If you’re like me, you dread taking your car into the ITV centre because you can’t make out what the blighter is telling you to do.

It is one of those time when you can most feel a complete idiot, but it needn’t be so!

Tecnicar in Motril are the sort of car mechanics that you need; they speak English and not only will they do a pre-ITV check on your car, so there are no nasty surprises in the vehicle testing centre, but they will also put it through the ITV for you.

Of course, they do repairs and services just as any other vehicle-repair shop. They do come very well recommended – ask around!

You will find them on the Vadillo trading estate in Motril, just across and down from the butano yard, right next to Restaurante Hotel Muñoz.

(News/Business: Motril, Costa Tropical, Granada, Andalucia)