Jodhpur Motor Garage

If you head down Sumerpur Road, you’ll find us at Jodhpur Motor Garage. You’ll probably see the row of cars parked out front before you even notice our sign. It’s a pretty grit-and-grime kind of place, which is expected since we spend all day under hoods and crawling around on the greasy floor. My hands are almost always stained with oil, and I’ve long since given up on trying to keep my work shirts looking clean. The garage is basically just a big open space with a lot of heavy tools scattered around. It gets incredibly hot in the middle of the day, so we have a couple of big pedestal fans that just move the warm air and the smell of petrol around. We’ve got a small area with an old wooden bench where people can sit while we take a look at their engines, but most people just stand around and watch us work while they chat. Sumerpur Road is always busy with heavy trucks, so there’s a lot of noisy traffic coming through, which keeps us pretty occupied from morning till night. Sometimes a job takes longer than we thought because a bolt is rusted shut or we’re waiting on a specific part to be delivered from the other side of town. We don’t have any fancy waiting rooms or coffee machines here, just a water cooler in the corner that leaks a little bit on the floor. It’s hard work and the days are long, but there’s something satisfying about finally getting a stubborn engine to run smooth again.