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While putting together Carnival wheels of yesterday, I came across a well written Wenchypoo position with a lot of buying tips used car While I agree with most of its suggestions, a sorta stuck in my craw.
One thing that might influence a purchase parts for imported cars are more expensive than   domestic models after the parts and cars to be imported, and it takes time and money that is yours.
Now I have driven traditional domestic and traditional imports I also worked on the ground with both, I can not begin to tell you how many times I've heard the comment that the parties are more import expensive than domestic goods what the uninformed Don t go well account is that you get what you pay Remember, the traditional home of spec are by accountants that why they feel like a worn shoes when they are 2 years traditional imports of spec by engineers that the reason why they feel like a home again when they are 5 years old.
Perhaps the best way to illustrate this is a real world example Back in 2000, after nearly a decade of conduct Swedish bricks, we took a Dodge Caravan that had been negotiated in the rear shocks were blown, so I ordered new I almost fell over when I heard the price 22 each, which was original equipment parts Mopar.
Compare this to protection against traditional import shocks rare vehicle that have cost about 80-120 On the surface, this seems like a pretty big piece of the 22 shocks on the Caravan The difference is in the quality and therefore the life of the party Have a shop that works on imports when replacing struts or shocks due to leakage or blown joined the answer will be a resounding never the opportunity, you might replace to eliminate noise is obviously they are replaced when damaged by braking or accidents, but rarely if ever to fail in domesticity, it is quite common to replace the bars and shocks.
So I ask the question is it better to buy original equipment national coins at a deep discount, deep or not need to replace the first.
The import term is often too broad a statement For example, there are huge differences in quality and characteristics between a Honda and a BMW even as there is between Vega and a Cadillac.
That being said we s take a step further When comparing domesticity imports, it is equally important to remember that the average domestic car will have only a life of 100,000 miles as the norm for the average import 300,000 and counting taking this into consideration when you average a part of the cost factor, it is important to spread the cost of each part by not less than three, for example, if an entry for home costs 80 including 100,000 last miles, but a starter cost 180 for import which means the average cost of starter for 300,000 miles was 60 per 100 000 better factor is a starter is less likely to go wrong on import and domestic for many of exact reasons shown above, three of which are quality, quality, and then there qUALITY.
I will say that after the race imports and domestic for years, I can honestly say hands down some of the imports is much more likely to last than any national party Some pro-saloon cars I literally ran hundreds of thousands of hours had used parts and I can not think domestic who can say the same thing.
import parts are expenive that hands down national coins.
I own a 1995 Nissan Altima, the repair bills of great, this car must have original parts nissan to work, including a properly IS 450 on a generator INSTALLED The estimate was for a NAPA installed but had to install nissan a place, a real nissan brakes, compare everything to a Chevrolet Cavalier 3 on one side of the family and the repair Bils are 1 less 3 You can use NAPA parts including 200 Installing new alternator.
Compare repair costs on a Nissan, Toyota, Lexus, they are bigger and I can not imagine that Audi, Porshe and other costs.
Expection is a Jeep, they are a little more than a servant, not sure of the proximity of a Nissan import as they are, we have 03 Jeep Liberty and Fronts brake job and rearing is expensive not sure the final bill.
A note My Nissan still has the stock engine, trans and so on and strong still underway with 140,000 miles Happy small car.
You raise a good point Brian, in a roundabout way.
Because some import parts last longer, it is not as much support on the secondary market that can do the 2nd line replacements increasingly hard to find, if not impossible, I know that Nissan Reman Alternators supply and inputs for most models in Canada rather than new.
Racedriven I sell Alternators all the time in my retail store and I will not charge someone that much and our alternators come with a lifetime warranty to boot that does not mean that the work could not be harder on your specific car and sets up another topic many domestic parts are however much cheaper to import cars require a lot more work to install labor costs Generally speaking on a variety of installation accessories projects on domestic cars are significantly less than the same project on import this is just one of the pieces of reason alone cost can not be considered as apples and apples instead, we're talking about apples and oranges the bottom line is that there is no fair comparison regarding the cost of parts only.
Wow how often do you hear a guy after sales and dealer a guy on the same side of a vehicle repair discussion.
We could consider changing the title of labor and parts are really more expensive for imports than domestic.
Because its parts and labor that s total, I don t work on my own car, not even an oil change, sorry but I prefer a technician trained on it instead I actually have to make an appointment -you this week, my rear brakes sounds like something rubbed.
A note on the estimation of the altornator, it was Midas and they tried to use a NAPA and had to go to a place nissan.
Is there anyone who believes that the parts and labor are more expensive than domestic like I do at all.
I'm sorry if I'm not stepping on toes, but the Midas touch is the last place I afford to work on my cars is if you want skilled technicians working on like any other deductible there are good and bad in reality, it is important not to accuse all the other, the number of customers complaints is considerably higher than should be acceptable now, we get to the real meat N-potatoes of the discussion actually, how to reduce the costs of maintenance and repairs is really all about who you trust not only to work on your vehicle, but that makes the diagnosis Oh, I could go on for days on it for the record, I said parts were cheaper on imports I just tried to analyze the comparison inaccuracy.
Gary Faules I was just trying to prove a point, my family including aunts and therefore own domestic vehicles 2 -1 on imports and all I have to go is two Suzuki's and my Nissan and the case is Nisaans a good car, I'm just rough it.
As for Midas, I had to convince them that the problem was the alternator paying a Nissan dealer 70 to say his alternator and try Nissan parts There are many in some cases, such as the brakes, but not for a Nissan .
I want to hear what many people have to say about it, I'm interested in it, it could help my family to decide what could be next to a jeep, for a different reason costs in all , good points.
I am happy to have been able to stimulate a lively conversation I left a mechanic for a long time, and he used to tell me how expensive and time consuming it was to work on imports to the Chevron station no mini- s mart as how long judging by your comments, I'd say I'm on the right track, but perhaps not quite correct that s ok I'm not above learning new tricks.
I just do not want to buy or want to buy someone else by mistake a car that will spend more time on a support on the road, consuming more of my money unnecessarily, although on a rack, it d probably get better mileage, given the current price of gas.
In the near future, I'm looking to buy a used turbo diesel 4-door for the possible idea to run on biodiesel with minimal conversion Any suggestions Send em my address.
BTW reflection, given the global economy and Offshoring business, aren t just about every car imports these days literally.
Whenchypoo, it's great conversation and has been ongoing since the first import hit the shores of the ICU remember the store owner, I worked for in the early 70s, he said, the day they change the cars on the metric that require metric tools will be the day I close my door is anti-American He was referring to import cars in general from those where the days we mechanics started buying a few key metrics and keep them all in a small drawer during the day, as most imports are now called usually call metrics cars well, my old boss has effectively shut the gates as many have done that did not want keep with the times and modern technology to those of us who made that we made our fortune many times but I will say there are times I dirty meaning not literally, but when I remember men like my father and their thoughts on those who bought and we drove in a non-American way, I agree gone wrong somewhere.
Back on the topic Any car can be safe, economical and reliable under the right circumstances The most overlooked on any car is a good service and everyone seems to have an excuse for the lack of Then there is finding a mechanic reliable that ethics and credibility regarding the car in question and as the old saying goes if something goes very few people can hear but if even the slightest thing goes wrong, you can be assured that many people will hear about this is true mechanics and cars as well.
It is also important to know that so many people want everything right and want to do it right the first time and when something happens, they want someone who will treat them fairly and responsibly The bad news is many not all of them want to thank you God get all the above with a coupon In other words, they need to learn a good service and maintenance is a fair price.
The pieces are really for the more expensive imports, parts, imports, really expensive.