It is so very difficult to find an honest garage around here, even for tyres etc. I'm lucky, I've been a mechanic since I was an egg, but even I need tyres, MOT's etc.
There seems to be a weird atmosphere in these places, where they seem to tell you how good they are, and how anyone else isn't, and any car that is not the same as theirs, is crap.
I could tell you stories that would curl your toes.