When Megan van de Linde of Newcastle took her car in for a service, the workshop informed her that her tail light wasn’t working and since it was a “sealed unit”, an entire new unit needed to be ordered.

The road death toll over the 2017 festive season alone topped 1 527 fatalities.

Norton is renowned in Europe and the USA for enhancing its customers’ abilities when it comes to body panel repair and paint defect removal - even in the most challenging applications.

“Autoboys is proud to have won this prestigious recognition,” says Filum Ho, CEO of Autoboys.

As the year begins to wind down, parliament is currently working hard to push through a number of bills.

As it stands, local car owners are unique in the world because they are typically locked into using a vehicle manufacturer’s service centres, repair shops and parts in what are dubbed ‘embedded’ motor or service plans.

Buyers Guide chats to Les McMaster Right to Repair SA (R2RSA) and Filum Ho, CEO Autoboys and Vice Chairman R2RSA, about how the Right to Repair campaign started because after market workshops were been excluded from working on vehicles.