Gounder Auto Centre

You can find Gounder Auto Centre at number 15 on the road between Sankagiri and Tiruchengode. It’s a busy route for trucks and lorries, which means we get a lot of heavy traffic pulling off to the side to visit us. Our yard is usually full of vehicles in different stages of being repaired. Some are just missing a tire, others have their hoods up with parts scattered on a tarp nearby. It’s a dusty spot because of all the trucks passing by at high speeds, but we don’t mind it much. We have a small office where the files are kept, but most of the time we’re out in the bay or under a chassis. The sun hits the front of the shop pretty hard in the morning, so we usually have some shade nets set up. We’ve been working on engines here for a long time, and you get a feel for what’s wrong just by listening to a truck pull in. It’s not a shiny dealership; it’s a place where we get our hands dirty every single day. We use a lot of old rags and go through buckets of degreaser. Sometimes a driver will stay and have a cup of tea while we finish up a quick fix so they can get back on the road. It’s just how things go on the highway. We close up when the light fades.