Eli5 How come auto repair garages don’t keep spare car parts on site and have to order them?

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I’d understand them not keeping spares of larger parts at the garages due to space issues, but I’m confused they wouldn’t have something like spare O-rings around (one is stopping my car from getting fixed/tested and the garage told me there’s been a shipping delay).

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On average a single car has 30,000 parts. There are nearly 1,000 car models available on the road. That’s roughly 30 million parts that need to be bought, kept track of and inventory and also stored. How would you think that’s possible?

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