Business Spotlight
Two-Million bachelor’s degrees are awarded each year for college graduates, but about 50,000 students complete an automotive program, for comparison. When my son graduated the automotive program locally at the community college in 2020 – He was one of the two students that saw it all the way to the end. Only two.
when you go back, it’s different people each time. They left for the next opportunity, or they gave ‘auto care’ a try and decided it wasn’t for them. And it’s not for everyone –
That said, the availability of mechanics has remained stable, but the Mechanic-to- Car’s ratio has changed, a lot – We have as many qualified Mechanics today as we did in the year 2000, but the number of licensed drivers in the United States has gone up by 53 million in the same time
It’s harder than it was 25 years ago, because us drivers love our touchscreens, backup cameras, ventilated seats, turbochargers, remote starters, etc. Vehicles are masterpieces compared to what they were just a generation ago. But this has also caused much consternation with people not wanting to do this anymore as a career, because of the skill & effort to know all the cars, all the repairs, over the past 30 years. At Christian Brothers – Lake Pleasant, we’re a family- owned, neighborhood shop with over 200-years of combined experience in auto repair. We still bring guests into the shop the old fashion way, but leverage technology to provide each guest with photo & video of concerns they have, texted updates on progress, provide complimentary shuttle service, and we guarantee repairs for 36,000 miles. Repairing all make and models as your dealership alternative, we can
period. Memories from our youth might take us back to some mechanic with black fingernail-beds, driving a vehicle well past its prime, who didn’t mind helping the neighbors. They were salt-of-the earth folks who could figure things out. They meant something to the community. Today, you’re less likely to have a shop on the corner where you know the folks by name, and oftentimes
create more value with closer proximity to our neighbors. Being a neighborhood shop is what we care about the most, fulfilling Matthew 22:39 to Love our Neighbor, as ourselves. Auto repair can be joyful, let us show you how. Matthew Hunter, and Jimmy Bearden (shop partners) www.cbac.com/lake-pleasant
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