A free vehicle check every year, a free diagnostic when a light comes on, a free annual inspection, priority booking, and member rates on labour and parts. From Elliot and Keith, not a chain.
Vehicle Service Plan
£20a month
No joining fee. No minimum term.
A free vehicle check and a free annual inspection every year
Labour at £45 an hour instead of £60
10% off parts and tyres
Priority booking and a digital service history
The honest bit
That little rattle, or the light on the dash, can seem harmless right up until it isn't. Not long ago a customer came in with a minor issue that had quietly snowballed into a £480 bill, because getting it looked at felt like money spent on a car that seemed fine.
We hate seeing that happen, and it is exactly why the plan exists. If the check is free, you ring the day the rattle starts. If the scan is free, you do not drive around with a light on for a month hoping it clears. Most of the four-figure jobs we see started as something small that somebody drove through.
It is not for everyone. A nearly new car under warranty that barely needs anything is cheaper pay as you go, and the calculator further down will tell you that to your face. The plan is for people who use a mechanic more than once a year and would rather never wonder what a visit will cost.
Catch the problem while it is still small, instead of fixing it after it has broken. That is the whole idea.
What's included
The checks and the scan are the point. The member rates are what make it add up if the car needs work.
A noise, a feel, or just peace of mind before a long drive. Ring and we look. Drop the car in, or we collect it and bring it back, and there is nothing to pay for the check itself. One a year is included; after that a check is charged at the member labour rate.
A warning light is a diagnostics job from £45 for everyone else. For members the scan and the honest verdict are included, any time, on the car registered to the plan, so you never sit on a light because of the cost of reading it.
Once a year we go over the whole car properly, the way we would before an MOT, and tell you what is fine, what is coming, and what can wait.
Members go to the front of the diary. When the car will not start on a Monday morning, that is the benefit you will remember.
Every job, every time, at the member rate. Brakes, clutches, servicing, the lot. Still quoted in writing before we start.
Parts and tyres at 10% off, batteries too. The same quality parts we fit for everyone, with the discount shown on the invoice.
Everything we do to the car, when, and what we recommended, in your online account. Handy at MOT time and at resale.
No call-out fee, a written quote before any work, nothing added without a phone call, and a 12-month parts and labour warranty. Members and non-members alike.
How it works
Step 1
Your details, your registration, and a card for the £20 a month. Payments are handled by Stripe, and there is no joining fee.
Step 2
Ring, WhatsApp or book online. Drop the car at Turner Street or let us collect it from home or work, and we look it over and tell you where it stands. That is your baseline.
Step 3
A noise, a warning light, a soft pedal. Members do not wait to see if it goes away, because the check and the scan cost nothing. Most expensive repairs started as a small symptom somebody drove through.
Step 4
If the check finds something, the repair is at £45 an hour with parts and tyres discounted, and you get a written price before we touch anything. Same as ever: nothing gets added without a phone call.
Step 5
There is no contract and no minimum term. Cancel from your account and your benefits run to the end of the month you have paid for.
Does it pay for itself?
Not against a main dealer's hourly rate, against what you would pay us anyway. It will say no if the answer is no.
Your year
Think back over the last year or two. Servicing, brakes, a battery, the odd fault. Three sliders, no email address.
On the plan, that year
Honestly, not on savings alone
£105 more than pay as you go
On those numbers you are paying £105 a year for the free checks, the annual inspection and priority booking, not for a saving on work. If that is not worth it to you, stay pay as you go. We will look after you either way.
Compares a year on the plan with paying us as you go, using our own published prices: labour £60 an hour, or £45 for members; parts and tyres 10% off; diagnostics from £45, free to members. No value is put on the free checks or the annual inspection. Your actual bills depend on the car.
Servicing, MOTs and repairs are paid for when they happen, at the member rates, with a written quote first. The plan covers the checks, the scan, the inspection and the priority.
