Alex M Grieve
Senior Member
- Joined
- Apr 28, 2008
- Messages
- 9,388
- Reaction score
- 60
- Location
- Broom, Warwickshire
- Your Mercedes
- B Class d200 Sport Premium Plus (66)
Plus ca change
It was ever thus. A group of students once built a Morris Minor from the parts department - it cost around £4,000 when a factory built car was around £650.
I asked our dealership for a set of MB rubber floor mats recently. They quote £118 for a set of 4. Other Forum members were quoted around £70.
I bought a set from Halfrauds and from £18 got 4 mats and 5p change.
We are in the wrong business!
BUT - I was able to buy two parts from my MB dealership for my 1994 SL - under bonnet insulation (custom built) and a set of scraper moulding clips. They were delivered to the dealership within 48 hours and cost altogether less than £100. (fitting the insulation was tricky though).
My daughter has a Gucci watch of similar age - parts no longer available - and they describe that as "An iconic product"!
It was ever thus. A group of students once built a Morris Minor from the parts department - it cost around £4,000 when a factory built car was around £650.
I asked our dealership for a set of MB rubber floor mats recently. They quote £118 for a set of 4. Other Forum members were quoted around £70.
I bought a set from Halfrauds and from £18 got 4 mats and 5p change.
We are in the wrong business!
BUT - I was able to buy two parts from my MB dealership for my 1994 SL - under bonnet insulation (custom built) and a set of scraper moulding clips. They were delivered to the dealership within 48 hours and cost altogether less than £100. (fitting the insulation was tricky though).
My daughter has a Gucci watch of similar age - parts no longer available - and they describe that as "An iconic product"!