Spare parts

[quk@sievers.com (Phil Payne)]

In message <9706148688.AA868896303@genchip.uunet.ca> "Mike Hopton" writes:

>      Great idea, I can dig out some Bosch part numbers from the parts lying 
>      around my basement... There are also a lot of the suspension parts 
>      built by TRW or bearings etc. available from FAG, a data base on these 
>      would be wonderful!

Yes.  I remember once buying a rear wheel bearing from Ingolstadt that was
actually made about ten miles from here.  I paid $40 for that bearing to have a 
holiday in Germany. 

>      How about including a list of cheapest prices for parts. I order parts 
>      from the States, the UK and independent local dealers all the time and 
>      it would be great to have a quick reference table on where to go 
>      first? There are also a number of people on the list who don't 
>      advertise the parts they have to sell, often they are better 
>      alternatives than the oem equivalent. I'm not suggesting they 
>      advertise on the web page you set up, but it would be good to get 
>      other listers (independent) recommendations? Bit of can of worms this 
>      one, what do you think?

Let's walk - then we can run.  There's no point making expansive plans if we 
can't get the base data sorted out.

>      Would this be exclusive to Quattro's (ie ur-q's)?

At the part number level, especially for the less critical parts, I think 
there's a great deal of commonality.  I strongly suspect that VAG sell the 
same parts under two numbers sometimes - with different prices for the Polo and 
A8 use of the same part.

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 Phil Payne
 (Temporarily 100012.1660@compuserve.com)
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club