Wanted: Good, HONEST mechanic

You know what really pissed me off about mechanics (the ones I have dealt with anyway)? the fact that you carry your car in to have a certain problem fixed and then you get that done, leave and then within the following week some new 'random' problem develops. I've had to endure this time and time again with one particular mechanic shop, whose owner was a family friend. Now I'm not insinuating that the owner had anything to do with the crap that happened, but I'm pretty sure his workers were responsible. Since the last time, over a year ago, I got really, really fed up and decided just to go to Laughlin and DeGannes for whatever general automotive repair I needed.

But apparently Laughlin and DeGannes don't do transmissions. Neither does MasterServ.
Isn't Laughlin's motto 'yes we do that' ? cus I coulda sworn that their marketing strategy is that they do anything you could want done on your car from a wash to engine overhaul. Yet transmissions seem to fall out of their realm of automotive repair skill.. does anyone else see something wrong with this? I mean, if it were something selective, only found in a few cars like cruise control or something that rarely goes wrong, like.. well nothing escapes that, so yea.. I'd understand. A transmission, on the other hand, is found in/on every single car in existence today.. and yet Laughlin 'doesn't do that' ? bah!

so anyway, all that aside, I had transmission problems and had to take it to a transmission specialist. They made me return twice (meaning I was there a total of three times before any work was done on my car). That aside, they were nice and helpful.. now because of my former mechanic issues I don't trust mechanics as far as I can throw them.. and I'm not THAT strong. So when mr. transmission specialist called to say they found iron fillings in my transmission box etc I wasn't at all surprised.. I mean yea, that's probably wear and tear but still, my surprise was at a bare minimum. I told them to fix the problem at hand (speed sensor it was thought) and I'll return at a later date to deal with the rest. Car returned to me, the problem I was previously having hasn't reoccurred but now the transmission feels weird - it keeps delaying going into a higher gear and then takes a while to get back into lower gears.. so I'll tune it up and see what happens.

but anyway the point of all this is this: I have friends who are currently on their way to becoming doctors (I actually have some friends who ARE doctors), lawyers, dentists, psychologists etc etc.. so later in life I'll have a good network of contacts for those areas. Yet I have NOTHING in place for that staple of life - my car. I have no friends who are training to become mechanics etc. So this is an appeal to you, my friends, at least ONE of you - to become a mechanic. Come nuh.. pleasse? do it for me.. my car always f'in up so you'll def get work from me. I need a mechanic I can trust and one who will take the time to explain things I don't understand to me without making me instantly distrust them.

and the search continues..