DK Motor Group Ltd

DK Motor Group Ltd HOME of the DK Black Bush! We are Citroen C4 Grand Picasso Specialists.
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Dealing with all levels of repairs, including - Semi automatic gearbox repair, EGS repairs and replacement, servicing, DPF cleaning, remapping, Diagnostics and sales, part manufacture

🚨 “PLEASE DON’T USE THE FUEL. IT’S GOT TO GET ME TO WORK ALL WEEK.”Picture this: a garage has repaired an intermittent r...
09/09/2026

🚨 “PLEASE DON’T USE THE FUEL. IT’S GOT TO GET ME TO WORK ALL WEEK.”

Picture this: a garage has repaired an intermittent rattle that only happened on a particular stretch of road.

A suitable road test is needed to check the result.

At collection, the customer asks for no test drive. The tank is almost empty. Payday is four days away.

They’ve paid the bill. They aren’t being difficult—they’re counting every mile.

Now let’s play devil’s advocate… 😈

The garage shouldn’t claim a fix it hasn’t verified. But is asking someone for another tenner always the best way to solve the problem?

A — Cover a modest fuel top-up and agree the verification drive.

B — Explain the need and obtain approval for a customer-funded top-up.

C — Use an equally valid alternative check, if one genuinely exists.

D — Arrange completion of the road test later, without claiming full verification.

E — Clearly record that road verification remains outstanding and discuss the implications.

Would your garage treat that small amount of fuel as a cost—or part of looking after someone?

🚨 “JUST PUSH THE HANDLE DOWN. IT’S ALWAYS DONE THAT.”Picture a 2015 SEAT Leon with a manual driver’s seat.It slides forw...
09/09/2026

🚨 “JUST PUSH THE HANDLE DOWN. IT’S ALWAYS DONE THAT.”

Picture a 2015 SEAT Leon with a manual driver’s seat.

It slides forwards and backwards normally.

But after adjustment, the release bar doesn’t return and engage the locking mechanism by itself. You have to push it back down by hand.

Once manually latched, the seat is secure in each position checked. It does not move inadvertently. Its structure, mountings and upright backrest are sound.

The owner shows you the technique:
“There. Solid. You just need to know how it works.”

Every old car has a little ritual. The question is whether this one belongs in the handbook—or on the failure sheet.

A — PASS: SECURE ONCE LOCKED
B — MAJOR: LOCK NEEDS HELP
C — DANGEROUS: ANY FAULT
D — MINOR: STILL USABLE
E — REFUSE: CANNOT TEST

Are you only checking that the seat CAN lock?

Or that its locking mechanism works as intended without that extra helping hand?

Testers: don’t confuse this with a deliberately fixed seat or limited adjustment travel.

Owners: would “it’s fine once you do this” satisfy you if somebody else borrowed the car?

No launching yourself backwards across the bay to prove a point. 😂

— Dan | DK Motor Group



Now let’s play devil’s advocate… 😈👇

🚨 ONE TRAINING PLACE. TWO TECHNICIANS WANT IT. WHO GETS THE CHANCE?Picture a small garage with funding and cover for one...
09/09/2026

🚨 ONE TRAINING PLACE. TWO TECHNICIANS WANT IT. WHO GETS THE CHANCE?

Picture a small garage with funding and cover for one person to attend a diagnostic course this month.

One technician has 26 years in the trade and wants to improve their confidence with newer equipment.

The other has five years’ experience and wants to move towards more diagnostic work.

Both are capable. Both are keen. Neither has been promised the place.

What should carry the most weight?

A — Who has the biggest relevant skills gap

B — Who will use the training most in their planned role

C — Who has had fewer development opportunities

D — Who can best bring the learning back to the whole team

E — Whose agreed development plan this course fits best

The longest-serving person still needs chances to develop. The younger person needs a route forward too.

Have you ever been passed over for training—and did anyone explain the decision properly?

🚨 “I’LL FIX THE CAR. I JUST DON’T WANT TO BE IN YOUR FACEBOOK VIDEO.”Imagine a garage trying to show more of the people ...
09/09/2026

🚨 “I’LL FIX THE CAR. I JUST DON’T WANT TO BE IN YOUR FACEBOOK VIDEO.”

