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Re: $900.00 starter change

To: sol <british-cars@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: $900.00 starter change
From: Randy Wilson <randy@taylor.infi.net>
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 1994 19:39:26 -0500 (EST)
> 
> Just a reminder to W. Ray Gibbons and Andy Mace that the Ford Probe is 
> NOT A TRUE Ford. The Probe is designed and built by MAZDA, it lacks true 
> Ford content, other than the sterio and badges.
> 
> 
> Dave Cole
> FORD Employee
> '74 Spitfire (daily driver)


Funny you should mention that. During lunch today, I was playing with 
our new estimating software. I looked up the price of a new starter,
dealer retail price, for the comparable Mazda; $181.52. I also noticed
that, while we only have "foreign" repair info, we had estimating guides
for all common cars. So I picked as a test a '91 Probe with a 2.2L four.
Then I called my local Ford dealer.

 Dealer> Parts, Don.
 Me>  Hi Don, gimme a price on a 91 Probe two two starter.
 Dealer> No prob, hang on.
 (long time listening to people walking past phone laying on counter)
 Dealer> Uh, hello? Uh..... hey, hey, hey.... are you sitting down?
 Me> Let me guess....
 Dealer> I don't think you can!
 Me> One thousand forty two dollars.
 Dealer> and seventy cents.
 Me> I'll let you know.
 Dealer> Yea, right. Have a good'un.
 Click.


    Randy



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