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| mrobin |
 Oct 27 2004, 05:16 AM
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hi
after 30 years of playing with british cars, i made the plunge and recently purchased a 914. makes me feel right at home, as it leeks oil just like my old brit cars. the question i have is why do parts cost so much more than for old british cars ? (pardon me if this question has been asked a million times). tks. |
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| bob91403 |
Oct 27 2004, 05:26 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 618 Joined: 15-September 04 From: Los Angeles, CA Member No.: 2,763 |
British car market, importation and production has always been rather limited. Great Britton is not a very large country. Not as much demand or production, higher prices. Pretty simple. Bently, Jaguar, Rolls Royce, a pretty select market. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Ford the biggest seller in England? The brits just haven't been interested in marketing to the masses. Or, the manufacturers that have, could not compete with the world market, and have gone bankrupt. Again making parts harder to find and higher priced.
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| Rusty |
Oct 27 2004, 05:30 AM
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Wanted: Engine case GA003709 Group: Admin Posts: 7,941 Joined: 24-December 02 From: North Alabama Member No.: 6 Region Association: Galt's Gulch 
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A belated welcome... and congrats on jumping in!!
Why do the parts for our cars cost more? Well, IMHO, two reasons. 1. Because they can. Market forces dominate, and Porsche owners are perceived as "wealthy" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol2.gif) 2. Some parts are expensive because we've exhausted (or very close to wiping out) the existing supply. Again - supply and demand. The latter is especially true regarding 914-6 specific parts. -Lawrence |
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| VegasRacer |
Oct 27 2004, 07:27 AM
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ELVIRA Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,503 Joined: 27-March 03 From: Between Scylla and Charybdis Member No.: 481 Region Association: None
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QUOTE(mrobin @ Oct 27 2004, 04:16 AM) why do parts cost so much more than for old british cars ? Because we use Bosch parts that work instead of Lucas. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) Welcome to the club. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_flagge6.gif) |
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| tod914 |
Oct 27 2004, 07:33 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,755 Joined: 19-January 03 From: Lincoln Park, NJ Member No.: 170 |
QUOTE Because we use Bosch parts that work instead of Lucas If the parts were so good, then why is this board so active? Welcome. |
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| skline |
Oct 27 2004, 09:04 AM
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Born to Drive Group: Members Posts: 7,910 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Costa Mesa, CA Member No.: 17 Region Association: Southern California |
QUOTE(tod914 @ Oct 27 2004, 06:33 AM) QUOTE Because we use Bosch parts that work instead of Lucas If the parts were so good, then why is this board so active? Welcome. Because a lot of us do not know how to put them in correctly and we all like to talk about it. Welcome to the club. Not all of us use Bosche parts, I for one, use GM parts because of availability. |
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| Jeroen |
Oct 27 2004, 09:21 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,887 Joined: 24-December 02 From: The Netherlands Member No.: 3 Region Association: Europe |
QUOTE(mrobin @ Oct 27 2004, 01:16 PM) after 30 years of playing with british cars, i made the plunge and recently purchased a 914. makes me feel right at home, as it leeks oil just like my old brit cars. Yeah, but you don't have to retorque every nut and bolt every other week on a Porsche (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) The oil leaks on these cars can actually be fixed too! And no more evil games from Lucas, the prince of darkness. The 914 will rust just as bad as an English car though... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) In short, the 914 is best of both worlds... English roadster fun with German engineering (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) So welcome aboard and have fun! cheers, Jeroen |
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