Kwik Fit says in the last two years more than four million car owners have kept their car off the road because they couldn’t afford repairs needed on their vehicle.
With 21 million owners saying they have needed repairs in the last two years, this means that one in five (19%) have been forced to go without their car while they got their finances in order.
Half of these motorists (2 million) had to keep their car off the road for a month or longer but the shortage of money has driven many drivers to make some risky decisions.
Over 1.2 million drivers admitted to having driven their car in an un roadworthy condition because they couldn’t afford repairs with men twice as likely as women to have done so.
