Re: [Thinkpad] [OT] Auto Cross Reference

In <BEC4C478864A2749B0733455A256A58EB3589A@NIHCESMLBX9.nih.gov>, on
02/10/2006
   at 01:40 PM, "Rosen, Robert \(NIH/NIAMS\) [E]" <rosenr@mail.nih.gov>
said:

>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...

That's sort of true. In reality, 30 some years back VW/Audi/Porsche was
going under. A new company president was hired (I forgot his name), but
one of his first acts was to order the use of common parts across the
model lines, and eliminate the costs of three separate parts lines.

To this day you can find part number that not only cross the lines, but a
lot of parts for current VWs, still fit 20 year old Vw's, Audi's, etc.

>>
>>...phsiii

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Received on Fri Feb 10 13:49:53 2006