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High-tech advances hide heavy costs for repairs

While advances in technology mean cars being driven today are safer than ever, the costs of repairing even a small fault are likely to be much higher for the average motorist.

Cameron Officer
Sat, 08 Dec 2018

The increasing adoption of ever more sophisticated safety technology built into new vehicles by manufacturers is having an adverse effect on replacement costs for the consumer.

The relatively innocuous task of replacing a cracked windscreen, for example, has become a much more technical – and

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Cameron Officer
Sat, 08 Dec 2018
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