Jeff Doessel Auto and Air

09/04/2026

Hi everyone, just advising that I will be away on Monday and Tuesday to attend Hybrid vehicle training, and Ryan will be away for personal leave for a couple of days. The workshop will be closed for walk ins and enquiries but still open for those who are booked in on Monday and Tuesday. If you need me for anything, I will be back on deck Wednesday, Thanks!

12/03/2026

16/01/2026

Hi everyone, just a reminder that Sonya and I will be away from now until Tuesday the 27th on school holiday with the kids.

Sorry but we will be unable to take your call or message during this time.

The workshop remains open with Ryan and Jacob taking care of the weekly servicing, and to assist you with minor issues if they arise.

We are currently taking bookings for the second week of February and there is NO bookings available before then.

If you would like to make a booking for February, please wait until the 27th and give me a call then, or pop up to the workshop and Ryan and Jacob with help you out.

Thanks, Jeff and Sonya

06/01/2026

We are back from our Christmas break, and hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New year!

Thankfully 2025 is behind us, and we can move forward in 2026.

We are taking a different approach to work and family life balance this year as we've been that busy that family time and down time has taken a back seat, and the stress level needs to come down.

We changed our usual Christmas complete shutdown and staggered our/staff holidays to open a week earlier to try and keep on top of the workload.

Sonya and I will be having a week off starting January 19th, and Ryan and Jacob will keep the shed ticking while we are away.

We have some standard servicing slots still open for that week, January 19th thru 23rd.

For more complex jobs requiring diagnosis and repairs, we are taking bookings from Tuesday the 27th onwards as we will be all hands on deck.

Thanks! 🙂

24/12/2025

From all of us here, we would like to wish you all a very merry & safe Christmas. It's been a big year & big things have happened. We no longer have an apprentice but instead, a fully qualified mechanic - congratulations Jacob, you've done an amazing job & you should be very proud as we are. We are very blessed to have such great people as part of our team. Thank you Ryan & Jacob for all the hard yakka & professional work you've done throughout the year, we wouldn't be the team we are, without you both. Thank you everyone for your on going support throughout the year, we are grateful that you have trust in us to keep your vehicles safe & moving.
Now it's time for us to enjoy a well deserved break, we are now closed for Christmas and we will be back at the workshop Monday 5th January.

17/11/2025

Advising that we will be closing at 3pm Tuesday 18th November to attend an Auto Tech training night in Bundaberg.

10/09/2025

First of all, I would like to thank all our customers this year for their patience and understanding. This year has been the busiest to date with no signs of slowing down, only the opposite.

Most would know by now that since January we have been averaging 6 weeks waiting times for general servicing and minor repairs. While this is good for business, this is not good for our stress levels, trying to keep up with servicing and repairs for our customers in a timely manner and not having them wait for 6 weeks. 2 weeks wait would be preferable!

Moving on to large repair jobs, unfortunately due to the busy year so far, the large repair jobs that are here, and still here from ages ago, have slowly been pushed out further and further. Rest assured I am doing everything I can to get these jobs finished and back to their owners as soon as I possibly can.

Bookings.

At it stands right now, we are now booking the first week of NOVEMBER for general servicing and minor service related repairs only.

Larger jobs - unfortunately we cannot take any larger repair work, for example engines, gearboxes, clutches, swivel hubs, complicated diagnosis jobs etc until mid JANUARY 2026. This is to allow us to catch up on what is already here or booked to be done, and have it all tidied up by Christmas.

This needs to be done to ensure the customers that are waiting, and have been waiting for some time will have their jobs completed as soon as possible.

Please don't ask "can I just drop it off and leave it with you for as long as you need and fix it in between other jobs" as this just won't work and is unfair to everyone else that is waiting.

Emergency jobs - yes we will try and help with your breakdown job if it's not a large complicated job.

I'm sorry that it's gotten to this point and not being able to help everybody out when they need it gets me down, we are working on a way to be more efficient and hopefully we will be able to catch up and keep up.

Thanks, Jeff

21/08/2025

Servicing a vehicle today... I can't remember having it happen before and probably never see it again!

04/08/2025

Advising that we will be closed at 3pm today to attend training in Bundaberg tonight.

23/07/2025

Just advising that the shop will be closing early at 2pm tomorrow, Friday 25th, and I will be unavailable from 10am. Have a great weekend!

01/04/2025

With the cooler months approaching, it's time to be on the lookout for the presence of rodents in and around your car.

We have started to notice rodent damage on some vehicles coming through the workshop.

A favorite place for them is under the bonnet, it's a confined dark space and retains warmth into the night. Rats and mice like to camp in there when its cold and they chew your wiring, belts and anything plastic and rubber.

By leaving your bonnet up while your car is garaged/parked it deters them from nesting in there as it's now and open exposed space with cool airflow.

Another thing to do is to scatter cotton wool balls soaked with peppermint oil throughout the interior of the vehicle, make it smell as strong as you can handle, this helps to deter them from nesting inside your car.

Set some traps and baits and keep on the lookout!

15/12/2024

From all of us here we'd like to wish each & everyone of you a very happy & safe Christmas season. Thank you all for your on going support through out the year, knowing we can keep your vehicles moving & safe on the roads is what being a mechanic is all about. We will be closed from 24th December for a much needed break after such a busy year, & reopening on the 13th January. We look forward to further assisting you all in the new year.