GCS Engineering, German car and Porsche specialists
Every Service, One Rate

Thirteen Jobs We're Actually Good At

No franchise mark-up, no assembly swapped on a guess. Every job below is charged at £95 + VAT an hour, quoted properly before anything is booked.

Scheduled servicing

German Car Servicing

The service light has come on, or the mileage has just ticked past the number in the handbook, and now you are weighing up a dealer quote against a garage you have never used before.

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Fault finding

Advanced Diagnostics & Fault Finding

A warning light has come on, or something is doing that thing again where it runs fine for you but never for the mechanic. Somebody has already plugged a code reader in, cleared it, and sent you on your way. It came back.

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Class 4 MOT

MOT Testing

The MOT reminder has landed and you would rather not spend a morning finding out at a test centre that something you didn't know about needs sorting before you can drive home legally.

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Mechanical engineering

Engine Repairs & Rebuilds

A knock that was not there last month, a warning that the oil pressure is low, or a dealer that has quoted you the price of a replacement engine when the actual problem is one component inside it.

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Transmission

Gearbox & DSG Repairs

A DSG that hesitates from a standstill, a gearbox that has started clunking into second, or a service book that shows the transmission oil hasn't been touched since the car left the factory.

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Clutch and drivetrain

Clutch Replacement

The clutch is biting higher than it used to, or it slips under load on a motorway hill, or there's a shudder pulling away from cold that everyone keeps telling you is normal. It isn't, always.

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Braking systems

Brakes

A grinding sound that started this week, a pedal that's gone soft, or a warning light that's been ignored for longer than it should have been.

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Chassis geometry

Hunter 3D Wheel Alignment

The car pulls slightly to one side on a flat road, or the front tyres are wearing unevenly on the inside edge, or you've just had suspension work done and want it set up properly rather than eyeballed.

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Driver assistance systems

ADAS & Camera Calibration

New windscreen fitted, and now the lane-keep warning flashes when it shouldn't, or nobody mentioned that the camera needed recalibrating afterwards.

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Performance

Suspension & Performance Upgrades

Worn bushes making the car feel vague, a knock over speed bumps that's been there for months, or you've finally decided the standard exhaust note isn't doing the car justice.

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Climate systems

Air Conditioning Service & Repair

The air conditioning is blowing lukewarm at best, or it worked fine last summer and now it doesn't, and you'd rather sort it before the first proper hot week than during it.

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Metalwork

Welding & Fabrication

A rusted chassis rail on a car worth saving, an exhaust bracket that's rotted through, or a custom part that simply does not exist to buy.

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Carrera Performance heritage

Porsche, Classic & Race Preparation

An air-cooled 911 that needs more than a service, a track car that needs preparing properly before the next trackday, or a Porsche you'd rather not hand to a franchise dealer who has never had the engine apart.

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Not sure which of these you need?

Tell us the symptoms, not the diagnosis. We'll work out what's actually going on and quote it properly before anything is booked.