05/10/2026
🔧🚗 Nearly 35 Years in the Trade, and training the next generation … A Few Things I Wish Every Driver Knew
After nearly 30 years working on cars, I’ve seen just about everything… so here are a few things I wish every driver knew 😂🔧
🔧 An MOT and a service are NOT the same thing.
Passing an MOT doesn’t mean the oil has magically changed itself or the filters have decided to clean themselves 😂
👂 Turning the radio up doesn’t fix a strange noise.
Knocking, grinding, squealing or rattling — your car is trying to tell you something. The longer you ignore it, the more expensive its vocabulary tends to become 😂💷
⚠️ Warning lights aren’t decorative.
If one suddenly appears, it doesn’t necessarily mean disaster — but it’s worth getting checked. And no, it probably won’t get bored and go away on its own 😂
🛞 Keep an eye on your tyres.
Tread, pressures and uneven wear all matter. Ideally, your tyres should also be the ONLY part of the vehicle touching the road. If anything else has joined them, give me a ring 😂
🛠️ “It only does it sometimes” is absolutely a thing.
Cars have an incredible ability to make the most horrendous noise for three weeks and then behave like a brand-new vehicle the second I get in it 🙄😂
⛽ PLEASE PUT SOME FUEL IN IT! 😂🙈
You genuinely would not believe how many customers drop their cars off with the fuel light on. If I had a pound for every car I’ve had to put fuel in just so I can road test it, I could probably retire by now 😂⛽
💷 And finally — maintenance is nearly always cheaper than repair.
Looking after the little things can stop them becoming very expensive big things.
Nearly 30 years in the trade and the approach is still the same:
If it needs doing, I’ll tell you.
If it doesn’t, I’ll tell you that too. 👍
Honest advice, fair prices, proper workmanship — and apparently the occasional emergency splash of diesel 😂🔧
Danny Harvey Automotive 🚗
📩 Drop the page a message if you need anything looking at… and check the fuel gauge before you bring it in! 😂🙈