(4 Feb 2025)
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Detroit – 4 February 2025
1. Various of a mechanic replacing fluid in an SUV at Jay’s Auto Repair
2. Various of owner Jay Salaytah working under the hood of a car
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Jay Salaytah, Jay’s Auto Repair:
“You make a decision: ‘Do I buy my kids a gallon of milk and eggs, or do I get my brakes fixed?’ ‘Do I pay my rent, or do I get my transmission replaced?’ Becomes very tough decisions for people to make. We try to help them out as much as possible, but there’s only so much we can do, too, because of cost of everything is just stretched to the limit. And I believe with these tariffs, it’s going to push it over the limit. I believe it’s going to make it even harder on people to make these decisions. Now it becomes: ‘Do I put food on the table? Do I fix my car?’”
4. Various of a worker reaching up underneath a vehicle
5. Various of the parts manager speaking to a customer
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jay Salaytah, Jay’s Auto Repair:
“I’m going to be honest with you: I like what he’s doing. I feel like it’s a poker game. You bluff and see if we can work a deal. I believe that the trade is unfair to us. We get the worst part of it.”
7. A digital board lists services, products and costs
8. The mechanic starts up the SUV
9. Various of auto parts made in China and the Czech Republic
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Jay Salaytah, Jay’s Auto Repair:
“I feel like this is the way to get everybody’s attention. I do agree short-term, it could be chaotic and it could be very difficult. Long-term, I think it’ll benefit us all, meaning I’d rather see some of these parts built here in Detroit. And I am willing to pay a little bit more for a part that’s built here compared to a part that’s built in Mexico, Canada, China.”
11. Salaytah and his workers on the job
STORYLINE:
Jay Salaytah (seh-LEYE’-teh) has run Jay’s Auto Repair in Detroit for a decade.
In that time, the 43-year-old has developed close relationships with many of his customers.
When President Donald Trump announced his tariff plans, Salaytah acknowledged that costs likely would rise. And the impact will be felt by those who can least afford it.
“You make a decision: ‘Do I buy my kids a gallon of milk and eggs, or do I get my brakes fixed?’ ‘Do I pay my rent, or do I get my transmission replaced?’ Becomes very tough decisions for people to make,” Salaytah said Tuesday.
“I believe with these tariffs, it’s going to push it over the limit. I believe it’s going to make it even harder on people to make these decisions,” he said.
Although Trump has paused the threat of tariffs against Canada and Mexico, Salaytah doesn’t think they would be a bad thing in the long run.
“I’m going to be honest with you: I like what he’s doing,” Salaytah said. “I feel like it’s a poker game. You bluff and see if we can work a deal. I believe that the trade is unfair to us. We get the worst part of it.”
Salaytah said about 60% to 70% of the parts his shop uses come through the Detroit 3 automakers, but only about 15% to 20% of them are made in the U.S.
“I’d rather see some of these parts built here in Detroit,” he said. “And I am willing to pay a little bit more for a part that’s built here compared to a part that’s built in Mexico, Canada, China.”
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