[Thinkpad] [OT] Auto Cross Reference

This was fairly common. There were not only Porsche/VW books but
Chevrolet/Cadillac, MG/Morris Minor, Ferrari/Fiat, etc. books. The
Porsche/VW book was probably the most famous because of the ridiculous
Porsche markup on VW parts.

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>This is common in lots of industries, and is a way to make more money
on newer equipment (the A22). The 560X price may, in fact, have >never
changed from 199x when the 560x was new. So now that we all know, if we
need an A22 battery, we'll order the other part!
>
>ObAnecdote: 30 years ago, my uncle worked for a VW/Porsche dealership.
His manager had an "illegal" cross-reference of Porsche to VW >parts,
and would buy VW parts to install in Porsches at Porsche prices.
>
>Nobody at the consumer end likes this, of course, but it's a free
market, sorta...
>
>...phsiii

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Received on Fri Feb 10 13:40:18 2006