The term domestic auto repair is used, in the United States, in reference to the industry that has come up offering specialized repair services for ‘domestic’ car brands. The ‘domestic’ car brands in question are those natively made in the United States, as opposed to the foreign (imported) car brands. While many of the barriers that barred the entry of foreign cars into the market have largely been removed, the American car market still has a large number of domestic cars. In other words, the imported cars, while aggressively taking up ever larger chunks of the American automobile markets, have not yet been able to completely edge out the domestic car makers.
Now in order to understand where the need for domestic auto repair comes in, you would need to take into consideration the fact that the domestic American cars are considerably different from the imports. The standards according to which the domestic cars are made, and the technologies employed in making them are rather different from those used in making the foreign cars. It therefore follows that mechanics who are otherwise good at repair of the foreign cars face real challenges when presented with the domestic cars; hence the need for specialized domestic car repair service providers.
Accordingly, many car repair shops have come up, fronting themselves as ‘domestic auto repair shops’ – and aiming to meet the needs of the motorists who feel that mechanics trained to handle foreign cars may not be very competent with domestic cars. Of course, while some of these are truly specialized at domestic car repair, a few are just ordinary car repair shops which decide to use a catchy ‘tagline’ to market themselves.
Some of the domestic car repair shops advertise their services online. Indeed, most of them nowadays have established some sort of online presence. What this means is that whatever part of the United States you are in, you can quite easily find a domestic auto repair center near you using the power of the Internet.
As with all sorts of auto repair, it is frequently advised that once you identify a good service provider, you should stick with them. In addition to starting to develop a ‘health history’ of the vehicle, sticking with one mechanic also leads to a situation where the mechanic develops a bond, a relationship if you like, with the vehicle; so that they are more inclined to ‘treat it well’ whenever it comes their way.