The fix is in

Florida, it turns out, is more than oranges, tourists and condo booms and busts.

It's also a state that's relatively inexpensive to fix a car, at least compared with others with lots of people.

In terms of the five most-populous states, Florida has the cheapest average car repair costs, at $1,159 per auto, according to the RepairPal Institute Car Repair Index. Illinois is the most expensive of the Big Five states, at $1,215 per car, followed by California, at $1,212 per car.