Five Minutes With: Darren Boorman – Owner of Mulgari Cars Like my Grandfather used to say... “If a job’s worth doing, it’s worth doing properly’’ Just remind me, who and what are Mulgari? D: Mulgari is Myself, My Wife Vicky, Our two boys Morgan and Austin and our Garage dog Enzo, We aim to provide the best garage experience in Wokingham, from the simplest of repairs and advice to full overhauls, rebuilds and project cars. (A one stop shop) Fast, Friendly, Efficient and FUN! How long have you been here at Anglo Trade Park on Fishponds Rd, Wokingham? D: We moved into our new home here in July 2020. Do I take it you have always loved cars, from being young? D: Well, I grew up in Kent in my families garage which has been around for generations, Previously a Blacksmiths forge so we looked after all kinds of machinery from classics to new age, so really anything mechanical is very much my forte, I grew up surrounded by motorsport too and so from 28
a very young age I was naturally involved initially as pit crew and later behind the wheel myself so I guess you could say I live and breathe it, I’ve trained with Bosch and became a Bosch master technician and have also been a contractor for the likes of McLaren, Ferrari, and Aston Martin over the years and am still operating within the motorsport industry as a number 1 race technician, Engineer and coach amongst many other side projects for a number of clients. What is your all time favorite car? D: I have quite a few as I’ve been fortunate enough to work on many of them. My favourite classic is the Jaguar E-Type, my favourite Piece of technological engineering is the McLaren P1, and my favourite all-rounder is the Audi RS4 estate. You have young boys? Are they into cars? D: Yes both of my boys are interested , my youngest wants to “Race like Daddy” and my eldest wants to WOKINGHAM LOCAL • JAN / FEB 2022
