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Garage 2 ramps · 31 Spanish Town Road +1 876 923 7740 Book ramp timeBook

2 ramps · 31 Spanish Town Road, Kingston

Tell us what it is doing. We find it before we price it.

Two ramps, three of us, and one rule that has not changed since we opened: the fault gets named on the ramp before anybody writes a number down. Then the number is the number.

Open the fault desk Book ramp time

  • 01Diagnostics first. A check with a fixed price, from JMD 2,500, credited against the work if you have it done here.
  • 02Quote second. One written number for parts and labour. It moves only if we telephone you and you say yes.
  • 03Old parts back in the box. Bagged with your registration on it, on the bench when you collect.
A mechanic lying on the floor of the workshop under the back of an old Beetle, shelves of oil behind him

Ramp 2 · 07:30 to 17:30

The fault desk

What is your car doing?

Pick the closest description. You get the check that finds it, the jobs it usually turns out to be with a price band, and the parts that come back to you — in that order, because that is the order we work in.

Six we are asked about most. There are fourteen notes on the fault desk page, including the puddle that turns out to be your air conditioner and costs you nothing.

Brakes

It pulls to one side when I brake

The car steps left or right under the brake and you correct it with the wheel.

How we tell: The wheel on the pulling side is hot to the back of your hand after a drive.

01

Diagnostics first

Brake and tyre check

JMD 2,500comes off the bill

Wheels off, pads and discs measured in millimetres, tyres read across the tread.

  • 30 minutes
  • Ramp 1
  • Credited against the work

No price leaves here before this is done. A quote made from a description on the telephone is a guess, and a guess is how a small job turns into a big bill halfway through.

02

Quote second · likeliest first

0JMD 60,000120,000

Bands are parts and labour together, for this fault on the cars we see: a small saloon at the bottom, a big SUV or a European car at the top. Once the check has named the part, you get one number in writing, and it does not move unless we telephone you first.

03

Old parts back in the box

  • Front pads and discs — your old pads and discs
  • Brake calliper, one side — the old calliper
  • Brake hoses and fluid change — the old hoses

Bagged with your registration on it and on the bench when you collect, whether you ask or not.

Book the brake and tyre check The whole note 2 ramps, so the diary is real: most checks are free the same week.

All fourteen faults Every job and its band

  • 2Ramps. Two cars at a time, and you talk to the man who worked on yours.
  • 4,500Labour, JMD an hour, charged in half hours.
  • 6 monthsOn parts we supply. 3 months on our labour.
  • 15 kmWe will come for a car that will not move, within that of here.

Diagnostics first

The checks, and what each one costs

Every one of these is a fixed price and a booked ramp time, and every one of them comes off the bill if the work is done here. You can stand at the ramp and watch.

JMD 4,500 45 min

Diagnostic scan and road test

Scanner on the port, live data read, then we drive it with you.

Where
Ramp or road
Credited
Yes, against the work

JMD 2,500 30 min

Brake and tyre check

Wheels off, pads and discs measured in millimetres, tyres read across the tread.

Where
Ramp 1
Credited
Yes, against the work

JMD 3,500 45 min

Steering and suspension check

Up on the ramp, every joint and bush levered and listened to.

Where
Ramp 2
Credited
Yes, against the work

JMD 2,500 30 min

Starting and charging test

Battery load-tested, alternator output and draw measured cold.

Where
Bay
Credited
Yes, against the work

How a check turns into a quoteBook ramp time

An open socket set: chrome sockets in size order with the ratchet lying across them
Metric and imperial, and a torque wrench that goes back to the shop to be calibrated every year.

Quote second

How the number is built

Parts at what they cost us plus a stated margin, labour at JMD 4,500 an hour, charged in half hours, and the hours written against each line so you can see where the money goes. Where there is a choice between an original part, a brand we know and a good used one, the quote shows all three prices and you pick.

If something is found under a part that had to come off anyway, the work stops and the telephone rings. You can tell us to put it back together, and that is a perfectly good answer.

Jobs and price bands

What drivers say

Shown, not told

All the reviews

Another garage told me the whole AC needed replacing. These people put dye in it, found a leaking hose in a week, and charged me for a hose.
Michelle B., Mona · Corolla, 2012
They showed me the old pads beside the new ones with the measurements written on the bag. First time in twenty years of driving that has happened.
Dwight A., Portmore · Hilux, 2016
The quote was 38,000 and the bill was 38,000. They called me before they touched anything extra and I said no, and that was the end of it.
Simone R., Liguanea · CR-V, 2014

Open

Monday to Friday
07:30 to 17:30
Saturday
08:00 to 13:00
Sunday
Closed

Opens today at 07:30

Drop-offs from 07:30. Collections until 17:30, and we will keep a car overnight for nothing if you are stuck in traffic.

Where

31 Spanish Town Road
Kingston, Saint Andrew

The blue roller door on the corner, two doors up from the tyre shop. Park on the apron, not on the street.

Call

+1 876 923 7740

For a car that will not start or will not stop, telephone rather than book: we keep a slot on each ramp for exactly that.