French mechanic near ballarat/ballan/castlemaine

DJ-Studd

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Hi guys,
Can anybody help with a mechanic who knows gti6/xsara and 308 diesel around the aforementioned areas?

I cannot afford to use the dealer and I have relocated away from my previous excellent mechanic, Mammi Motors in Somerville.

Cheers.
 
I need one in Castlemaine/Bendigo as well. My Clio is going in on Wednesday to one of the local mechanics that comes highly recommended, but they asked me to drop in the manual today, just so they can have a quick look first. I'm not sure if that's a good thing, or a bad thing.
 
I need one in Castlemaine/Bendigo as well. My Clio is going in on Wednesday to one of the local mechanics that comes highly recommended, but they asked me to drop in the manual today, just so they can have a quick look first. I'm not sure if that's a good thing, or a bad thing.

I think that's a good thing. Too many mechanics make too many assumptions about cars and the poor(er) owner wears the cost because someone made a bad call.
Really simple things like oil drain plugs; don't have a 10mm square key or a 3/8" drive weld a frickn' nut on to it and then use vicegrips to drain the oil. Repeat on gearbox and diff as required! (Best outcome is to watch them remove all the plugs, grind off the nuts and with brand spanking new tools do it properly, also means that the 80W/90 gear oil they put in your 504 gearbox is replaced with the correct engine oil!):2cents:
 
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