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...dealers begin when the consumer buys a car, but often ends when the auto warranty expires. Once car owners have to pay real cash to keep their vehicles running, they often try to find alternatives to dealer-based service. The small business website Manta lists 135, 967 auto repair shops in its directory. There are probably many more than that but getting an accurate count of businesses that may employ only one or two people is almost impossible. The National Automobile Dealers Association, in contrast, reports that about 21,000 car dealers employed 1.1 million people in 2006. Since there...
...hard way because they can't afford new cars, but it is a lesson which is not likely to be unlearned. People are going to keep cars longer and fewer new cars are going to be sold. America's car companies are in a better position to refurbish or repair cars and trucks than local mechanics are. Their service departments have almost uniformly well-trained people. They have access to new parts from the manufacturer. They have the ability to schedule and control the flow of service to customers. They can loan customers cars. And, they are literally dying...
...Finally the repair manual will cost...
...People clearly do not replace everything that is run down in their cars all in one day. That is at the core of the dilemma that the car companies face. It is probably less expensive to repair a car over time than...
...emerging brand to help change the world's image of the Middle East. "The West has not understood us well," Fahmy says. "We didn't sell ourselves and gave them the façade of terrorism instead. Those of us involved in culture have a duty to help repair misunderstandings." And she and Macdonald are doing just that, one accessory at a time...