Re: Spark plug wire prices?

[Jim Griffin <JGriff@pobox.com>]

At 09:11 PM 02/02/97 -0500, you wrote:
>> Blaufergnugen had them for $134.95, plus S&H. I proceeded to order them, but
>...
>> Yeah, I thought $40.00 for one wire at the dealer was outrageous. But... of
>
>You guys are nuts paying that kind of money for plug wires!   You can buy 
>really high falutin plug wires at any decent speed shop for a lot less 
>than that, and these will have very thick insulation, big thick ends, and 
>good low resistance wire cores.   Even if you buy a few extra to come up 
>with a set that's the right lengths, it would still be cheaper, and 
>you'd have better performance too.  'Course, they don't say "Audi" or 
>"VW" on them, but that doesn't bother me.

>Later,
>Graydon D. Stuckey

I didn't buy them for the name. I "had" to buy them because Audi requires
special connectors on the ends. "Ordinary" speed-shop Accels or such just
won't fit, unfortunately....

Believe me, if I could have gotten off a lot cheaper, I would have. (For
those with their minds in the gutter, there's one for ya'!!)

                             Jim Griffin
                      JGriff@pobox.com
  http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/4475
                        Maryland, USA
   "Perception is often stronger than reality!"
                               '92 100S
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