Bruce Adams, managing editor for Aftermarket Business World, wrote a blog, “The automotive DIY market takes a technical hit but keeps going.”
Advancing automotive technology often has caused futurists to predict the demise of the automotive do-it-yourself market segment. That was the case with the advent of computer chips to replace mechanical parts and with anti-lock brakes.
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Now that technology offers lane departure warning systems and other advanced driver assistance systems, those dire predictions are being made again.
But even that technology will not mark the end of the do-it-yourself segment of the automotive aftermarket. Click here to read why.
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