"i've been driving this car for years, and i've had a little scratch with someone, and 4s has a thousand-dollar maintenance order, and i've found myself a small repair shop, plus a rain scratcher, and it's only $380." in recent days, ms. Huang, the owner of the car, has brought this information to the press, and she has been puzzled by the large difference between the cost of repairing 4s and the roadside shop, which is merely a scraping and painting project。
It is estimated that approximately 45 per cent of the total cost of purchasing a vehicle up to its end of life is for repairs and maintenance. How, then, can a suitable repair site be chosen to ensure that the car is easily and quickly repaired and that less money is spent? Journalists have recently visited a number of repair shops in the city and have collected suggestions from a wide range of practitioners in the hope that they will be able to learn from a wide range of drivers。
There are three types of long-salary shop
Apart from brand 4s shops, on the streets of changsha, automobile repair shops are readily available and can be divided into three broad categories: a car repair plant or a specialized shop for a particular brand, independent of the manufacturer's car chain; a number of multinational spare parts enterprises have also begun to establish a network of independent services for the brand users, such as a network of tire services such as michelin and han tai; the largest number of general maintenance shops (commonly known as roadside shops) have closed down and opened with the highest frequency, and these arrays constitute the most widely distributed market after the sale of domestic cars。
It's a price difference
On the issue of price differentials, changsha's staff at the 4s store told journalists that, mainly because of the huge investment in the 4s store and the high maintenance and management costs, “it is as if the difference between going to a star-class hotel and eating at a roadside shop, with different services, and with different prices”
One of the reasons for the higher cost of 4s was the fact that, according to a journalist, the maintenance technician at a particular brand shop. The branders have established a complete set of procedures for the maintenance of the 4s store, with several working hours and projects and standardized processes, so many consumers' maintenance costs include the cost of breaking up, as follows: “for example, a ten-hour period requires 16 working hours for the removal of the prior bumper, which is $160 more and the price increases naturally”
Many auto workshops and roadside shops are free of labour costs. The “original tires, paints, oils” claimed by some 4s stores were in fact false, and the owner of a roadside store told journalists that the general factory chamber of commerce had assigned several items for use, but that the products were purchased by the repair points themselves, and that the differences were not very different in terms of the access channels。
It's recommended to go to 4s during warranty
Master wang suggested that it would be preferable to go to the 4s shop during the warranty period, otherwise, in the absence of maintenance records for new vehicles, the owners of the vehicles would often have to claim for larger spare parts from the accident, which would have caused unnecessary trouble to the owners. The staff of the 4s store told journalists that new vehicles had been removed from the owner to normal maintenance and that the 4s store would create a complete file for each vehicle. In accordance with the provisions governing the repair and maintenance of automobiles, 4s stores work with the factory to provide free repair or replacement when the vehicle has been in service for three years or has travelled 80,000 kilometres, and when the vehicle's chassis, electrical appliances, hangers, etc. Has failed。
Hard wounds can go to 4s or a special store
In the case of “hard wounds” such as motors, it would be preferable to choose 4s, to be assured. If you do not want to be slaughtered in a 4s store, an old driver in one of the units proposes to go to a large repair plant or a specialized brand repair shop, where the equipment of a large car repair plant is similar to that of a 4s shop, with a specialized technical team, with a relatively small number of brands, with the same maintenance equipment as a 4s shop, with the same access to spare parts, but the cost of working hours is significantly lower and no management fees are paid to the factory, so the price is much cheaper than for a 4s store。
It's easier to lock up a fast fix
The low cost of repairing the roadside shop, with no working hours, is facilitated by minor problems such as tire repair, trifling, brake blades, oil cleaning, scratching paints, etc., which can be addressed in minutes at the roadside shop. However, the lack of specialized maintenance equipment at the roadside store and the lack of access to spare parts are unknown, as is the problem of the painting encountered by ms. Wong. Many small shops are cheap because of the reduction of some work processes, the absence of rust-proof paints, and the fact that they begin to be painted directly from the bottom or from the colours, while the use of paints is divided between the importing countries at a much different price, unless recommended by an acquaintance。
In an attempt to solve these problems more quickly, the manager of a chain shop told reporters that there are currently about 10 car service chains in changsha city, all of which have areas of expertise. He suggested that it would be preferable to go to shop 4s if it involved car break-up inspections, such as engines, gearboxes and bearings, and that some small maintenance options could be found on a daily basis, with a 20 per cent discount。
