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Price of parts
« on: 01 February 2024, 19:55:19 »
Just been to VW dealer. And looked at S/H cars outside. Saw a nice car for 25,000 euros.

Got quote for two parts. Not including fitting, they were about 1000 euros for the two. I reckon if you bought a car from parts it would be a million pounds. No wonder car insurance has gone up!
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Re: Price of parts
« Reply #1 on: 01 February 2024, 19:58:05 »
What were the two parts?
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Re: Price of parts
« Reply #2 on: 01 February 2024, 20:57:59 »
Quote from: Varche on 01 February 2024, 19:55:19
Just been to VW dealer. And looked at S/H cars outside. Saw a nice car for 25,000 euros.

Got quote for two parts. Not including fitting, they were about 1000 euros for the two. I reckon if you bought a car from parts it would be a million pounds. No wonder car insurance has gone up!

Best not get a quote for Matrix LED adaptive headlights like fitted to mine then, you’ll fall off your chair.  ;D  Some people have paid less for a complete car than it costs for a pair of these headlights.  ::)
Based on that, I agree with your way of thinking regarding building a car.  :y
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« Reply #3 on: 01 February 2024, 21:00:02 »
Air con fan and regulator unit. Reversing camera.
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« Reply #4 on: 01 February 2024, 22:59:42 »
As it is an intermittent fault, I will have
Either a go at swapping it out for a S/h camera
Or get a new part off the net ..
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« Reply #5 on: 02 February 2024, 10:29:57 »
In the late 40s someone priced up buying all the parts to build there own car as it was hard to get a new one, it was over 3 times the value then!
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Re: Price of parts
« Reply #6 on: 12 February 2024, 13:42:38 »
On a similar note. About 25 years ago Motorcycle News priced up all the individual parts to build a Kawasaki ZX6r.
Price of a bike was around £6,500 at the time iirc. Price of all the individual parts was around £27,000.
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Re: Price of parts
« Reply #7 on: 12 February 2024, 14:15:01 »
Quote from: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 12 February 2024, 13:42:38
On a similar note. About 25 years ago Motorcycle News priced up all the individual parts to build a Kawasaki ZX6r.
Price of a bike was around £6,500 at the time iirc. Price of all the individual parts was around £27,000.
Yeah, but Quaka parts always were outrageously priced.  I remember paying something like £6.99 each for some (probably) M4 countersunk for the brake reservoir, because I was desperate, and I bet that was over 20 years ago ;D
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Re: Price of parts
« Reply #8 on: 12 February 2024, 14:30:26 »
Quote from: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 12 February 2024, 13:42:38
On a similar note. About 25 years ago Motorcycle News priced up all the individual parts to build a Kawasaki ZX6r.
Price of a bike was around £6,500 at the time iirc. Price of all the individual parts was around £27,000.

On a similar motorcycle subject, those of us old enough to remember contact breakers (Points) will recall that you needed a set of points per cylinder on the old magneto system. At the time, Yamaha charged over £7 per set of points (Set meaning one contact breaker), so they were quite expensive to an apprentice toolmaker earning not much more than that a week. At the time I knew someone that worked at Lucas, which had offices in the village I grew up in. They cross checked the contact breakers and got me several sets for around 60 pence each. How did the motorcycle dealerships justify such a difference.  :-\
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Re: Price of parts
« Reply #9 on: 12 February 2024, 15:22:04 »
Quote from: TheBoy on 12 February 2024, 14:15:01
Quote from: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 12 February 2024, 13:42:38
On a similar note. About 25 years ago Motorcycle News priced up all the individual parts to build a Kawasaki ZX6r.
Price of a bike was around £6,500 at the time iirc. Price of all the individual parts was around £27,000.
Yeah, but Quaka parts always were outrageously priced.  I remember paying something like £6.99 each for some (probably) M4 countersunk for the brake reservoir, because I was desperate, and I bet that was over 20 years ago ;D

Istr Honda parts were even more expensive. Although theirs tended be of much better quality than the other Jap manufacturers.
Suzuki were particularly bad. Their build quality was always piss poor.
Might be different now, I wouldnt know.
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Re: Price of parts
« Reply #10 on: 12 February 2024, 15:30:58 »
Quote from: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 12 February 2024, 15:22:04
Quote from: TheBoy on 12 February 2024, 14:15:01
Quote from: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 12 February 2024, 13:42:38
On a similar note. About 25 years ago Motorcycle News priced up all the individual parts to build a Kawasaki ZX6r.
Price of a bike was around £6,500 at the time iirc. Price of all the individual parts was around £27,000.
Yeah, but Quaka parts always were outrageously priced.  I remember paying something like £6.99 each for some (probably) M4 countersunk for the brake reservoir, because I was desperate, and I bet that was over 20 years ago ;D

Istr Honda parts were even more expensive. Although theirs tended be of much better quality than the other Jap manufacturers.
Suzuki were particularly bad. Their build quality was always piss poor.
Might be different now, I wouldnt know.
I was thinking over the weekend, its been almost 11yrs since I last had a bike :(
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Re: Price of parts
« Reply #11 on: 12 February 2024, 15:46:55 »
Nearly 15 for me !  :o
Still tempted at times, but too old now really.
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Re: Price of parts
« Reply #12 on: 12 February 2024, 16:19:27 »
The AA used to produce a two inch thick hardback book about driving and all the pitfalls that could become a person operating a car.

On chapter dealt with driving into a puddle that some how became a river and finally a harbour, and I thinking about it afterwards I couldn't help but think "Christ that escalated quickly"... Obviously there are still stretches of road around the place that can obviously swallow a car whole :o
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« Reply #13 on: 12 February 2024, 19:08:21 »
Quote from: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 12 February 2024, 15:46:55
Nearly 15 for me !  :o
Still tempted at times, but too old now really.
Been over 30 for me. Guy down the road from me offered me a go on his recent acquisition. Not sure i dare now.  ;D
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« Reply #14 on: 12 February 2024, 19:23:29 »
For me its a bit like alcoholism. I think if I got back on one just once, I would be down my local bike shop with credit card in hand.  ;D
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