Good Garage Scheme is meaningless to us except that the garage buys a range of lubricants to qualify for the name.

The combination of this engine and transmission is notorious because the torque of the engine exceeds the capacity of the transmission, so to have lasted nine years is brilliant. Can't see any success against Ford for a nine year old car. If less than six years old, perhaps. Think hard whether to spend the money repairing or simply cash in the car and replace it.