The free checks, the diagnostic scan and the annual inspection all happen at Unit 6, Turner Street, Dudley, and so does the work that follows: servicing, brakes, batteries, clutches, belts, the lot. Drop the car in, or we collect it from home or work and bring it back, free, anywhere across the Black Country.
The exception is a car that will not start. Then we come out to it, find the fault, and recover it in if it needs to come in. The member rates apply either way.
The mechanic who quotes your job is the one who works on your car. That does not change when you join.
In their words
Contacted at 09:30 and dropped my car to Elliot around 10:45. We needed the car for that night for an onward journey and Elliot managed to fix our car for collection by 6pm the same day. Amazing service.
Emma Archenoul
Verified customer
Excellent service - fast and efficient - very pleasant to deal with - highly recommend
Ruth Longville
Verified customer
Brilliant service from Elliot at YourLocalMechanic. He is a genuinely trustworthy, friendly and reliable man. He came to my house, ran diagnostics and quickly identified and fixed the issue, making the whole process completely hassle-free. The pricing was fair and reasonable, and the service was excellent from start to finish. I would definitely recommend Elliot to anyone looking for an honest and reliable mechanic.
A Smith
Verified customer
We would rather you stayed pay as you go and trusted us than joined and felt sold to.
Free collection anywhere in our area, and the work done on the ramp at Turner Street.
Workshop: Unit 6, Turner Street, Dudley, DY1 1TX. Open seven days, 7am to 5pm.
55+ years between them. 12-month parts and labour warranty. £5m public liability cover.
Every job is carried out by Elliot or Keith - the mechanic who quotes your job is the one who works on your car. No call centres, no subcontractors.
Lead Mechanic & Founder
Founder of Your Local Mechanic. City & Guilds Level 3 qualified with 15+ years experience, specialising in modern diagnostics and hybrid vehicles across the Black Country.
Senior Mechanic & MOT Assessor
Senior mechanic at Your Local Mechanic with 40+ years Vauxhall main dealer experience and a fully qualified MOT assessor, known for honest, careful work across the Black Country.
Before you join
£20 a month, paid by card, which is £240 a year. There is no joining fee, no contract and no minimum term.
Yes. Cancel from your online account whenever you like, with no penalty. Your benefits run to the end of the month you have already paid for, and you are welcome back later.
No, and we would rather you knew that before you joined. Servicing, MOT tests and repairs are paid for when they happen, at the member rates: labour at £45 an hour and 10% off parts and tyres. What the plan includes for the £20 is the yearly vehicle check, the diagnostic scan, the annual inspection and the priority booking.
Car servicing pricesRing, WhatsApp or book online, the same as any other job, and mention you are a member. Drop the car in or let us collect it, and we look it over and tell you straight what it needs and what can wait. One free check a year is included in the plan.
Yes. The member labour rate of £45 an hour applies to every job, and parts and tyres are 10% off across the board, batteries included. Every job is still quoted in writing before it starts.
Use the calculator on this page. If you have a few hours of work a year and the odd warning light, the member rates cover the £240 on their own. If you drive a newer car that barely needs anything, you are paying for the checks, the inspection and the priority, and you may be better off pay as you go. We will tell you honestly which you are if you call.
A plan covers one vehicle, the one you register when you join. If you run two or three cars in the household, call us and we will sort out the sensible way to cover them.
No. The plan is not insurance and does not include roadside recovery, so keep your breakdown cover. What it does give you is priority booking and a free diagnostic when the car will not start at home or at work, which is where most no-starts happen.
How our emergency call-outs workDudley, Stourbridge, Halesowen, Brierley Hill, Kingswinford, Sedgley, Tipton, Rowley Regis and the surrounding Black Country. Collection and return are free anywhere in that area, and the work itself is done at the workshop on Turner Street. If the car will not start, we come out to it.
Join online in a few minutes, book your first free check, and cancel whenever you like. Not sure it is for you? Ring Elliot or Keith and ask. You will get a straight answer either way.
No contract. No joining fee. Cancel any time.