Southern Enterprise Awards 2025/ 32 Best Independent Garage & Diesel Particle Filter Specialist 2025 – Cambridgeshire Fast, local, reliable, and professional, ST Garage Ltd is an MOT and repair garage based in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. Working for domestic and commercial customers alike, no job is too big or too small for this independent location, which aims for same-day repairs 100% of the time, minimising disruption for its customers. Almost any make and model can be fixed by the team here, but their speciality lies in diesels – especially diesel particulate filters (DPFs). We caught up with ST Garage’s own Andrei Udrea on the back of its recognition in this programme. A Class 4 MOT Centre and RAC-approved network member, ST Garage is an independent car garage on a mission to offer quick turnarounds without compromising on the service it provides. Balancing exceptional customer service with competitive pricing, this market leader works closely with local shops to keep delivery times to a minimum, and so confident are the team with the quality of the work they provide that it is good for 12 months or 12,000 miles – offering the peace of mind that only comes with trusting an RAC-approved garage. From this foundation of trust, ST Garage has branched out into its own area of expertise, DPFs, which it today leads the market in. Andrei explained: “We look to refurb as opposed to replace, as DPFs are often high in cost and it takes time to source the correct replacement.” This is why DPF cleaning is so important, as it helps to preserve the life of this component by removing the build-up of all the diesel particulate manner and soot that comes from the exhaust gas, both of which the DPF is designed to remove. The DPF tends to regenerate every 300 miles, super-heating the filter so as to burn off all the contaminated soot and ash particles which end up there. Whilst most of this soot is expelled through the exhaust and released as harmless ash particles, the regeneration process innately leaves some residual mess behind, with these particles building up each time a new regeneration occurs. A blockage can prove costly to fix, so getting the DPF cleaned with ST Garage’s DCS-16 DPF Cleaning Machine is a sensible investment in the long term. “With our DCS-16 DPF Cleaning Machine we can clean up to 100% of the carbon, soot, and ash build-up. The DCS-16 DPF Cleaning Machine is designed to accommodate most domestic car DPFs and can perform complete filter regenerations.” Of course, the team at ST Garage are aware that diesels are quickly becoming a thing of the past – petrol vehicles are suffering a similar fate, albeit more slowly – so they are constantly investing in new tools and technologies to ensure they remain capable of dealing with any repair across any vehicle. EVs and hybrids are now more common than ever, and recent pushes have seen these mechanics trained on the ins and outs of these evolving vehicles, something which will continue in line with market developments. Interestingly, as Andrei shared, this is not the only development impacting the industry of late, with shifts towards leasing and commercial fleets presenting new opportunities for ST Garage. Andrei added: “We are currently working with the RAC for warranty jobs, which allows us to ensure we are best fixed to serve the customer, whoever they may be. We consistently develop these services to adapt to what comes next. For example, the RAC has indicated a need for tyres in the area, so we have just invested in these.” Having recently added tyres to its ever-growing list of services, ST Garage has a number of exciting plans for the future of the business and is eagerly anticipating what the market holds for 2026. Longer term, more branches and a polishing of its standards to that of main dealership-approved levels will see it continue to partner with new businesses and fleet customers, like 1LINK, with which it has recently agreed a new partnership, and EUROCARPARTS, which it aims to work with in the near future. As the leading warranty and DPF specialist in the region, ST Garage goes beyond standard MOT and repair services – which it also excels at – to position itself a one-stop shop for everything related to car maintenance in the region. For this, it is our pleasure to recognise ST Garage Ltd as the Best Independent Garage & Diesel Particle Filter Specialist 2025 – Cambridgeshire, and we invite readers to the link below for more on its services. Contact: Andrei Udrea Company: ST Garage Ltd Web Address: https://st-garage.co.uk/
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