Fewer drivers stayling loyal to garages

10 April 2015  

A survey by Whocanfixmycar.com has revealed that fewer than one in three drivers plan to return to the place of their previous service.

Just 28% of those surveyed revealed that they would go back to the same garage as before, with the remaining 72% planning to shop around. Surprisingly, word-of-mouth came highest of the referral methods with 33% suggesting they would ask family or friends about any reputable garages. A further 15% said they’d search online for good reviews while only 13% said they would use the internet to identify a workshop with the lowest prices.

Alex Rose, Marketing Director at the comparison website believes the reasons behind the lack of loyalty is that drivers already shop around in other aspects of their lives. He comments: “The simple truth is there has been an ever-increasing trend to move towards comparison, or ‘aggregation’ websites to help make smarter shopping decisions. It was really in the 2008-2009 recession that ‘smarter shopping’ really became not just an established but an expected, behaviour. In the past few years this sort of activity has given rise to a host of comparison sites.”