 ratings)

  • 10 years professional experience

  • 847 completed bookings

  • Active since March 2023

Qualifications

  • NVQ Level 2 Qualified
  • NVQ Level 3 Qualified
  • City & Guilds Level 2 Qualified
  • City & Guilds Level 3 Qualified
  • Irtec

1st Gear Autos LTD , South Yorkshire | ClickMechanic

Ben B
Hi we are 1st Gear Autos Ltd, we have over 20 years combined experience working on a variety of light vehicles and hgvs. No job is ever too big or too small. We are fully mobile or you can come to our workplace in Doncaster.
Sarah
15th October 2025
Volkswagen Transporter Premium Pre-purchase Inspection
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Excellent quality in terms of the feedback given and the level of detail when we spoke on the phone. There report and inspection were crearly throrough. I requested the inspection on Saturday and it wasll all booked in and sorted, for a few days later within hours. It was really reassuring to have the pre-purchase inspection. Only slight negative was that I arranged the appointment for 10-12 but they didn't make it to the garage until 1. As it happened the garage were flexible but it wasn't ideal.

Julia
14th October 2025
Citroen Berlingo Premium Pre-purchase Inspection
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Ben saved me wasting a lot of money. A few major issues that I wouldn’t have known about.

James
13th October 2025
Volkswagen Caddy Maxi Life Coil spring replacement - front (both)
Suspension strut top mounting replacement - front (driver side)
Extra labour for removal of seized linkage and strut top mount bolts
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Ben and his colleague were very good. My only complaint is that I live in Hull and they came from Doncaster. What should have been a 1 day job (All day Friday) took until mid afternoon on Monday as they didn't arrive until mid morning on Friday n had to go back to Doncaster in the afternoon as some problems arose and they didn't have the right tools for and couldn't order t parts they needed until Monday morning. I was without my car all over the weekend and I had children wanting to go places which I couldn't take them to. What I don't understand is why did a company from Doncaster take on a job in Hull.

Reply from Ben:

Thank you for your feedback. We accepted the job because we cover hull under our mobile slots. Your job should have been a 2-3 hour job at max and an easy job to do mobile hence why we took it but due to everything on your car being seized the job took longer and further parts were required. These parts wasnt available untill Monday hence the delay otherwise it would have been sorted before then. If we came from Hull it would have still been a Monday job to finish. Hope this clears things up. Many thanks

Graham
13th October 2025
Ford Focus Automatic transmission service
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Very happy car runs great now no probs and checked it over and test drive to make sure all round 10/10

Catrin
12th October 2025
Dacia Sandero Spark plugs replacement
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Ben was brilliant. He replaced my spark plugs and got the job done quickly with no hassle. Will definitely be using again!

Abiram
8th October 2025
BMW 3 Series
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The work has been changed to diagnostic and i dont want that i need refund please

James
7th October 2025
Volkswagen Caddy Maxi Life Car Steering Inspection
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He didn't carry out any work but he is returning on Friday to complete the job

Teresa
7th October 2025
Volkswagen Caddy Diagnostic Inspection
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Ben was great, diagnosed the problem in a few minutes.
Very knowledgeable and sorted the problem quickly. 😊⭐️

Chris
6th October 2025
Toyota Land Cruiser Premium Pre-purchase Inspection
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Ben was really helpful, and knowledgeable. Really happy with his advice, and would definitely recommend to everyone.

Catrina
2nd October 2025
Ford EcoSport Gear Selector And Transmission Inspection
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The mechanic was very professional friendly and informative. Would definitely highly recommend using the service