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CASE FOR CERTIFICATION
Automotive recyclers are always looking to increase parts sales. Taking a side step to independent certifi cation may actually be the straightest path to that end goal.
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t was early September, I was in New Zealand as the Keynote speaker at the Partsworld 2017 Conference and a Trade evening held at Affordable Partsworld. Speaking with represen- tatives from the insurance industry, the issue of vehicle technology and its impact on the repair process and repair cost became a hot topic.
The example of a Hyundai Genesis involved in an accident came up – the repair cost should have been $15,000, but blew up to over $55,000 dollars. The sole factor was the array of technological components, sensor and computers that were damaged which had to be replaced.
By Chris Daglis
Only 20 feet away from us were three late model vehicles that had come into this recycling facility – a Porsche Panamera, a new Mustang with only hun- dreds of miles and a late model Bentley. The tech- nology in each of these vehicles is state of the art and its replacement cost exorbitant. “Imagine if we could actually re-use some of the technological components from any of these vehicles when having to repair one,” stated one of the insurance representatives. Imagine! Here’s the deal. In the past and even in the current environment, harvesting these components and re- investing them back into the repair of vehicles is just not an accepted practice because they are regarded as safety components. Even if the one being harvested
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