Eight jobs, numbered 01 through 08, each one set down by what happens to the car rather than by category. If yours is not among them, ring and say what it is doing anyway — the list is what is known, not what is possible.
No amounts are published anywhere, because what a job comes to follows what the vehicle turns out to need once someone has it up and open. Put the question to the workshop straight — over the phone, or in the notes of a booking request.
Faults and breakages sorted out, whatever you drive.
The job the workshop puts first when it describes itself. If a part has given up, or the car has started behaving in a way it did not use to, ring and say what it is doing.
Book thisThe maintenance a car is due whether or not anything is wrong.
Named by the business itself. What gets covered varies from one vehicle to the next, so ring or send a request and ask what yours would take in.
Book thisTiming belt renewal, called out by name on their own list.
The cambelt holds the top and bottom of the engine in step, and carmakers set an interval at which it has to come off and a new one go on. Southern Lakes Automotive puts this among the work it takes.
Book thisBraking systems looked over, mended or renewed.
Third on the workshop's own list. Worth booking if the pedal has gone soft or long, if there is a squeal or a grinding, or if the car tugs sideways as you slow.
Book thisClutches renewed when they stop biting properly.
Also on the list the business publishes for itself. A clutch that slips under load, shudders as it takes up, or has gone heavy underfoot is better seen early than left until the car will not move.
Book thisThe roadworthiness inspection New Zealand law asks for before a car is driven.
The inspection goes over how a car stops, steers and sits on its suspension, along with tyres, lights, glass, belts and the body structure. A Google review mentions a WOF being done here alongside a service.
Book thisTracing a fault to its cause, so the right part comes off.
Dashboard warnings, sounds nobody can place, and trouble that shows up one day and hides the next. This entry comes from a local directory write-up of Southern Lakes Automotive, not from the business itself.
Book thisSprings, dampers, bushes and the steering gear.
Repairs to the parts that hold a car up and point it where you aim it. Also taken from that directory write-up, and not confirmed by the workshop.
Book thisHardly anybody can, and nobody expects you to. Say what you are noticing — a sound, something lit on the dash, the way it pulls or hesitates — and it gets narrowed down from there. Ringing is the shortest route; a written request carries the same information.
Sending this asks for a time; it does not book one. Someone here rings back to settle it — and if that is too slow, ring the workshop instead.