>From time to time we see people post complaints about the high price of parts. Try pricing parts for your daily driver from the Dealer. Many times he won't even have what you need in stock so it can take from 3 days to 2 weeks to get what you need. For the most part when you order from a "D" vender you can get almost anything overnight! When you try the "Crossover Method" of getting parts from the neighborhood auto store the parts don't always fit or work correctly. If you start replacing things "shotgun style" in the hopes of fixing a problem you can actually be causing more problems! There have been times in the past when some of the venders had deals. In 1998 when DMC Houston had the warehouse sale in Cleaveland many parts were sold below normal pricing. Many venders will "cut a break" if you place 1 large order all at once, say over $1000. Not only do you save any sales tax but they also can work with you on the shipping. There are also some people selling some used parts for a significant savings over N.O.S. if you can use them. If you bought a car needing a lot of work and parts this is the cost of getting it into shape so the purchase price should have reflected this. Don't forget in buying from the "D" venders you have the use of their #800 and their time to explain what you need and how to fix the car. For the most part they also stand behind their parts and service so if you do buy from them they will usually do what it takes to satisfy you as a customer. When you buy from the parts store MAYBE they will take the part back if it isn't electrical and you didn't mess it up too bad and you still have the box? There is also the point to make that if we as owners of Deloreans don't patronize the Delorean venders who will? And if we don't then they may no longer be around when you finally realize you do need them. In many cases the parts they sell are even cheaper then you can find locally, the oil filter comes to mind as a great example. Every owner should have at least 1 in his garage along with a Workshop manual and a Parts Manual. Even if you don't know how to read them they will be invaluable to the shop you take the car to. Try and get them from your local parts store! David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxx, "Aaron Crocco" <slider_ten@xxxx> wrote: > Mike, > > I can understand how you'd like to have the vendors cut us some breaks on > the pricing and yes I will agree that buying parts can be costly for this > car. I refer back to a thread we had about a month ago where people were > talking about the prices and the general concensus (spelling?) was that it's > better to spend $110 on PJ Grady or DMCH door pistons that will work and are > Delorean made than buy $50 "brand x" pistons that could ruin your torsion > bar from overcharging. ...