Oh my god!

[jajou318]

My local dealership is within reason for being a dealership. I go there when I need parts TODAY and can't wait for shipping.

Yea I tend to do that BUT they never have any parts on spot! Not even some basic hardware stuff.

[Addissimo]

I'm lucky... I live right down the street from http://www.importpartsspec.com/. they stock a ton of shit- and if they dont have it, they get it overnight for free. But i mainly stick to patrick at bmw for big orders... nobody can really beat him.

[assoutE12]

Are you shitting me? Ten grand for a fuel pump? I cannot believe that at all.

not 10 grand 1 grand, i put another zero in there.

[nefarious7907]

who quit at Baron, Chris had been hooking me up as of late I brought in realoem.com printouts and he would match the price sometimes like 40% off, I hope it wasnt him that had quite.

[Charlie]

Hmm, my "local" dealer (Midwestern Auto Group) is usually pretty close to mail order price, has stuff in stock, and is willing to knock a bit off the cost if the mail order place is a lot cheaper. Great when I need stuff that day, so I can't argue. I'm not big on reusing rusted shit, so I tend to go over there pretty often when I take stuff apart.

-Charlie

[Ryan Stewart]

Im the same way Charlie, that is how I developed such a relationship with those guys. I would still go there for hardware because they usually have it and the markup doesn hurt so bad on things like that.

Its just charging 240% for something I didnt need that day was enough to make me walk away from the counter. It was just the backlight for the computer screen. Shit I can live with checking my watch for the time for 3 days.

[2002maniac]

Are you shitting me? Ten grand for a fuel pump? I cannot believe that at all..

LMAO!!

[jht3]

my local chapter did an article on the discounts local dealers give to CCA members. the author anonymously called a handful of dealers and requested quotes on common parts. lets just say many dealers were not pleased when the article ran. the CCA discount ran between 10%-20% but the price that came off of was the big difference. A few dealers gave the discount on the dealer list price, while many others gave the CCA discount on their marked up price (the markup varied by dealer). this was a few years ago. i'd like to see the article redone to keep those dealers honest


thankfully i get 25% off list through my wholesale hookup at an area dealer. unfortunately its not the one 1mi from my house