Grubby Workshops!.

If the work place looks clean and respected at least there is a chance they might look after your car the same way,just speaking from experiance,can't fault my machanic .cheer's GREENDOG

with you all the way if the workshop is neat and tidy every chance his work will be the same safe driveing mal b

Gday

Mmmmm.... Maybe?
Some mechanics spend your money working on your car,not cleaning their workshop????
I personaly prefer a clean workshop but at the end of the day... the job done on your car is the thing that counts for me.

Cheers

My view.
Would we pay $100 or so for a meal in a dirty restaurant/cafe/roadhouse, would we pay $30 for a night in a dodgy caravan park, would we pay $300++ in a dirty mechanics shop to look after our $50k++ vehicle???
No jolly way.
If they cannot look after their own work space they will not look after my vehicle.
Rusty

The place I have booked the prado in for to get the valve clearances done I couldn't believe,was getting done Tuesday gone and had dropped it off there Monday arvo but had to go and pick up Tuesday morning due to my wife's car off the road (refer to post "check your nuts") Recommended by my mate who use to work for Toyota. Usually only three people touch any of my cars. My mate, A workshop at 7 hills (Jason) and myself, but my mate doesn't have time to do the prado and led me to this bloke as my mate knows how fussy I am and he's close to home. The workshop which is quit big had about 8 hoists plus about the same on the other side of workshop without hoists. There were bits of carpet the average length of a car in every bay. There was yellow tape on the floor where all the trolley jacks should be. The vinyl mat thingys they use on your guards were hanging in the empty bays the ones with cars in them had them on either guard, no radios blaring, air hoses dropping down from the roof on each bay retractable ones. I also saw allot of those plastic gloves on the benches bit like the ones doctors use.There were also rolls of plastic seat covers in front of roughly every second bay.I had never met the bloke before but my mate had spoke to him about me coming in. He said to me " I only like to use genuine parts. He said he would ring me and tell me when he had checked the clearances and if it required any shims and how much they would be. He also said that any thing his apprentices do is checked over by himself before during and after working on the vehicle. I will find out I suppose I will find out the outcome when I rebook it. Also he was the cheapest rough quote I had. Bit hard to get a firm price depending on if and how many shims he needs. He straight away told me he will replace the rocker cover gaskets. I know another place that I use to work with the bloke at Toyota and is a brilliant mechanic but I don't like his workshop. Filthy, cars on hoists above the car under neath !!! mmm brake fluid,battery acid comes to mind on the roof of the vehicle underneath. To me a workshop is bit like a restaurant. If its clean Ill eat there, if its not Ill walk. I have the same opinion of workshops, clean workshop hopefully clean car minus the grease etc on your trim. regards steve M

not quite the same but,

Guy I get my tyres from, his place is a dump no eftpos or card facilitys BUT he is ultra helpful, treats your car as his own and because his overheads are low so is his prices.

I got my maxxis big horns $360 cheaper than anyone else. I guess you play it by ear, this guy came has excellent word of mouth advertising. If I didn't know him I would have driven straight past as the place does look like bleep !!!!

Stefan

A clean, organised workshop always indicates to me that the worker(s) have pride in themselves, their work environment and therefore the vehicle(s) they might be working on.

After suffering blown head gasket in Perth, thought I would get complete motor done due to high k's, phoned around and got a great qoute, when I dropped ute off, I noticed workshop was grubby, but in the rush did'nt register until later, turned out to be my worst nightmare, price doubled after motor was stripped down, got it back $4000 later and it was worse than before, still got oily radiator.
If the workshop is'nt immaculate, run for your life!!!!!!!

Have a look at TLC (Toyota Landcruiser) in O'Connor WA. (No affiliation BTW)

I think they must rent their workshop out as an operating theatre on the weekends. It is that immaculate.

Their workmanship and even their paprwork is just as thorough and professional as well.

A conicidence?.......I think not.

You can eat your dinner off of the floor in some workshops - old sandwich over there, bannana skin by the door, part of a pie and wrapper under the bench etc. :-))