30 Jul
2001
30 Jul
'01
5:02 p.m.
> 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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