McDonald Automotive Services

Chris is a very competent mechanic, and a top bloke. Great service, highly recommended

** STAY AWAY FROM THIS LOT **Had a Mazda 323 petrol tank leak fixed" years back. On the surface you'd think this would be a straight forward repair

I've taken multiple cars here over the years, and have always been impressed with their work. Have been to a bunch of different mechanics in Newcastle and these guys are the most thorough and reasonably priced. Great honest mechanic, Chris is a legend.

Incredibly happy with Chris’s assessment and reporting to me re the condition of my car .His honesty saved me money, easily a couple of hundred dollars. I am impressed.

Update: after experiencing an issue with my brakes, the workshop promptly took a look, replaced the affected brakes and rotors and refunded my call out fee.Fantastic service, fit me in a week early + picked up my car from work & dropped it back. Will be happy to use McDonald Automotive Services again!

Went in for blueslip, held the car for a week and kept pushing the dates further and further backwards. In the end was told they can't do blueslip due to no time and to go elsewhere. Complete waste of time.Staff are friendly but extremely poor service and management.

UNETHICAL AND DISHONEST - KEEP AWAY!!!We recently moved to Australia and being new to the city, we found McDonald Automotive Services, Islington through an internet search. We took our car to them for an inspection. They gave us a quote of almost $1100 and a list of things wrong" with our car that needed to be fixed; many of which surprised us. We weren't convinced these repairs were actually required and went to another auto repair shop for a second opinion. The second mechanic charged us just $60 for the same job and confirmed that McDonalds Automotive Services had quoted unwarranted costs of over $1000 for supposedly fixing parts that were not broken and did not need replacement. We had heard that some places can charge higher than others but were SHOCKED and very disappointed that anyone with a conscience could charge $1100 for a $60 job. They were dishonest and looking to make a quick buck off newcomers to the city. THIS IS UNETHICAL

I bought a car through Greys online and didn't have a way to pick it up as I live in Sydney and it was unregistered. Chris picked up the car, held it for a week (free of charge) and got it roadworthy! All up it cost about $400 which is amazing. I didn't even know the condition of the car before they had it, they were in a position to completely rip me off and showed their integrity by looking after me. I cannot praise this mechanic enough!!Thank you!

I can not fault the experience that I had with the workshop and Peter's technicians. Our BMW was serviced as per the manual, log books stamped and the computer reset.Well done guys.

Well I moved to Newcastle just over 4 years ago. I was recommended this company and it’s mechanics and so far to date I cannot fault these guys. When ever I have had a problem they have gone out of there way to help me with not one car but two.Reasonable price when you consider these days nothing with regards to mechanic problems is cheap. Thanks to the guys and staff at McDonald Automotive Mechanics.