A friend recommended Doug as all his families cars had been maintained by him for over 20 years with no issues. My car needed a new clutch which is an expensive job and I was quoted over 1800 pounds by the main Volkswagen dealer I use for servicing. Doug quoted 400 pounds so I thought must give him a try. As I parked up by his house and he came out to see me I liked that he was a genuine old fashioned mechanic, dark blue boiler suit, thin Rizla roll up cigarette in the corner of his mouth, looked very experienced. He was telling me of his 50 plus years experience in the motor trade and from his experience and the feel of the gears he diagnosed the issue with the clutch and confirmed replacement was necessary. What I especially liked is newer mechanics plug in a diagnostic tool and look for fault codes, no fault codes car must be fine, Doug uses his ears and senses for the feel of the car and also has the full suite of diagnostic tools. Afterwards he showed me the old worn clutch and bent fork, he was apologizing for having to charge more than quoted initially due to the bent fork and replacement sleeve needed which was very honest of him. Will definitely use him again in the future. read more