The little workshop behind the servo that Ryde keeps coming back to

We're the workshop you might have driven past a hundred times without knowing we were there — tucked in behind the 7-Eleven on Blaxland Road, downstairs. That suits us fine. Ryde Automotives has never been about flashy signs; it's about the regular who drops both family cars in year after year, and the mate they send our way afterwards.

Some days that's a pink slip while you wait. Other days it's a fifty-year-old classic that needs someone patient, or a Mustang that needs someone who cares. We treat all of them the same way: a proper look, a straight answer, photos of anything we find, and a price you approve before we pick up a spanner. If it's a simple fix, we'll tell you — and sometimes there's no charge at all. That's how we've kept this workshop busy on word of mouth alone.

• A price before we start

  You approve the quote first. If something changes mid-job, we call with photos and re-quote before going further.

• Honest to a fault

  If it's a two-minute fix, that's what you pay for. Sometimes nothing. Our reviews say it better than we can.

• Old cars, new cars, same care

  Daily runabout or weekend classic, every car gets the same patience and the same straight talk.