Jonathan Fry Automotive Ltd

14/10/2026

Debbie’s running the Yorkshire Marathon (again. It feels like the tenth time!) on Sunday (it’ll cause me more pain than her, guaranteed!!). We’re staying over in York for the weekend in the campervan so the workshop will be closing at lunchtime on Friday and reopening at 8.30am on Tuesday.

On the bright side, there’s two Wetherspoon’s within walking distance of the campsite. I’ll take the full English breakfast over a protein shake any day of the week 🤣🤣🤣

09/10/2026

The workshop will be open between 8.30 and 10.30am today. I’m then heading back to Willerby to carry out some lighting upgrades to a 1950’s Morris Minor. Once this is done I’m going home.

There is little to no mobile signal where I’m working so I’ll return any missed calls once I get home.

03/09/2026

The workshop is now closed for just over a week whilst we travel down to Devon and The New Forest in our campervan.

I’ll monitor the workshop phone system every day and will reply to anything urgent as quickly as I can. Everything else I’ll reply to on Monday 14th September when the workshop will reopen at 8.30am.

06/08/2026

The workshop will close four weeks today for one week so Debbie and I can pop down to Devon and The New Forest in our campervan.

My great grandmother Cornelia Jane Syms was born in Devon in 1859 so I like to think of myself as a local 😂

I will be closing at 5.30pm on Thursday 3rd September and reopening at 8.30am on Monday 14th September 2026.

As usual I'll monitor the workshop phone system for calls, messages and voicemails and Wi-Fi and mobile data permitting will reply to anything urgent as soon as I can. I'll respond to everything else on Monday 14th.

You can check the workshop holiday dates at any time by visiting

The workshop is closed in the evenings, at weekends and on all UK bank holidays. In addition, I take approximately four weeks annual leave per year. Listed below are the dates when I expect the wor…

02/08/2026

The workshop will be closed tomorrow, Monday 3rd August between 10.45am and 2.00pm whilst I attend a customer’s funeral in Hornsea. I’ll return calls and messages when I get back to the workshop.

26/05/2026

It’s that time of the year again folks. Debbie and I are heading down to the Kent coast for a week in our campervan.

The workshop will close at 5.30pm this Thursday, 28th May and will reopen at 8.30am on Monday, 8th June.

I’ll be monitoring voicemails, text messages and emails when I can during the week and will call back any customer who is experiencing issues as quickly as I can.

You can check the workshop holiday dates at any time by visiting

The workshop is closed in the evenings, at weekends and on all UK bank holidays. In addition, I take approximately four weeks annual leave per year. Listed below are the dates when I expect the wor…

26/03/2026

January through to April is my busiest period of the year and this year it’s been off the scale busy. To compound it this week has been complete and utter hell. As a result I’m exhausted so I’m opening the workshop for three hours only this morning between 9am and 12pm to deal with callbacks/messages and paperwork. The workshop will be closed all day tomorrow, Friday 27th March and will reopen at 8.30am on Monday. I’ll monitor the workshop phone system from home and call back customers as quickly as I can.

The workshop will be closed on Good Friday and Easter Monday then will close at lunchtime on Wednesday 22nd April and reopen at 8.30am on Tuesday 28th so we can pop down to London in the campervan.

The workshop holiday dates can be viewed on the company website at

The workshop is closed in the evenings, at weekends and on all UK bank holidays. In addition, I take approximately four weeks annual leave per year. Listed below are the dates when I expect the wor…

27/12/2025

I’ve been using the 3CX unified communication system for a number of years. It handles just about everything customers throw at me; voice calls, voicemail, text messages, WhatsApp, call logs and archives. It’s the staging post for customer communications when I’m too busy to get to the desk. It holds all of my customer’s contact details securely and I can access it from anywhere, anytime.

3CX utilises Voice Over IP (VOIP) rather than a traditional telephone line. I’ve been using three different VOIP trunks to handle incoming and outgoing calls and texts. Trunk 1 for incoming calls on 521201, Trunk 2 for incoming calls and texts on 07400 171201 and Trunk 3 for outgoing calls on 521201 (due to silly high call costs on Trunk 1). I’ve been working on streamlining this setup over the Christmas holiday with the aim of reducing my reliance on Trunk 1. To this end I’ve acquired a new main business phone number from Trunk 2 which is now operational.

From the 1st January 2026, outgoing calls from the workshop will originate from 01482 260260. You can call the workshop on this number and I hope you do but it’s not essential. 521201 will continue to operate indefinitely. I’m also taking advantage of least cost routing so calls from the workshop will be routed via either Trunk 2 or Trunk 3 depending on which is the cheapest for that called number but the caller ID will still show as 01482 260260. Trunks 2 & 3 are also setup as failovers for each other so if one goes down 3CX will move outgoing calls to the other automatically.

I’m expecting WhatsApp to be setup and working on 260260 by the end of January 2026. WhatsApp remains operational on the existing numbers and will do indefinitely. If you need to send photos or videos to the workshop please use WhatsApp or email.

Voice calls: 01482 260260 or 07400 171201
Text Messages & WhatsApp: 07400 171201

27/12/2025

The workshop will be open on Monday 29th December between 10.00am and 4.00pm for regular customers only. I will be there to work on my own car and will deal with any vehicle issues during the day.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

20/12/2025

The workshop is now closed for the Christmas and New Year holiday and will reopen at 8.30am on Monday 5th January 2026.

Emergency cover is available on Monday 29th December for regular customers only.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

The workshop is closed at the weekends and on all UK bank holidays. In addition, I take approximately four weeks annual leave per year. Listed below are the dates when I expect the workshop to be c…