Is it worth driving to Musaffah for a mechanic or should I just use someone local?

[brettcallahan]

I live in Khalifa City and there's a garage five minutes away, but I've had two iffy experiences there now, one where they fixed the wrong thing and another where the bill was higher than quoted. A colleague keeps telling me the good mechanics are all in Musaffah and it's worth the drive, but I'm sceptical that twenty five minutes each way is worth it for routine stuff. I was reading about the trusted benefits of hiring a skilled mechanic in Musaffah and it made a fair point about specialisation and how experience actually saves you money long term, but I'm still weighing it up. For those of you who travel for a mechanic you trust, is it genuinely worth it or do you just end up resenting the drive?