Fifth Gear - car parts

[bayliss]

I work for Fifth Gear. We're after the most outrageous car part prices charged by UK main dealers; £100 for a short piece of rubber pipe, that sort of thing. Or, an electronic plug in component that's so expensive it might make a five/ten year old car uneconomic to repair.
Also, we're after the most expensive garage in the UK.

If you've got any stories please email or call me on 0121 697 1904/[e-mail] (we must be able to identify the part).

Ian Bayliss

[Graham]

wait for the 200 relpies on "can you get me VBH's Phone number"

Most of the bits on the chim have actually been reasonable. in fact the tvr only fan belt that i had expected to be loads was less than a non dealer equivalent for the landrover...

the most outrageious charge i have ever had was 75 quid from an ex-tvr dealer in Cheltenham. I dropped the car off saying i think it has an exhuast gasket leak, can you confirm and let me know how much to fix. They spent 5 mins confirming it was a gasket gave me a quote to fix (200 quid) and tried to charge me 75 quid for the privilage !!!!!


cheers
G

p.s can you get me.........

[gsx600]

Not sure about main dealers, but try and get a rotor arm for a V8

Halfrauds £11.00
Cafco £7.00
Partco £1.77

Bit of a difference !!

Dare not ask the TVR dealer near me !

[RUSSELLM]

bayliss said:

I work for Fifth Gear. We're after the most outrageous car part prices charged by UK main dealers; £100 for a short piece of rubber pipe, that sort of thing. Or, an electronic plug in component that's so expensive it might make a five/ten year old car uneconomic to repair. Also, we're after the most expensive garage in the UK. If you've got any stories please email or call me on 0121 697 1904/[e-mail] (we must be able to identify the part). Ian Bayliss

Have you got a fax ?

[Hoover33]

Throttle Pot for an S.... Ford part is approx £70,
however Throttle Pot supplied by TVR (made by ford) £22 inc p+p..

Something does not stack up

[Podie]

Hoover33 said:

Throttle Pot for an S.... Ford part is approx £70, however Throttle Pot supplied by TVR (made by ford) £22 inc p+p.. Something does not stack up

You sure...? Sounds like the Ford garage identified the wrong part to me...

[wolosp]

bayliss said:

I work for Fifth Gear. We're after the most outrageous car part prices charged by UK main dealers;

Probably anything for that McLaren Mercedes SLR you featured this week!

[raceboy]

Wasn't it in EVO a few months back, in the long term test bits, when they had a Golf, a new headlight bulb was in the hundreds

[lanciachris]

Friend of mine had his fto pranged by a dozy woman in a car park. She was going to pay for the damage to save her insurance, then she found out the headlight alone was £900...

[5ltr-chim]

Last time I knew (~2yrs ago) the Audi dealer in Reading was over £100/hour!.....

Dread to think what it must be now

[TT Tim]

I'll find out the details but the LED rear lights on one of the new Peugeot rag-tops are £2K a piece, I've been reliably told by a friend who's parts manage at the local Pug dealership.

I'm sure the insurance companies are going to be very pleased when <mcp mode>'er indoors starts backing into shopping trollies at Tescos</mcp mode>, seriously though it won't be long before they get very upset when any rear damage starts at £2K!

Tim

[spslward]

TVR parts very expensive...blah blah...£1000 for a little plastic TVR grommet...blah blah..


Watch the residuals drop.


Try the BMW forum.

[bigphil]

friend of a friend has a Mclaren F1 and wanted the interior door pulls changed from leather to carbon fibre not offered as an option so as a special one off from Wokings finest, wait for it........












£13500 for two door pulls.
And he paid it.

[julianhj]

New battery for a Lotus 340R - four figure price tag IIRC? Body-off job? Madness.

No, hang on, £13.5k for some small pieces of cosmetic CF is just plain fking hilarious.

[the master]

I think subaru has been in trouble/ cautioned for the ridiculously high price for there parts (thats also one reason why they cost so much to insure). Can't remember where i read that. Oh and as my father will read this he VBH (Hi Peter!! sorry i meant dad)
Mmm i can appreciate the attraction too, like father like son and all that!!

[V8 Archie]

£350 for a rear screen . My own fault for being lazy.

[RUSSELLM]

bigphil said:

friend of a friend has a Mclaren F1 and wanted the interior door pulls changed from leather to carbon fibre not offered as an option so as a special one off from Wokings finest, wait for it........ £13500 for two door pulls. And he paid it.

Can I have his old one's ?

[ropey]

My old boss told me Ferrari charged him £130 for a small clip to hold a pipe, on his 360!!

Apparently they had to fabricate the clip first!!

(Seems a tad excessive to me!)

[GTvr]

Anything from the Leven Catalogue......

[bsdnazz]

bigphil said:

friend of a friend has a Mclaren F1 and wanted the interior door pulls changed from leather to carbon fibre not offered as an option so as a special one off from Wokings finest, wait for it........ £13500 for two door pulls. And he paid it.

Was this a part that actually exisited before he ordered it or did he have to pay for the one off tooling (mould making) and the like?