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In August 2006 I was 6 months pregnant with our second child and we took the leap of buying Aussie Tune Dandenong. Nigel had been working the previous 12 months as an RACV contractor and keeping an eye on automotive businesses for sale. We bought Aussie Tune Dandenong off a gentleman named Paul who we still see regularly for purchasing wiper blades. It is always great to catch up with him. We joke that we lived off the baby bonus from the birth of our son in the October as we adjusted to running a business and looking back we …

Car mechanics, as an industry, tend to have a bad reputation. People often feel that it’s very easy to be scammed or taken advantage of, and they worry about bringing their vehicle to someone they don’t know. As an experienced mechanic who runs my own business, I am aware of the need to build trusting, honest relationships with my suppliers and customers. We recently worked on a vehicle belonging to a female customer whose car was making a strange noise. After calling for advice, she brought her car to the workshop so we could get an idea of where the …

‘Navigation’ is the best word to describe this year. Covid-19 and its accompanying restrictions have challenged our business and customers on a professional and personal level. Like so many Melbournians, we’ve steered our way through lockdowns, curfews, mask-wearing, constant sanitisation and learned to adapt our business model to keep ourselves, our mechanics and customers safe. Rules and regulations dominated our workshop Adapting to the constantly changing rules was a definite challenge. Every day we read so many emails in an effort to stay abreast of the regulations. Sometimes it was confusing. Could people enter the office or workshop? What repairs …

After what has been a rough 6 months for everyone we are getting excited about the run into Christmas and are passing on some Christmas Cheer with this end of year promotion. We wanted to take the opportunity to promote the businesses of a valued customer, both of which have been greatly affected by the Lockdowns. Here’s how you can be part of it: Spend $200 or more with us during the promotion period 9th Nov – 18th Dec. Your name goes into the draw for that week. To be drawn on the Friday close of business. Each Friday we randomly draw …

Nigel and his team are experienced mechanics who enjoy the challenge to problem solve and fix any vehicle-related issues for their customers. But Nigel has a strong affinity with European vehicles and is now a specialist in Audi, Mercedes and Volkswagen cars and vans. What attracted Aussie Tune to German vehicles? With years of experience, Nigel can work on ‘just about anything’. While he continues to work with other makes, about ten years ago, a client dropped in a VW Golf, asking Aussie Tune to fix it because another workshop had refused. Once the job was underway, Nigel realised how …

As the end of 2019 will be here very quickly, we are wanting to take a moment to acknowledge our awesome customers. We want to thank you for trusting us with your vehicles! We very much appreciate your support of our business throughout the year. Come join us for a sausage and an ice cream on Friday 6th December at Aussie Tune Dandenong from 4-6pm. Thanks to Castrol we have Cameron Waters from Tickford Racing coming. Cameron will be signing posters and one of the Castrol sponsored Race Cars will be here too. So if you are a racing fan …