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  • Americans Will Prove to Be Formidable Do-It-Yourself Mechanics [View article]
    The money saved from not buying a new car should be morenthan enough to repair the current car in a shop. So this argument about notbuying a new one brings business to azo is false. The real potential comes from those that normally brings to shop and now are doing it themselves. The main problem in this total picture is the aggregate reduction of miles driven by >7 yr cars.
    Following the logic of the auther, one would expect cooper tire to go up as more people would opt for the lower end tire rather than the name brands. Although this is happening, the total ware and tear on the tires are way down. Thus, a sightly larger share of a swiftly shinking pie is not too helpful. Check CTB for yourself. You may see a short term boost of people putting on break pads to their existing cars. But, by not driving them as much as before, these new oes will last a long LONG time. Think about it: at a time 1 tank gas will cost you the change of a pair of breaks, what do you do? You do the breaks yourself and keep driving, or you cut down on driving? When you do it, I do it, she does it, what happens to the tire ware? By inference, what happens to other parts on car?
    Jul 10 11:49 am |Rating: 0 0
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