{"id":53583,"date":"2025-10-27T06:20:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T06:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/?p=53583"},"modified":"2025-10-27T07:26:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T07:26:34","slug":"young-drivers-prioritise-diy-car-repairs-and-upgrades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/2025\/news\/young-drivers-prioritise-diy-car-repairs-and-upgrades\/","title":{"rendered":"Young drivers prioritise DIY car repairs and upgrades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New research from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/tag\/ebay\/\">eBay Advertising<\/a> has revealed that younger drivers are increasingly embracing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/2025\/news\/botched-diy-vehicle-repairs-on-the-rise\/\">DIY<\/a> car repairs and upgrades.<\/p>\n<p>Its survey of 1,000 UK car owners found that 67% of Gen Z and millennials said they felt confident buying and fitting parts themselves, while 32% said they take pride in maintaining their cars.<\/p>\n<p>This compares to 46% and 24% of all drivers who said the same.<\/p>\n<p>The research also found that 42% of Gen Z and Millennials would rather invest in their car than a luxury holiday, while the same amount said they would prioritise car upgrades over socialising.<\/p>\n<h2>DIY car repairs<\/h2>\n<p>Billy Mills, senior director of Enterprise seller development and brands, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebay.co.uk\/b\/bn_1528081\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eBay<\/a> said: \u201cThe popularity of DIY car culture among younger drivers is influencing how car parts and accessories are found and bought, with many researching and purchasing online before fitting items themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor sellers and brands, trusted marketplaces and well-targeted ads are key to reaching this audience effectively.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;By using data-driven insights, they can deliver the right message to the right buyer at the right time, engaging a generation that treats their vehicles as both a practical necessity and a lifestyle statement.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New research from eBay Advertising has revealed that younger drivers are increasingly embracing DIY car repairs and upgrades. Its survey of 1,000 UK car owners found that 67% of Gen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":46854,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3269,3887,834],"class_list":["post-53583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-car-repairs","tag-ebay","tag-young-drivers"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}