Roadside car workshops, tyre puncture shop and small repair auto shops are very popular. Not only in India, globally people have made garages near the road to attract customers. It is not a new concept. It exists all over.
Gobally governments have problems with these roadside car repair shops. Some are built around residence to make noises for the residents and few are built out of the city on unauthorized land.
In other countries, mechanics have converted their house garages into car workshop. Do-it-yourself is very popular in other countries and people do minor check ups and car servicing using their own garages. Experience car mechanics run their garages commercially. Major issue with roadside workshops is storage of abandoned vehicles. Customers who leave their cars and storing them need bigger space.
In New Jersey, repair shops that store an abundance of abandoned vehicles on their property could start facing fines of up to $1,000 if the Borough Council pushes ahead with an ordinance to limit the storage and outdoor repair of vehicles.
Workshop owners claim that customers left their cars even they have repaired, so they should not be penalized. The problem with many of the cars is that they have been abandoned by customers who refuse to pay, or he’s waiting to collect from insurance companies.
Survival of these auto shops are not easy. Customers who use them are cost conscious and they also look for facilities available with them. Most of them are depended on voice based yellow pages and provide pick and drop facility. When they can’t make customer satisfactory showing them good shops, they have to provide high-end quality services of customer. Sophistication of car technology is another challenge. It is not a joke, but i have seen roadside car workshop in the posh area who attends his meeting sitting in the car because he has no space for sitting and runs his workshop on the road.
Can these roadside be organized? A big question for the after sales service car industry.
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