Steward Morris MotorsCarterton · Wairarapa

About

Who works on your car

The same workshop, the same person under the bonnet, and the same way of working since the door first opened.

Working here since1998

Portrait of a mechanic in worn stone-grey overalls standing at the open door of a workshop.

Stew Morris

Owner, and the man who does most of the work


Stew has had his hands in Wairarapa engine bays since he was seventeen. He bought the Belvedere Road workshop in 1998 and has run it the same way ever since: look at it properly, ring the owner, then do the job. He would rather tell you a car is not worth fixing than take your money to find out.

What he tells everyone

You will know what it costs before we touch it.

That is the whole of it. A proper look, a phone call, a number, then the work. Nothing else gets added while your back is turned.

How the place runs

A

One set of hands

Stew does most of the work himself. The person who looks at your car is the person who rings you about it.

B

Priced before it starts

You get a number before the spanners come out, and a second call if the job grows past it.

C

Any age of vehicle

Thirty-year-old utes and three-year-old hybrids get the same look over. Nothing is turned away for being old.

D

Told, not sold

Work that can wait gets written down for next time rather than added to today’s invoice.

Where the work comes from

  • Carterton
  • Greytown
  • Masterton
  • Featherston
  • Martinborough

And the wider Wairarapa, when the job is worth the drive.

Rating

4.9

Across 87 reviews on Google.

Ring the workshop

If you are not sure whether something is worth fixing, ring and ask. You will get a straight answer either way.