whats the most outrageous price you've paid for a part ?
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Ozzie Osmond said:
AngryPartsBloke said:
More and more im finind motorfactors to be very expensive, a few times a day the cost price on a pattern part is more then the retail of the OE franchise parts we stock.
^^^^^ ThisMain dealer prices are often very competitive for routine service items like discs, pads, filters, batteries etc. Especially when you take into account OE quality assurance.
Usually it's parts like interior or exterior trim which turn out to be expensive, mainly because the pattern part people can't afford to tool up for the low volumes and shops don't want to stock slow moving items. For instance, £26 for a plastic interior door handle...
Obviously didn't get it from them, but when I was 17, I was quoted £550 to replace a handbrake cable on a Fiat Panda (neither me or dad had the time to do it ourselves, until we got that quote), so we found time, got it from my mate who worked at a car parts place for £12, dad taught me how to fix it, and his labour charge was a packet of biscuits and a cup of tea.
sleep envy said:
Tango13 said:
sleep envy said:
My mate had the door mirrors stolen from his X5, they're oil filled
£1,500 each side from BMW, hence why they go walking
You've never heard of the "M" tax then? BMW take great pleasure in sticking about a 50% markup on any part for an "M" car £1,500 each side from BMW, hence why they go walking
Still, his insurance paid out.
drivin_me_nuts said:
E39 M5. Mirror glass - electrochromatic stuff £150 a piece. Interior mirror that leaked gunk everywhere £500. First paid for myself, second under warranty. A colleague needed a new engine after his developed cracks. £13k.
That's a bloody good price now - last I checked as mine is f
ked and it was nearly 300 quid - each Edited by M5 Russ on Friday 6th January 10:08
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