thanks for the replies guys
um..i am never ever ever ever ever going to take my car to sh*t-fit again...
in a moment of stupidity i thought i'd have the tracking done from them...pulled into the workshop, the berk who called himself a 'mechanic' kindly got into my car and was revving the sh*t out of it and stalled it not once, not 2 times, not 3 times, but 4 times just taking it on the flat bit before he even reached the ramp! never again...