Mangapapa Garage is a one-stop WOF and service centre at 344 Ormond Road in Riverdale, Gisborne. The website lists warrant of fitness checks for vehicles and trailers, servicing for all makes and models, repairs, diagnostics, tune-ups and light engineering and welding. It also offers new and second-hand tyres, wheel alignments, exhausts, clutches, brakes, steering, CV joints and cambelts. The team says all its staff are fully qualified, and that it can tailor solutions to a customer's needs and budget. Customers can call or drop by the workshop.
Customers' views are mixed, and some are critical. One buyer found, two months after purchase, that the car had problems that existed before the sale, and was disappointed. Another said the workshop left an oil cap off after a warrant check, causing an oil leak, and that they had to return to have it fixed. A third had rear bushes quoted, then were told both sides needed doing, which they had not expected from the quote. Warrant checks and regular servicing come up most in what people say, and staff are described as polite.