In the first quarter of 2023, the average repair check, regardless of the age of the car, increased by 21% compared to the same period last year. Tatyana Ovchinnikova, director of the Fit Service international network of automobile services, told socialbites.ca about this.
If we talk about cars 6-9 years old, then the price of their repair increased by 14% every year and reached 8120 rubles per visit. Cars aged 10-14 years were serviced for an average of 8216 rubles (with a 23% increase). Cars that are five years old or older are repaired for an average of 7,059 rubles (up 26%).
According to experts, the main reason for the increase in the cost of auto repair is the increase in the prices of spare parts (some items have become twice as expensive). The average cost of car services in the country has also increased.
“Service prices are based on components such as the cost of equipment used to provide the service, the fees of the experts, the cost of spare parts and materials required to perform the service. “Once the inflation percentage was recalculated, rental rates also changed,” Ovchinnikova said.
Analysis of average bills also showed an increase in the number of services per car. In other words, the operations themselves have become more important. The company concluded that this led to an increase in the average age of cars in Russia and an active aging of the fleet.
experts before said “socialbites.ca”, where in 2023 the Russians began to spoil car engines more often due to fake oils.