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| Circlotron:
--- Quote from: VK3DRB on February 22, 2020, 07:33:36 am ---One big reason Holden's sales plummeted was poor quality in design. Crap cars compared to Japanese or German quality cars in general. Remember the Camira :palm:? --- End quote --- That lousy Camira design was the fault of General Motors, not Holden. Can you imagine a Cadillac version? It was real. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_Cimarron |
| Ed.Kloonk:
--- Quote from: Circlotron on February 22, 2020, 01:13:36 pm --- --- Quote from: VK3DRB on February 22, 2020, 07:33:36 am ---One big reason Holden's sales plummeted was poor quality in design. Crap cars compared to Japanese or German quality cars in general. Remember the Camira :palm:? --- End quote --- That lousy Camira design was the fault of General Motors, not Holden. Can you imagine a Cadillac version? it was real. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_Cimarron --- End quote --- The first sentence.. "is an entry-level luxury car" Holy cow. |
| vk6zgo:
--- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on February 22, 2020, 08:07:51 am --- --- Quote from: VK3DRB on February 22, 2020, 07:33:36 am ---../ or be ripped off on replacement parts. /.. --- End quote --- To be fair, tho, Holden dealers did keep quite alot of stock( or near-stock, same day) for popular models for many years. Yes expensive but trivial original replacement parts were available. Unlike those pricks at Ford. Your car is ten years old? