You probably have two or three mechanics you rely on. Maybe a body shop for cosmetic work. An electrician for wiring issues. A tyre specialist. Over the months and years, you hand each of them significant amounts of money — but do you actually know how much? Most car owners don’t. Receipts get lost, cash payments are forgotten, and there’s no easy way to see which technician is costing you the most or delivering the best value.

Moticar’s Technician Spend Tracker changes that. Every time you log an expense, you can tag the technician who performed the work. Over time, this builds a complete financial profile for each person or shop you use — total spend, number of visits, average cost per visit, and a breakdown of what categories the money went toward.

The comparison view is where it gets powerful. Side by side, you can see how your technicians stack up against each other. Maybe your regular mechanic charges less per visit but you’re visiting twice as often — which suggests the repairs aren’t holding up. Maybe your body shop charged you significantly more for a job last month than what they quoted six months ago for similar work. These patterns are invisible when expenses are scattered across receipts and memory. In Moticar, they’re obvious at a glance.

Each technician profile shows a timeline of every payment you’ve made to them, plotted on a simple chart. You can see spending trends over months: is a particular mechanic costing you more over time, or have costs stabilised? Are there seasonal patterns — heavier spend after winter, for example? The timeline also makes it easy to recall what was done and when, which is invaluable if a repair fails and you need to go back.

For owners who share vehicles with family or employees, the Technician Spend Tracker adds a layer of accountability. If someone else takes the car for service, you can see exactly who they used, what was done, and how much was paid — without relying on verbal reports or paper receipts.

Fleet operators benefit even more. Across a fleet of vehicles, certain technicians may consistently deliver better value — faster turnaround, lower costs, fewer repeat visits. The Technician Spend Tracker surfaces these patterns across your entire fleet, helping you consolidate work with the best-performing shops and negotiate better rates based on actual volume data.

You can add technicians to your Moticar account at any time — during onboarding, when logging an expense, or from the dedicated Technicians section. Each technician entry stores their name, specialty (mechanic, electrician, panel beater, tyre specialist, etc.), phone number, and location. Think of it as a personal directory of everyone who’s ever worked on your car, with a full financial history attached.