Imagine a garage trying to show more of the people behind the work.

Most of the team enjoy it.

One technician doesn’t.

She’s happy to explain the repair, help plan the video and let the finished work be shown. She simply doesn’t want her face or voice online.

The boss is frustrated.

“Customers like meeting the team. Everyone else joins in.”

She replies: “I joined to repair cars. I’m doing that.”

For this scenario, appearing in promotional content was never part of the agreed role.

How would you handle it?

A) Respect the boundary and film willing colleagues.

😎 Ask whether hands-only or anonymous footage would feel comfortable.

C) Explain the business need and keep trying to persuade her.

A workshop can have a strong public personality without every employee wanting a public profile.

Where does encouraging someone become putting pressure on them?

And would your answer change if she were the garage’s best technician?

That’s the DK Way.

🚨 THE BELT IS DAMAGED. THE SEAT ISN’T EVEN IN THE CAR.A hypothetical one for the MOT bay: a 2008 Fiat Panda arrives with...
09/09/2026

🚨 THE BELT IS DAMAGED. THE SEAT ISN’T EVEN IN THE CAR.

A hypothetical one for the MOT bay: a 2008 Fiat Panda arrives with its rear bench and backrests completely removed.

Not folded down. Removed.

One remaining rear seat belt has obvious damage that would fail it if it served an installed seat.

But it has NO corresponding seat. The front seats and their restraints are sound, the empty rear area is safe, and no other defects are found.

The owner asks:
“If nobody can sit there, what exactly are you failing?”

Your colleague replies:
“If a belt’s fitted, you test it. End of.”

Is it, though? 👀

A — MAJOR: DAMAGED BELT
B — MINOR: BELT UNUSED
C — REFUSE: SEAT MISSING
D — PASS: OUTSIDE THIS CHECK
E — REFIT SEAT BEFORE TEST

Testers: does “all belts fitted” come with an exception you need to read?

Owners: would you accept this result—or feel a damaged safety component should always mean failure?

And before anyone turns this into a clever workaround: putting the seat back does NOT make that damaged belt safe.

The answer today and the advice before carrying a passenger are separate things.

Vote first. Manual reference second. Workshop shouting optional. 😂

— Dan | DK Motor Group



Now let’s play devil’s advocate… 😈👇

🚨 TWO REVERSING LAMPS. ONE WORKS. IS ONE ENOUGH FOR THE MOT?A four-wheeled Class 4 passenger car, first used in 2017, ar...
09/09/2026

🚨 TWO REVERSING LAMPS. ONE WORKS. IS ONE ENOUGH FOR THE MOT?

A four-wheeled Class 4 passenger car, first used in 2017, arrives for its MOT.

It has two factory-fitted reversing lamps, each using a single light source.

Both are genuine reversing lamps. The left one works correctly. The right one is completely inoperative.

Everything else relevant is satisfactory.

What result applies to that lighting defect?

A — Pass; at least one reversing lamp works

B — Minor; only one of the pair has failed

C — Major; an applicable reversing lamp is inoperative

D — Pass with an advisory because the car can still illuminate behind it

E — Dangerous because the warning to people behind is reduced

The minimum number required and the lamps that must be inspected are easy to muddle.

MOT testers—what are you recording?

🚨 COLLEGE CALLS HIM DISRUPTIVE. THE WORKSHOP CALLS HIM BRILLIANT.A trainee with ADHD is struggling at college.He interru...
09/09/2026

🚨 COLLEGE CALLS HIM DISRUPTIVE. THE WORKSHOP CALLS HIM BRILLIANT.

A trainee with ADHD is struggling at college.

He interrupts. He questions everything. He loses concentration during long classroom sessions and his written work is all over the place.

The college report says he is disruptive and falling behind.

In the workshop, the same lad is completely different.

Give him a real fault and he locks onto it. He notices tiny details, asks questions experienced mechanics sometimes miss and will keep chasing a problem long after everyone else has started blaming the car, the weather and possibly witchcraft. 😂

His practical work is good. His attitude with the team is good. The customers like him.

