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12-04-2007, 12:18 AM
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Carbon Neutral -> DO IT!
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Ride: VP 5-SPD / 24-SPD Racer Hybrid
Join Date: May 2005
Location: .....in the Valley
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Heres a funny story that happended to me today!
Rang some wreckers in search of a manual pedal box, found one place in caufield... guess how much they wanted for it? $200 for a pedal box. I almost told them to go and **** them selves sideways!
went to my local wreckers, there a bit smaller and i was just clutching at straws... first car i saw, manual VN, pedal box and cable with a pre dropped coloumb!
so, as i had 0 tools and 1/2 an hour, i got to work, 1 13mm ring spanner, a pair of side cutters, pair of pliers and some vice grips i found in my car, had the pedal box out in 40 minutes... guess how much i paid? for both items, box and cable... $50... pays to stay local and shop around!
i love my wreckers....
anyone else had this crap happen?
aZk.
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12-04-2007, 12:24 AM
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M&M =D
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Ride: Nothing :'(
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 828
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Really pays to shop around! And thats with ANYTHING
Glad to hear you didnt find out the hard way (after already buying it for $200)
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12-04-2007, 12:27 AM
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Carbon Neutral -> DO IT!
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Ride: VP 5-SPD / 24-SPD Racer Hybrid
Join Date: May 2005
Location: .....in the Valley
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i just couldnt believe they were asking 200 for it, thats just crazy! its funny, 12months ago i would have paid that though... show how much i have learnt about cars! thank you JC!
aZk.
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12-04-2007, 01:13 AM
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One Step Better
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Ride: vx calais 5.7L
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Adelaide
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i had da same problem when my ignition F***ed up n the mechanic sed it was goin to cost 300 bucks i told him to get f***ed went to u-pull-it n onli cost me 5 bucks for another 1 lol
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12-04-2007, 08:41 AM
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Donating Member
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Ride: VK Wagz, VB SLE
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Port Pirie, South Australia
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When I was looking for a VL diff a local wrecker said $350. I asked him why is it so expensive, he said coz that's wat they go for these days. I said well P&J Wrecking around the corner (who I go to for most of my parts I need to get, and they specialise in Commodores) sells them for $150...then he just said that's coz P&J mainly deal with Commodores, haha....so I left. And I bought a VL diff, tailshaft and a pair of VL side mirrors of Steve (Spirit) for $100....can't argue with that!  When my diff blew the first time I just bought a VK with no motor or trans for $100 and pinched the diff outta that.
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12-04-2007, 11:15 AM
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Ride: 'Enhanced' Y Series Senator Sig
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Geelong
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Originally Posted by azkwazere
i just couldnt believe they were asking 200 for it, thats just crazy! its funny, 12months ago i would have paid that though... show how much i have learnt about cars! thank you JC!
aZk.
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I can believe it, if someone wants it bad enough someone will pay, i paid four times the price a bottle of italian red wine was worth because i knew how good it was. People are willing to pay higher prices when they want something bad enough
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12-04-2007, 11:56 AM
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Ride: 1997 VS Commodore Exec
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 676
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Surprisingly minux is right at least about money cause the value of an item will only be as much as someone is willing to pay.
BTW everyone know's Australia has better wine than italy because our vines in SA are cuttings of the oldest vines in the world (from Frenchy land)
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12-04-2007, 03:38 PM
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Ride: VX-II Lumina Sedan
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Bluff, Queensland
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...and the older a car gets, the worse it becomes...
It's a prime example of Catch 22 when it comes to parts for something twenty years old...if you are trying to find something, say a five speed gearbox for a Gemini to slap in an old Rodeo  and you do manage to find one in decent nick, the owners usually can charge whatever they want if they know you want it.
The Catch 22 comes in when you try vainly to haggle..."Hey, it's a 25 year old gearbox, how can you charge so much for it?", and they simply say "I know how old it is...try and find one somewhere else then..."
They've got you over a barrel...they know you really need it, and they know how hard they are to find now simply for the reason that they are old and scarce to find, therefore they can ask whatever they like and expect to get it.
You see it at wreckers all the time.
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12-04-2007, 04:37 PM
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i want a VTEC ECU
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Ride: mk3 Toyota Supra i6t, Mitshibishi Magna Wagon v6
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Eastern Suburbs, Victoria
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Quote:
Originally Posted by minux
I can believe it, if someone wants it bad enough someone will pay, i paid four times the price a bottle of italian red wine was worth because i knew how good it was. People are willing to pay higher prices when they want something bad enough 
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yeah like for women
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12-04-2007, 06:29 PM
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Ride: 'Enhanced' Y Series Senator Sig
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Originally Posted by Spaced
Surprisingly minux is right at least about money cause the value of an item will only be as much as someone is willing to pay.
BTW everyone know's Australia has better wine than italy because our vines in SA are cuttings of the oldest vines in the world (from Frenchy land) 
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You have obviously never drank a high quality italian red
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12-04-2007, 06:50 PM
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Junk Yard Dog
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Ride: 5 speed vp daily, VK project
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Ipswich
Posts: 1,131
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become mates with your wreckers. i did with mine and have got a few things for nothin. or very cheap. chrome 3 inch dump tip. shop wanted 60 bux. i paid nothing. about 80 dollars worth of interior bits n peices. 15 dollars. good blokes at ABC wreckers at wacol
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12-04-2007, 09:55 PM
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Donating Member
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Ride: VK Wagz, VB SLE
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Port Pirie, South Australia
Posts: 1,136
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Originally Posted by 4BDN_VR
become mates with your wreckers. i did with mine and have got a few things for nothin. or very cheap. chrome 3 inch dump tip. shop wanted 60 bux. i paid nothing. about 80 dollars worth of interior bits n peices. 15 dollars. good blokes at ABC wreckers at wacol
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Yeah I couldn't agree more.....I asked the local guy here (the one I mentioned earlier, JP Wrecking) if he had any stuffed old holden 6's coz I need to use little bits and pieces from it to complete mine coz of a few bits that had gone missing. I asked for something pretty cheap coz I don't have much to spend.....and I left with a complete 202 EFI block which even had decent ACL pistons as it wasn't long b4 it had been rebuilt. The bores didn't have any lip and the cross hatching marks from machining were still on the bearing caps and rods. And I got it for free!
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1979 VB SL/E Commodore Sedan - The daily
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13-04-2007, 12:45 AM
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Topped out @ 230kph
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Ride: Mercedes E-Class 2007, E220 CDI Wagon
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Germany, Europe
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i got done $35 for the radiator bottle thingy. It was $55 somewhere else. Still expensive for a 2nd hand piece of plastic i thought.
That was for a VN by the way.
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