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REPAIR BUSINESS * USA - Extending the shelf lives for vehicles
* Seeing ‘trickle-down effect’ of drivers holding on to their cars longer
(Photo by C. Aluka Berry/The State - Mechanic Derek Thorn, 23, changes the front brakes on a 2002 Mercedes Benz at Brown Motor Works)
Columbia,SC,USA -The State, by RODDIE BURRIS -Feb. 05, 2012: -- The average car or light truck on a U.S. road today is older than Apple’s first iPod, which rolled out in late 2001, according to a recent market report... And those aging vehicles – which reached a record peak age of 10.8 years in 2011 – have Columbia-area businesses booming as drivers pony up to keep their engines purring... Americans started holding onto their cars longer as the recession and its after-effects cost people jobs and income and forced a full-scale pullback in spending... The age of light trucks on the road increased to 10.4 years in 2011 from 10.1 years the previous year. Passenger vehicles rose to an average 11.1 years on the road from 11 years in 2010, the firm’s January report said... That average could level out as new car sales have been on the rise in recent months, with auto makers last week reporting their strongest January in four years...Labels: repairing trucks
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