But he still needs the qualification—and the college cannot simply ignore the parts he is failing.

So who needs to change?

A — The trainee: work is work, and he must learn to cope with college
B — The college: adapt the teaching before writing him off
C — The employer: provide structure and help him bridge both worlds
D — All three: ability matters, but so do standards and support
E — Be honest: the traditional apprenticeship system loses people like him

Have you ever seen somebody written off in a classroom become exceptional with real work in front of them?

🚨 MOT TESTERS: TWO DEAD TRAILER SOCKETS. ARE THEY THE SAME RESULT?Two otherwise roadworthy cars arrive for test.Both hav...
09/09/2026

🚨 MOT TESTERS: TWO DEAD TRAILER SOCKETS. ARE THEY THE SAME RESULT?

Two otherwise roadworthy cars arrive for test.

Both have a towing coupling fitted. Both sockets are secure, undamaged and show no visibly dangerous wiring.

🚗 CAR ONE

It has a traditional 7-pin trailer socket. The tester connects a trailer board and none of the lamps work.

🚙 CAR TWO

It has a 13-pin Euro-socket. The approved socket tester confirms that it does not function at all.

Same apparent fault to the customer:

“The trailer lights don’t work.”

But is the MOT result the same?

A) Both pass because a trailer is not part of the vehicle test.

😎 Both fail Major because the sockets do not operate.

C) Car one is not failed for electrical function on that evidence; car two is Dangerous.

D) Car one is Minor; car two is Major.

E) Refuse both tests because the tester cannot inspect a trailer.

Now let’s play devil’s advocate.

If both faults could leave a trailer without lights, why would the test treat them differently?

And if the manual specifies an approved functional check for one socket type but not the other, should a tester apply common sense beyond the inspection method?

Testers, VTS managers and trailer users — what are you recording?

That’s the DK Way.

🚨 “YOU PROMISED MY CAR FOR 5PM.”The garage did.The correct part was ordered, the supplier confirmed it and the customer ...
09/09/2026

🚨 “YOU PROMISED MY CAR FOR 5PM.”

The garage did.

The correct part was ordered, the supplier confirmed it and the customer arranged the school run around collecting the car.

At 3:30pm the box arrives.

Right label. Wrong part inside.

The supplier cannot replace it until tomorrow.

The technician cannot finish the job, the vehicle is occupying a ramp and the customer is understandably furious.

Now let’s play devil’s advocate.

The garage didn’t pack the box, but it made the promise.

The customer didn’t cause the delay, but the garage cannot fit a part it doesn’t have.

The supplier apologises, but an apology doesn’t collect the children at 5pm.

Who should carry the practical and financial consequences?

A) The garage provides transport or a courtesy car because the promise was theirs.

😎 The supplier should cover the garage’s lost time and the customer’s reasonable costs.

C) The customer has to accept that unexpected delays happen.

D) The garage helps tonight, then pursues the supplier afterwards.

E) Something else — what would excellent service look like here?

Is a completion time a promise, an estimate or only as reliable as the sealed box sitting on the parts van?

That’s the DK Way.

👀 Welcome to our new DK Did You Know? series, where we uncover the clever ideas, odd details and unexpected stories behi...
09/09/2026

👀 Welcome to our new DK Did You Know? series, where we uncover the clever ideas, odd details and unexpected stories behind classic cars.

LOVE THE S2000? MEET ONE OF ITS ANCESTORS. 👀

Back in 1964, the Honda S600 squeezed four cylinders, twin overhead camshafts and four carburettors into just 606cc. That’s barely more than half a litre, with engineering that reflected Honda’s motorcycle background.

Then there’s the detail on our graphic: enclosed chains delivered the final drive to the rear wheels, and their housings also worked as suspension arms. Quite a lot going on beneath that tiny body. 🤯

The S600 belonged to Honda’s original S500, S600 and S800 sports-car family. Decades later, the S2000 revived that same appeal: two seats, rear-wheel drive and a four-cylinder engine that loved to rev.

The S600 is a spiritual ancestor of the S2000. Put them side by side and there’s a whole chapter of Honda history between them.

Would you still call the S2000 a future classic, or has it already earned its place?

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