Long-Distance Driving During Chuseok, Essential Vehicle Maintenance Services for the MZ Generation

Popular Vehicle Maintenance Service Apps Like Kadak and Oilnow Gain Popularity

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heeyoon] During the Chuseok holiday, the use of public transportation on the way home decreased, while the proportion of private car usage increased.

According to the industry on the 20th, due to COVID-19, private car usage has significantly increased compared to public transportation, resulting in an observed increase in highway traffic volume.

In fact, while the overall traffic volume decreased by 13.8% last year, highway traffic during the Chuseok holiday increased by 3.4% compared to usual. Additionally, the number of railway passengers and express bus passengers decreased by 57% and 55% respectively, suggesting that many of them traveled using private cars. As a result, essential apps that prepare for various situations such as vehicle management on the Chuseok homecoming and return trips, refueling, and accident handling are gaining popularity.

Car닥 (Car닥) is a service where you can take a photo of the damaged area and send it to the app to receive repair estimates from nearby repair shops within 5 minutes. It saves the trouble of visiting each repair shop and allows for the most reasonable repair by comparing the proposed estimates.

Engine oil management, which is essential before long-distance driving, can also be easily handled with Car닥. It has the advantage of finding engine oil replacement repair shops with estimates that include labor costs.

The navigation app is undoubtedly the recommended app to use during the Chuseok holiday for avoiding congested roads on long-distance trips. Thanks to Kakao Navi and T map, drivers can check traffic information and detour around congested roads.

Recommending less crowded routes instead of congested roads to drivers has naturally become common with the popularization of smartphone navigation. During this homecoming trip as well, Kakao Navi and T map are expected to guide drivers on the fastest routes.

OilNow is a service that provides information to easily check fuel prices nearby at a glance. The service’s feature is that it helps find the lowest-priced gas stations along the route. It calculates the distance from your car and fuel prices to select the five optimal gas stations out of 11,573 nationwide.

Another advantage of this app is that it can be used without advertisements. Through a monthly refueling report, it analyzes the driver’s refueling patterns, helping them reflect on their usual driving habits.

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