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[JDX]

Me neither!
I enjoy the work off the car, anything on a bench etc is fun but I'm finding lying under a car in the street less attractive these days....ho hum.
It's raining here now, so may have a crack at it tomorrow if it's dry 

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

If you want to try a different garage I would highly recommend Earls Colne service centre. I wouldn't go anywhere else. Adrian and Mike are both excellent mechanics who are sensible and fair at MOT time.
If time is tight for the retest and you haven't sourced the bushes yet, I have a pair of Febi bushes in my shed that I have been intending to fit to my car for the last two years (at least).
Your welcome to take them and replace them with the same sometime before the spring.

[TheBoy]

I use a unique tool called a chrisgixer to do my doughnuts

The old ones can be a challenge to get out.

[Doctor Gollum]

27mm socket and the weight of the car to pop the centre out, the hammer and cold chisel to collapse the outer shell. And a jack to refit.

Only thing that matters regardless of choice of weaponry is that you only do one side at a time

[TheBoy]

27mm socket and the weight of the car to pop the centre out, the hammer and cold chisel to collapse the outer shell. And a jack to refit.

Only thing that matters regardless of choice of weaponry is that you only do one side at a time

I prefer the gixer method.  Which has the added advantage I can drink tea made by the long suffering Mrs Gixer, whilst watching horseshit fall in gixer's ear - I always try to find a farm before visiting him

[JDX]

I use a unique tool called a chrisgixer to do my doughnuts

The old ones can be a challenge to get out.

'tis a shame there isn't a chrisgixer available down here - I like the idea of watching & drinking tea whilst the work is being done 

[Nick W]

Hersham isn't that far from me......

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

OP used to live two miles from me. I hadn't realised he had moved. Hence my post above making no sense given his new location.

[VXL V6]

27mm socket and the weight of the car to pop the centre out, the hammer and cold chisel to collapse the outer shell. And a jack to refit.

Only thing that matters regardless of choice of weaponry is that you only do one side at a time

I prefer the gixer method.  Which has the added advantage I can drink tea made by the long suffering Mrs Gixer, whilst watching horseshit fall in gixer's ear - I always try to find a farm before visiting him

I prefer any method that doesn't let it all slip out of alignment before you put the bolt in. 

[Doctor Gollum]

Autos are easier as you can use the gearbox torque to tension the subframe

[Nick W]

27mm socket and the weight of the car to pop the centre out, the hammer and cold chisel to collapse the outer shell. And a jack to refit.

Only thing that matters regardless of choice of weaponry is that you only do one side at a time

I prefer the gixer method.  Which has the added advantage I can drink tea made by the long suffering Mrs Gixer, whilst watching horseshit fall in gixer's ear - I always try to find a farm before visiting him

I prefer any method that doesn't let it all slip out of alignment before you put the bolt in. 

I give the new bush a squirt of silicone spray, align it correctly and give it a tap with the BFH to seat it. Jack the subframe and start the donut's central bolt, then buzz it in with an impact wrench or long ratchet. No alignment issues, so am I missing something?