No luck truck
So are you suggesting everyone buy overpriced crap, just for the good of the economy?
I read it as being more towards all the laid off dealership techs if everyone learned to work on his or her own s***. Aftermarket shops would be affected, too, if everyone learned to twist his or her own wrenches. That's a lot of mechanics out of work.
Okay, I'm sure there would still be a need for specialized shops who have the equipment, like alignment racks, wheel clamps, tire balancers, but it would spell the end of suspension, brake, exhaust shops.
It would also kill warranties. The factories only approve warranty claims from factory certified techs (with exceptions... I used to get reimbursed on warranty claims on occasion when I had my shop... an issue found, the dealership wouldn't back it up, I'd repair the problem and put in a claim myself. Usually the check was in the mail in less than a month), but if you had a million buyers all putting in warranty claims on his or her own, the factory would simply do away with warranties as it would be a major pain in the *** to keep track of them all.
