NADA reported that franchised new-car dealers completed their second best year in history in 2001, selling more than 17.1 million units, a performance bested only by sales in 2000, which set an all-time record at 17.35 million units of light vehicles sold. On the new-car sales front, the National Automobile DealersĪssociation (NADA) offers the aftermarket a reason to be optimistic for the future. True, older cars need more repair and maintenance work, but new vehicles are tomorrow's business for repair shops. In the service and repair industry, this figure is the gauge of how many vehicles are going to need repair in the future. One key indicator of economic stability used by economists has always been new-car sales. Likewise, OE parts suppliers felt little impact. Automobile companies weren't initially affected, other than suffering the loss of a percentage of sales, and seemed to recover by the end of the year. Most were waiting to see how the government would react and what the economic impact would be. In the days immediately following September 11th, buying a new vehicle was a low priority for many Americans. Lastly, we'll revisit the hardest-hit cities, New York and Washington D.C., and report on the problems they have encountered. We'll also look at the effects on the transportation industry as a whole and how it relates to automotive repair and service. We take this opportunity to recall the last year and examine how the events of September 11th shaped the current condition of automobile industry-the automakers and new-car and used-car sales. The industry is still feeling the effects. As a prominent part of the national economy, it was affected by the fluctuations of the stock market and the economy as a whole. The automobile industry certainly was impacted by the shocking events of September 11th. One year later, even as the stock market and economy stumble, there is some good news, or at least reason to hope, for the service and repair industry. What would the effects be, both immediate and long-term? The answers lie not wholly in the aftermath of the tragedy, but in the stability of the national economy, which terrorists hoped to damage by attacking a symbol of our national economy, the World Trade Center. The very distinction that makes America unique-our unfettered mobility across this vast country-had temporarily been suspended.Įveryone in the automobile industry and the aftermarket repair trade wondered how it would affect us.
Automobile traffic slowed to a trickle, but remained the one method of transportation we had at our command. All air traffic was grounded, trains screeched to a halt and buses rolled into the nearest station. The transportation industry shut down, too. On the West Coast, citizens were jolted awake with phone calls from friends and family alerting them to the tragedy. In the Midwest, Americans arose to the terrible news and canceled plans for the day. In the East, people stopped their work daily responsibilities pretty much became secondary.
ONTIME CAR SERVICE BROOKLYN TV
We stopped what we were doing and became glued to our TV sets.
ONTIME CAR SERVICE BROOKLYN DRIVER
I will say that the driver was polite and courteous, and he did confirm the amount he was charging me with me, but as I said I didn't have the time nor the experience to realize that he was giving me an opportunity to call him out on the overcharge until it was too late.America came to a standstill on that fateful morning a year ago. I was also advised by the driver of another car service that I used in Mount Laurel that the ride shouldn't have cost me more than $200.00 including any tolls and that gratuity wouldn't normally be made mandatory. However, I will never use their services again and will encourage others to avoid them as well. I did agree to the final charges instead of disputing them with the driver as I was in a time crunch and I was being passed a signature pad as I was getting out of the car. I was actually charged over 25% (and it was a percentage of the fare and tolls, not just the fare itself). Laurel and I was charged $45.00 for the toll, in addition, I was told a tip was mandatory (which wasn't disclosed during the online booking), and when I selected my option for a tip, (the cheapest option available was 20%).
We passed one toll between Newark and Mt. I booked my reservation via their online site, and was given a quote of 206.00 not counting taxes, tip, and tolls. I took a car from Dial 7, from the Newark Airport to Mount Laurel, NJ.
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