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Salt Spring auto repair

Full-service repair and maintenance, from daily drivers to old iron. Red Seal mechanic Jesse Dawes, on Rainbow Road.

Call (250) 537-5040
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Monday to Friday, 8 am to 4 pm

The shop's red wrecker in low sun, the logo painted on its door, firs and bare trees behind

On Rainbow Road since 1996.

The garage has served the island from the day it was built. Jesse Dawes took it over from his in-laws, Mike and Noella Fraser of Mike's Repair, in 2018 and renamed it Gulf Island Automotive. He and his wife Rachel run it as a family business. Jesse has 25 years in the trade and has been Red Seal certified since 2009.

  • A BC Government certified vehicle inspection facility

  • The main service provider for BC Transit on the island

  • Four bays, one for trucks and motorhomes up to 27 feet long

  • Laser wheel alignment, and tires from ten makers

The wrecker from the logo, painted on its own door.
Jesse and Rachel with their three children and their boxer at a waterfall lookout, forest behind them
Jesse, Rachel, the kids and the dog.

“Gulf Island Automotive is a rare gem of a garage. I rate this garage even higher than the garage I went to in Victoria.”

Alex Visser, on Google

316 Rainbow Road

Salt Spring Island, BC V8K 2M4

The shop on Rainbow Road at dusk, its bay lights on, a lifted teal pickup parked out front under the firs
Look for the green bay doors under the firs.

Monday to Friday, 8 am to 4 pm

Closed weekends

Call (250) 537-5040Request an appointment

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Or write to gulfislandautomotive@shaw.ca