> > BTW, when marketing parts for those engines, would it be better to call
> > those parts "for Porsche" or "for VW"?
On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Chris Kennedy wrote:
> For Porsche, clearly. I remember in the late 70's, when the Rabbit/Golf,
> Audi 5000 and Porsche 911SC were all sporting K-Jetronic. The injectors
> had the same Bosch part number but the Porsche part was almost twice as
> expensive as the part for the Golf.
Actually, it was a rhetorical question - don't you hate those?
Most mechanics consider it legit to charge the same price that the dealer
does for parts, and can make a little more profit for themselves by
finding cheaper sources for their inventory. Such as knowing which makes
have the same part for less. Did you know (or care?) that the '58 Volvo
uses the same brakes as a '54 Studebaker? Porsche mechanics tend to buy a
lot of parts from VW suppliers.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin_at_xenosoft.com
Received on Tue Jul 31 2001 - 00:02:01 BST