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About Matchanic

What Matchanic is, and what it isn’t.

What Matchanic is

Matchanic is a website where you tell garages what your car needs and they can quote for the work. You start with your registration, choose the job from a list or describe the problem, add the postcode where the car is, and post it.

Garages on Matchanic can see your job, and each one decides whether to quote and what to charge. Every quote names its garage and links to that garage’s profile, where you can see what it says about itself and any reviews from other drivers on Matchanic. You can message a garage about its quote, and accept one if it suits you. From there, you deal with that garage directly.

It’s free to post a job and read quotes, and you don’t have to accept any of them.

Matchanic is launching in Surrey first: see Matchanic in Surrey for the towns and postcodes we’re starting with.

What Matchanic isn’t

  • Not a garage

    We don’t do repairs. Each quote names the garage that would do the work.

  • Not a price guide

    We don’t estimate prices. Each price is a quote for your job, in the name of the garage that would do the work. If we enter a quote on a garage’s behalf, its quote card says so.

  • Not a payment service

    We don’t take payment for the work. If you accept a quote, you pay the garage directly.

  • Not a guarantee on the work

    We don’t inspect repairs or offer a warranty. The work, and any problem with it, is between you and the garage.

Why I started Matchanic

To add: A photo of you, if you’d like one. Optional: leave it out and this space goes.
To add: Your story, in your own words: what made you want to build Matchanic. A repair you couldn’t get a straight price for, a garage you wish you’d found sooner, whatever it actually was. Two or three short paragraphs.
To add: A line or two about you: your name, where you’re based, and your connection to cars or the motor trade. Only what’s true.

Questions or feedback?

Our contact page lists the ways to reach us.

Contact us

Start with your registration

Posting a job is free, and you don’t have to accept a quote.

Request quotes

Want more detail? Read how it works for drivers, or how Matchanic works for garages.