Ramsey Hill Garage Ltd

03/11/2026

What a lovely start to Tuesday for us all here with a great review of what we do best!

If you need any servicing, diagnostic trouble shooting, general repairs or MOT then give us a call on 01255 880677 📞

01/11/2026

❤️ RAMSEY HILL GARAGE & NEST – LET’S MAKE A DIFFERENCE THIS CHRISTMAS 🎄

This Christmas, we’re proud to announce that Ramsey Hill Garage will be donating £1,000 of our own money to support Les Nicoll and his fantastic local charity, NEST (North Essex Support Team), and their One Day Free of Poverty Christmas Appeal.

But we’d love our local community to help us take that even further!

For many families, Christmas is a time of excitement, presents, food and spending time together. Sadly, for some families in our own community, the reality is very different. Parents are struggling to afford even the basics, and children are facing the possibility of waking up on Christmas morning without presents, a proper Christmas dinner or even a warm home.

That’s where Les and the volunteers at NEST step in.

This year, the appeal is aiming to support around 200 local families and nearly 600 children across North Essex.

So where does the money actually go?

🎁 Presents for children: Helping make sure every child has something special to open on Christmas morning, with gifts chosen and wrapped for them.

🥘 A proper Christmas dinner: Providing families with the food and essentials to enjoy a proper Christmas meal together, including a turkey dinner and all the trimmings.

🛒 Food shopping: Volunteers shop for each individual family, providing food for the festive period rather than simply another basic food parcel.

🏠 Heating and electricity: Families also receive help towards their gas and electricity, contribution or voucher to help keep their homes warm and allow them to cook their Christmas dinner.

❤️ The little extras: Things like nappies, toiletries, sanitary products and other everyday essentials that many of us take for granted.

This isn’t just about presents or food. It’s about giving parents a little breathing space, taking away some of the worry and allowing children to experience the excitement and happiness that Christmas should bring.

HERE’S WHERE WE NEED YOUR HELP!

We’re asking our customers, local businesses, friends and the wider community to get behind this fantastic cause.

Ramsey Hill Garage is putting in the first £1,000, but we’d love to raise as much as possible on top of that.

Whether it’s £5, £10 or £100, every donation will make a genuine difference to a local family.

Les Nicoll has spent years bringing the community together to help families who need it most. He’s a local legend, and we’re incredibly proud to support the work he and NEST do.

Let’s pull together as a community and make sure as many local children as possible wake up on Christmas morning with a smile on their face.

❤️ DONATE HERE

Please donate, share this post and help spread the word.

From everyone at Ramsey Hill Garage, thank you for supporting our local community.

❤️ RAMSEY HILL GARAGE & NEST – LET’S MAKE A DIFFERENCE THIS CHRISTMAS This Christmas, we’r… Frazer Wood needs your support for NEST Harwich Christmas fund

31/10/2026

Happy Halloween to all our customers 🎃

Found a couple of spooky guys getting the tyre van ready for the week ahead with any tyre, puncture and TPMS light issues 🛞

Want a good deal on a tyre without a scary price or service? Let us come to you!

30/10/2026

Busy morning for the boys in the Tyre van today! All this by 11am 🫡

Need a tyre? Need yours checked? Puncture? Then let us come to you TODAY!

07480940696 📞

21/10/2026

🛞 Need some new tyres?

We fit tyres here at Ramsey Hill Garage and keep stock of most sizes, so we can usually get you sorted without too much waiting around.

Can’t get to us? No problem! 🚐 Our mobile tyre van can come out to you at home or work.

📍 Harwich, Colchester, Clacton & surrounding areas.

📞 Garage: 01255 880677
🚐 Mobile tyres: 07480 940696

Give us a call and we’ll get you sorted!

12/10/2026

Some new exciting news! We have made it to the finals of Top Garage award! Brilliant news to start this week with for us and all the team.

01/10/2026

A bit of exciting news for us here at Ramsey Hill Garage! ⭐️

We’ve been nominated for the Fleet Rising Star Award, alongside a handful of other garages that have also been shortlisted, including some really well-respected names in the industry. 🏆

It’s particularly special for us as we’re only in our first year of fleet and lease work. In that time, we’ve had the opportunity to work alongside some great companies — from local businesses to global firms — and it’s been a really exciting part of the growth of the garage.

And while we’ve been growing our fleet and lease work, we’ve continued doing what we’ve always done — looking after our amazing local community. Whether it’s a retail customer or a fleet customer, we pride ourselves on providing the same high standards of service, workmanship and care to every vehicle that comes through our doors.

To be recognised alongside garages from across the country is something we’re genuinely proud of.

Our Managing Director, Frazer, will be attending the awards in Birmingham next Friday, so everyone keep your fingers crossed for us! 🤞🏆

A massive thank you to all our customers, both retail and fleet, for continuing to support Ramsey Hill Garage. We really appreciate it! ❤️

Thanks Timothy Guidotti and all at The Fleet Guy.

25/09/2026

Happy Friday guys! Just some information on some new changes happening at Ramsey Hill Garage! This process will help us get to the bottom of any issues you guys have. Take a look…..

📞01255880677

21/09/2026

Lets talk Servicing and Oils.....

🔧 Ever wonder why we're fussy about what oil goes in your engine? It's not just "oil is oil" — manufacturers spend years testing specific formulations against their engine tolerances, and getting it wrong can mean anything from a noisier engine to real long-term damage.

That's why at Ramsey Hill Garage we use FUCHS oil 🛢️ — approved and recommended to meet manufacturer specifications, not just a cheaper alternative that happens to be the right viscosity. Whether it's a modern turbocharged engine needing a specific low-ash formulation or an older unit with its own requirements, we make sure what goes in matches what the manufacturer actually asked for.

Getting it right matters ⚠️ — the wrong oil won't cause problems overnight, but it's often the quiet cause of bigger issues (turbo wear, DPF and emissions problems) further down the line. Using the correct oil from the start heads that off.

It's a small thing most people never think about, but it's exactly the kind of detail that separates a proper service from a quick oil change. Over 25 years we've built this garage on doing it right, not doing it fast. ✅

📞 Book your car in with us on 01255 880677.

18/09/2026

Another interesting diagnostic job here at Ramsey Hill Garage.

This vehicle had already been diagnosed elsewhere on several occasions, with a different issue being identified each time. The customer was understandably concerned after being given increasingly worrying information about the fault.

Rather than guessing or simply replacing parts, we used the correct diagnostic tools, testing procedures and methods to properly investigate the misfire.

After carrying out our own thorough testing, we were able to pinpoint the actual cause of the problem and confirm our findings to the customer.

The good news? The issue wasn’t anywhere near as bad as the customer had previously been led to believe. 🙌

This is exactly why proper diagnostics matter. Finding the actual fault can save you unnecessary repairs, parts and expense.

📞 Ramsey Hill Garage: 01255 880677