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10-03-2008, 07:17 AM
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Guess how much for a dizzy cap?
A fellow member in an Australian M-B forum recently priced a distributor cap from an authorised Mercedes-Benz dealer for his 25 y/o Benz 380SE (W126 similar to my car). For relevance I recently purchased the same item for Mrs nota's Falcon, which set me back $56
Care to guess what the listed quote was from the M-B dealer? 
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10-03-2008, 07:29 AM
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i'll use the x2 assumption + dealer markup
so $120?
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10-03-2008, 07:42 AM
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Something stupid, maybe $300.
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10-03-2008, 07:42 AM
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$1600
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10-03-2008, 07:50 AM
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 one thousand eight hundred dollars I might add, for perspective, that a brand new fuel distributor assembly (for the mechanical injection system) of the older 6.3 litre V8 (M100-series) motor, ie 6.3 SEL & 600 Grosser, will reputedly set you back a not inconsiderable AUD$27,000, ex-Germany. No thats not a typo
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10-03-2008, 07:54 AM
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WHAT THE F***!? You can almost get a brand new C-Class for that price!
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10-03-2008, 08:02 AM
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^ consider i can get nearly any air cooled 911 engine dropped into my car, completed and running, for $8,000 AUD, doing absolutely none of the work myself
$27k for a fuel distributor is simply immense! 
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10-03-2008, 08:09 AM
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^^ Dave I know, its ridiculous. No make that insane. You can appreciate why M100 owners tend to re-sleeve or reco their fuel 'blocks' instead of buying a new one! The factory can & will supply clients with virtually any part, for literally any model-year Benz. But the price can be mind numbing. Apparently the M-B factory has run out of NOS of this component and this is (or was, as-of last year) their price to manufacture a new one
Btw re that distributor cap price .. no, it did not include the rotor!
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10-03-2008, 10:54 AM
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That's why you don't go to the stealership
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10-03-2008, 04:48 PM
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I think Cadillac charges $10,000 for a lugnut.
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10-03-2008, 05:02 PM
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I think in the TG old luxo cars segment Jeremy said he had a "routine sevrice tuneup" on his Grosser for £25,000
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10-04-2008, 01:05 PM
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