Staff & Expertise

After leaving the RAF Police, Gary ventured into the motor industry working locally and gaining the necessary experience so move onto his next venture, and 25 years ago Gary started as a one man band working as a mechanic in a single unit work shop. From there he grew his business to what Autocheck Car Care Centre is today.
Gary’s desire in the Motor trade is to offer honesty and integrity, he also prides himself on Customer Service and will always try and find a way to keep his customers on the road.
Gary very much enjoys restoring Vintage Tractors and attend many summer time Vintage shows with his fleet of all aged Tractors.

After spending many years in Management and Marketing Sharon decided to change her career and become housewife and mother whilst supporting her husband Gary at the Garage.
Sharon very much enjoys implementing new ideas for the company whilst dealing with the personnel, marketing and sales side of the company. Her main aim is to make customers feel welcome, informed and satisfied with the service Autocheck provide. She also enjoys decorating, her dog Bessie, gardening also breeding Rabbits and Guinea Pigs for the locals to re-home.

Julian is our workshop manager and has a wide range of knowledge on all cars. He has been with the company ever since he did his work experience through Rednock School, he went on to do his apprenticeship with us too. He enjoys restoring vintage tractors and participating in road runs for Charity. Julian also has a skittles team in the Listers League in Dursley.

Lauren is our Senior Co-ordinator, she loves to organise everyone and everything. She is willing to help out anyone in need and is always there when you need her. Lauren is a keen Gloucester rugby supporter and quite often loses her voice cheering them on. From a very young age Lauren has enjoyed baking and now uses the mechanics as Guinea pigs!

Chris is one of our mechanics and MOT testers. Before he joined our team he worked at Nissan and has wide range of knowledge and expertise. Chris enjoys improving the performance of his cars, building lego and remote control cars that he has collected over the years.

Ben has followed in his Dad’s footsteps with work and hobbies. He is a hard working, team player. Ben likes getting stuck into car diagnostics and problem solving with technology. He has a passion for high performance cars.

James has a background knowledge of cars and has decided to solely be an MOT Tester on Cars and Motor Bikes. James also has an interest in Art and enjoys most weekends painting landscapes from the local surroundings.

Shannon is on hand to help with the day to day running of the garage and the mechanics. She is very organised and has a friendly personality. Shannon loves everything about Christmas and is always ahead of the game with her shopping.

Alfie is our newest apprentice and is currently working along side his Dad, Julian. Alfie has a keen interest in Japanese cars and motorsport and he enjoys attending events at Castle Combe.