Hello
and Welcome to the Home of Car Talk. My name
is Shane and I
have been living in Spain for a little over ten years. Our
main aim at Car Talk is to offer you good honest affordable work at
reasonable prices; we're the old school, we don't adopt the new
style attitude of changing everything, we repair things, not
simply change everything in turn, saving our customers money.
I come from Aldershot, Hampshire
and I have been in the trade for
getting on 25 years now. After finishing my apprenticeship at David
Matias Renault dealership in Aldershot, I then started to work for
myself as a mobile mechanic and that's where I really started to learn about
cars. I have had my garage here at Villajoyosa, near Benidorm,
for over five years now. When I came to Spain I fancied a change
and tried various things before I soon realised that I was
missing the job I loved best and also finding it difficult
to find a decent garage that spoke English, I soon realized that
there was a gap in the market and I knew that my services
and experience was much needed in the area.
I came up with
the concept of Car Talk, the motoring problem page which you
can read every week in the Round Town News or read online at
the Round Town News website. Also you can listen to our
radio chat every week on Ondercero, 94.6 fm, with me and Vince
Tracey. I have been doing the newspaper and radio for over
five years and I feel that is a good testament to the honesty
and reliability of my business.
Also I work closely with
other businesses to offer a very complex service. I, myself
concentrate on my garage where, we can carry out any job on any
vehicle, no job to small or to large. Geroni takes care of
the body shop and has over 30 years experience, his body shop
turns out quality workmanship. You can also rent a car from
any were in the world at amazingly low prices check it out
for your self. You can insure your
car also at Dragon Insurance, from a personal view I find
them the best insurance company around and Andy there is a great
guy. Nick and Lance take care of the car sales they're two
people that I trust and that's saying something about car
sales men! Mark is the man for second hand car spares, if he
hasn't got it he will get it for you. Last but not least
Jesus at Aligruer, who is also the agent for Mapfre insurance
company, takes care of all our break down work. Basically we
all work together as a close team and although all our
businesses are separately owned, all in all we're a force to
be reckoned with.
Thanks for your time, your comments about
the website are more than welcome and don't forget to introduce
yourself to our message board.
All the best, Shane.