Braeside Automotive is a Female Friendly mechanic’s workshop run by Jillian, located in Braeside, South East of Melbourne.
We understand that many women ( and you gents too) are sometimes left scratching your head with all the mechanic’s jargon that is used to explain what was done to your car. At Braeside Automotive we believe in empowering & educating all our customers on their cars in simple english.
SERVICES WE SUPPLY
With every repair or car service we complete our 94 Point Safety Check which you keep for your records
Minor Service - Warranty approved Oil & Oil Filter change
Major Service - Oil, Oil Filter, Air Filter, Cabin filter, Fuel filter, Spark Plugs & all fluids
Logbook Service - as per manufacturer’s specification
Transmission Service - Full Service= change transmission filter, transmission fluid flush & replace or Transmission Fluid replace
Diagnostics - cars of today have more computer code than a jet fighter! WOW!
Coolant Service - change fluid or full flush available
Air Condition test, repair & regas
Roadworthy Certificates
Pre-purchase Checks
Yes, I do work on the tools somedays... with full supervision of course ( best way to learn about cars, and then pass it onto you, our customers)
Making the Roads safer one car at a time!
Our mission in operating a mechanic’s workshop is to provide top quality car service and repairs on all makes and models of cars with integrity and transparency.
We believe it is important that customers know and understand what and why certain car repairs and services are completed. We do this by providing our easy to understand, 94 point safety checklist on every car service. This gives all our customers a detailed list of car services/repairs needed to keep your 4 wheel investment safe and reliable on the roads.
All work is pre approved before being completed by our friendly, qualified mechanic ( actually he has a few certs- so he’s actually a Master Technician :-) ), Jeff. This way there are no scary bills on pick up.
It's a bit of show and tell when you come to pick your car up after it has been serviced and/or repaired. As part of our mission to educate and empower all our customers in great car maintenance, we will explain and show you what we've done and why. This could be as simple as showing you the colour of your old oil or showing you the old parts we've replaced.
You know exactly what has been done to your car and why!
All parts are obtained from reputable quality suppliers and come with a 12 month or 20,000km warranty.
What makes us different
Education about Your Car
We believe all our customers deserve to know exactly what is going on with their car, why their car needs certain services and repairs and all costs are up front and completed only with permission.
It is your car after all.
At present we educate our customers through our social media platforms, primarily Facebook and Instagram and on a more personal level when a customer is contacted regarding further services or repairs that are needed. We follow this up when the customer comes to pick up their car by explaining and showing old parts whether it's a broken pad, old engine oil or worn and cracked bushes.
Car Maintenance Workshops
We run monthly Basic Car Maintenance Workshops aimed at women, P platers and L platers and anybody else who would like to learn about maintaining their car. These workshops will cover topics such as how to:
What Engine Oil your car needs, how to check your car’s oil level & how to top it up.
How to check & top up your Transmission Fluid
What Coolant suits your car, how to check & top it up
Checking the Air Pressure in your tyres & what pressure goes into them. ( we’ll even show you where to find this info on your car)
How to Change a tyre on your car - yes, you will be changing one of your tyres :-)
This is our awesome apprentice Genevieve working on our PT Cruiser
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All this, plus tips on what to look for whilst you are caring for your car and much more in a friendly, fun environment. The workshops run for about 2 hours and are run by our awesome apprentice, Genevieve
Making it easier for customers to have their car serviced
We all know the struggle of balancing work and family life, and finding the time to get your car to a mechanic’s workshop for it’s regular car service can be a logistics nightmare. This is where Braeside Automotive is a little different. We offer a pick up and drop off service to the local community - where we come to your work or home, pick your car up, complete the requested car service or car repair and then return your car to you. No muss! No fuss! We even bring our trusty wifi eftpos machine with us ( so if it’s your day off you don’t even have to get out of your PJ’s )
Local Pick Up & Drop Off of your car for it's regular service or car repair
Jillian and Cathy of Braeside Automotive offer a great, friendly, honest and reliable service. They can be trusted to do the right thing and their focus is always on doing the best for their customers. I have used them in the past and will continue to do so when servicing my clients in the area for RWC, Pre purchase inspections and mechanical repairs when buying and selling cars on their behalf.
Richard Lipinski
My Next Car Buying Advocacy
Thank you Richard, It's always a pleasure to help you and your customers in buying or selling their cars and we get great peace of mind knowing that you have test driven and reviewed the many models of cars out there.
Regards,
Jillian
Owner, Braeside Automotive
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