Re: THE SHOKAN STORY

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <199903141220.HAA10253@titan.purch.ans.net> Dan Simoes writes:

>> My turn.  Everyone on this list and all of their friends who have Audis
>> should boycott Shokan.  Don't buy a thing from them!  And, don't buy any
>> parts from Audi dealers unless you have to.

> Careful there.  A position like that could win you a big fat
> lawsuit from Shokan, and the latter position would be no help in
> trying to get Audi to recognize this list/club/whatever and could
> in fact be the final nail in the coffin.

Particularly as VAG do seem to have acknowledged the spares pricing
issue on pre-1990 cars.  It's a shame for the independents who've
been making a living shipping parts between countries, but that's life.

A power steering pump that was recently quoted to me at GBP770-odd
for new and GBP356 for exchange is now apparently only GBP135 for
an exchange.

Audi's own fully synthetic oil is now cheaper than Mobil 1.  Also a
better weight ...

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