And here is another major problem, with the coming lost of auto parts stories we will be facing a new problem, mail order delays and worst incorrect or bad parts.
As I have a couple of SUVs when one goes down I have taken to the money savings of mail order.
BUT I have run into a problem, a vapor system bought for our 2000 Toyota was not a correct fitting part, and Idle motor also was wrong.
With my Ford Explorer I ordered a A/C compressor, a FORD PART, but it was frozen, I could not turn it even with gloves, the return takes another week.
I ended up ordering three and only one was not frozen.
The second two was from
https://www.amazon.com/ their turn around is faster.
But gone is the old habit of taking the part into the auto parts store and MATCHING it to the new part.
So a repair can not take one to three or even more with the shipping back and forth as you work to get a matching and good part.
And with the cheap parts most you cannot even tell its bad until you have driving it.
And lastly with cheap parts how many times will we need to replace these NEW parts over and over again and again.
And OMG HEAVEN HELP US when/if that new part is in a engine build or a rebuilt transmission.
Rich
PS Self defense is lower on my worry list....in my 77 years I have only needed to show my weapon 3 to 5 POSSIBLE times, (the treat was not 100% sure, but the hairs on my neck warned me I need to stop the guys from closing with me) and only used my pistol once to defend my self, from two PitBULL dogs.