Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Car manufacturers actually make much more money over the life of the car selling parts than they do in the initial sale. They can even sell the car at a loss and still make substantial profits selling parts. The things are complicated, require regular maintenance and frequently bump into each other. A better test would be trying to buy an small, little likely to be damaged, trim piece for a ten year old car. That's tough to do and your only hope is the wreckers. Now if they just had wreckers for Leicas! One shop I knew went out of business under unhappy circumstances and the owner's car was seized as well. He wandered onto a local bridge with a small non-wearing engine timing component which I believe took several years to replace. Needless to say, it was not a Chevy but a DB6 Vantage. Not many people parting out Aston Martins. John Collier > From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@sympatico.ca> > > Until I sold my 1981 Mazda RX-7 last Fall, I had no problems getting > repairs done to it. > > From: Simon Stevens <simon@camera-craftsman.com> > > Strange: I have a 16 year old BMW which was discontinued several model > cycles ago. Now that it is getting on a bit I buy parts for it quite > frequently. :-( Why are car manufacturers able do this "impossible" > thing? > and others...