You need to have your car overhauled, to change a part or simply to have it repaired, the trip to the mechanic might well cost you more soon, because of inflation, which the profession is also suffering from full force.
They are not spared from inflation. Garage owners, most of whom are not eligible for aid to cope with energy prices, are seeing their bills skyrocket, especially for electricity, which sometimes drives up the bill by 10 to 20% depending on the Automotive Journalwhich indicates in an article of March 17 that one in two mechanics is worried regarding the future.
Added to the increase in electricity prices are soaring prices for lubricants and spare partswhich according to the Vroomly study, quoted by the media specializing in the automobile, jumped 49 and 38%.
Planned price increases
And according to the study, regarding one in four mechanics had no choice but to pass on these charges to the prices of their services. Capital, who cites this study by Vroomly, adds that 30% of mechanics surveyedwhich had not yet raised their prices plan to do so. As for increases, it might range from 6 to 10% according to the professionals interviewed.
In addition to price increases for customers, garage owners have also implemented other strategies, reports the Journal de l’Automobile. Thus, some have lowered the heating this winter or switched to LED lighting. Obviously insufficient strategies for most of them, since according to the study, only 7% of respondents say they have no intention of increasing their prices.
