One of our closest friends in a mechanic, so he fixed our car.

When we first got married he gave us one of the old cars he was traded in, including almost a full year rego for free, and then fixed it like 3 times over the years for us without letting us pay him a cent.

Great guy, i trust him impeciably, and he always tells me 'this is coming up next time, this is slowly happening, but i will keep an eye on it, but you don't need to do anything for now, this is unsafe so i fixed this". etc, and i know that he is telling the truth, nothing to do with money etc, and that he doesn't do anything unnecessarily.

He also the other day fixed my windscreen wipers (he is always like just drop in whenever there is a problem), and listed to a funny noise it was making, and refused to let me pay him, saying it was only 10 mins work.

They are in St Kilda, so if anyone wants a mechanic you can trust, PM me for their details.