Am I spoilt with the number of trade club dealers round here, or something?
Oil, plugs, filters all cheaper, are they not? These are dealer genuine parts. Why dick about?
The prices that get quoted on here for TC service parts are within a few pence of what I pay for quality brands like NGK, Mann etc. Considering that going to any of the 3 'local' TC dealers means an hour round trip and a gallon of fuel, buying what are effectively consumable items on TC IS dicking about for me, and any savings are minimal at best.
And the genuine parts bit reminds me of how a mate insisted that he was going to fit only genuine Mitsubishi plugs to his Starion(this was 24 years ago!), and not the NGK Rs that were in it when he bought it. This took him two lunch-hours, as it meant going from Maidstone to Bexley to order and then collect them, as the dealer had never sold any before. These things were 3 times the price of NGKs, but were 'worth the extra as they're genuine.' Of course, we didn't take the piss at all when he opened the Mitsubishi boxes to reveal 4 shiny new NGK plugs. OK, I lied, we still take the piss now!
Ok, seems I am spoiled for dealers. I have Reading and Bracknell near where I live (in Reading
) and Slough branch near work.
But, through experience with cars AND bikes, I wouldn't say Ngk where a quality brand, and i've had nothing but good experience with bosch. So given I don't know anywhere cheaper to get bosch plugs, dealer on tc it is.
As for man filter, I know somebody who used to service office equipment for first line, who also deal with man filters. Rather than pay, they paid in parts he needed for his side line in car servicing.
Now I don't know if they where giving him the dodgy stock, but almost every part we got from there, for most makes, we had agro with. Buggered threads on filters, collapsed air filters, wheel bearings with play from new, fl wishbones, discs out of true. It was all shite. He insisted on cash in the end. Even their own bloke said "you didn't get our wishbones did you? They are shite"
There's an Ecp in my road at work. Never once been in there, until recently. Two staff serving totally befuddled , queue out the door. Rediculous.
Locations aside, I really don't see the point.
Ah, tell I lie, used Ecp Reading for plug leads. As dealer ones are so expensive. Seemed ok. Not what I call a service part though.
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