Steve had a fantastic range of cars and I am very pleased with the car I bought. It was valeted very well and the customer care was excellent. He took great care to work out any minor problems with the vehicle and he corrected these as part of the service. His follow up was also excellent, paying for further adjustments and serviceable parts at his own expense. He was very prompt with viewing times and I was especially impressed with the powder coated wheel trims to make them as good as new.

Steve and SW Automotive has a good reputation for finding good solid rare cars and in particular cars with DSG box. He has a good selection of VWS and knows his way around Golfs. The Golfs he finds are stunning as he looks for cars like he is looking for himself and does this as a hobby. I was looking for a very rare 2.0 TDI DPF GT DSG with flappy paddles! :) Steve has sorted me with the above fort £7000 delivered to my home address with , 12mts MOT, 3 mths warranty, full VW service history with 8 stamps! After 60,000 miles new alternator, timing/cam belt and water pump fitted by VW. Aso he has said if anything goes wrong go back to him and he will help me out with getting the car fixed. He has also been able to advise me of places close to my address to re-map the Golf to more BHP and better MPG! I would recommend Steve and SW Automotive and will probably ask him top source my next requirement :)

Steve was friendly and a genuinely helpful guy. He was quick to respond to queries via email. I bought a 2005 Nissan x trail from him. The back bumper was scratched and he got it re sprayed for me picking the car up. The car had been valetes , serviced and mot'd 3 tyres were the only advisories on the mot, but Steve said I should get a year out of them. The car drives well and I wouldn't hesitate to use S W Automotive again

Travelled from the south to Scotland to pick up a car, got home and found out there was a ridiculous amount of problems, including handbrake, 6 disc CD player, (which took 3 weeks to eventually get sorted, and still no joy on the handbrake) and now I have found out whilst trying to get rid of the car, SOMEONE has disconnected something which has disabled the engine warning light, therefore, if there was anything wrong, which there is (car is flat from 1st to 2nd) I could've died. So all in all, disgusting service, and I have been well and truly mugged off. Avoid at all costs, it really isn't worth it, better off buying a push bike.

We were slightly wary at first after reading some of the reviews and also due to the fact that it was appointment only. Thankfully we were pleasantly surprised. We found Steve (and Derek) to be very knowledgeable, friendly and easy to deal with. We had a good test drive that was totally unhurried. There were a number of issues with the vehicle we were interested in and these were all resolved prior to us picking up the vehicle - a Ford Ranger. It took a little time but hey - if you want things right then you should be prepared to wait a little. The vehicle was absolutely immaculate when we picked it up. There was an issue with a power window that he couldn't resolve there and then but Steve arranged for us to go to a local garage who are in the process of ordering a bit for it - at Steve's expense. We would be very happy to return to purchase another vehicle and have already recommended to some of our friends. A completely different experience to the usual high pressure salesmen who are not really interested in what you want. We will definitely be back!

You could certainly say that S.W.Automotive conduct their business in a quite unique way. BUT, it`s refreshingly unique in as much as they do exactly as they promise. In the 2nd hand car market that promise sets Steve at S.W.Automotive apart ! I bought a fairly rare car from Steve and on first inspection I was slightly disappointed and when I pointed out the areas that I felt let the car down Steve immediately agreed to put them all right and he did. Not only that he went beyond the agreed items with the result when I picked the car up on 2 days ahead of the original plan it was absolutely immaculate and a credit to Steve and his team. Steve also delivered top end value on my trade in and negotiations with him were open and honest while he had a real desire and genuine interest in my requirements. I can now fully understand why people travel a distance to buy a car from S.W.Automotive and equally so why people go back time and time again as they look to change cars. Integrity in the cat trade ? Will it ever catch on ? Well, it`s there in droves at S.W.Automotive. I would have no hesitation in recommending a visit and a chat with Steve before you buy a used car anywhere else. I am sure you will not be disappointed.

helpful,friendly,easy to get along with 3 things that describe mr.walsh bought a 55 plate octavia vrs in march and all niggles like sticky calipers window wiper motors even paint taken care of even weeks later after noticing things i never noticed on pick up offering trade price on further paintwork etc cant recommend him enough will defo be trading the vrs back to steve as soon as he has a nice tdi or v6 golf for me as although hes great the skodas not for me (no faults wise just not my bag) so if your looking for a salesman that goes the extra mile unlike most visit or phone him i will again :)

Do not go anywhere near this garage.i bought 2 cars one a golf tdi it had 3 tyres with 1mm tread, faulty rear window wiper,air bag fault, no cd player as advertised suppose to come with rigorous inspection what a joke also suspension issues this car just had mot before purchased. The description in adverts no true.secondly bought a audi this also had to have to rear tyres replaced, faulty alarm, no radio working also faulty suspension as well this car also had a years mot and suppose to have a rigorous inspection. Place a joke the owner of company knew we had children and a 12 week old grandchild who would be in the both cars. I have no got rid of audi the golf in booked in to my mechanic to get all the necessary work done at my cost.the owner steve got to cars traded in against both above cars i only got 2600 for a 03 volkswagen golf v6 and a vauxhall vectra.he has the golf on at 4500 and vectra at 1200 for a w plate. He also has the description wrong on vectra in his adverts no electric mirrors and mileage wrong with no full service history. I asked for both my cars returned and money back his word i am ridiculous be sending reports to vosa once the golf is repaired and asked garage i traded audi in for a report to also send to vosa. The owner comes over very nice until you mention problems.this is the worse garage i have ever dealt with in 27 years.WARNING DONT GO NEAR I HAVE LOST A LOT OF MONEY AND LEARNT A HARD LESSON HE WAS PREPARED TO PUT MY CHILDREN AND GRANDDAUGHTERS LIFE AT RISK WITH THEY SO CALLED EXCELLENT CARS WHAT A JOKE.

Hi I cannot reccommend high enough this whole experience of buying a car from Steve. He is a total breath of fresh air. We couldn't have asked for better service. Honest and reliable seller. Helpful not pushy. We drove 4 hrs to get to this garage with kids and 4 hrs back then the same again a week later to collect the car. IT WAS WORTH IT. GENUINE, HONEST & FAIR. Many thanks once again Maureen

The car I purchased had numerous faults - costing me £7k to purchase and £2.5 to repair over the next 6months. Was non negotiable on price and warranty wasn't worth the paper it was written on. Not impressed - car was presented well but it clearly had not been serviced or maintained while on forecourt. Also had my part exchanged car for sale at almost twice the trade in price (understand a profit has to be made, but double?) Typical user car dealer - only in it for a sale, no interest in quality service or after sales.