Hi All,

Ohh you cynics out there!!

"The Garage" is produced by Endemol, who do make Big Brother.
Jock's garage is very real and has been in existence for as long as they say.
It is called English Mobile Mechanics, because Jock started out many years ago as just one man and a van and has progressed from there.
Jock's garage was chosen for the show because of his larger than life character, its location and clientelle, who are mostly larger than life ex Pats.

When you see the show, his original garage is the one on the right and the one on the left is used for filming most of the show. His business, like any one of yours, has to make an ongoing living, as, believe it or not, I don't think he was actually paid anything to make the show.

As for the glamorous technician(s), they are all real mechanics (one of which worked for another client of ours), except for the apprentice, who is ............ an apprentice!!! She just happens to be a very good looking one, for obvious reasons (its a TV show...)!!

The original mechanics are all still there, but they needed to recruit new ones to fill up the new part of the garage. The expansion of his business was happening anyway, he has been very successeful, but obviously the show producers wanted to add some "spice". Lets face it, if you watch MTV's "Pimp my ride" or "Chopper Squad " (sic) they are a lot further from reality than Jock's place!

What else can I tell you???

Oh, I went there in September to train them all, cough, cough, on a range of obscure diagnostic equipment.....just can't remember now what it was called.......

English Mobile Mechanics has been a client of ours for about three years now and Jock is as funny and personable a guy as you would ever wish to meet.

As for the show, I laughed my head off at the first one and look forward to the rest.

I suppose you could try and take it for what it is... entertainment!

All the best

Andrew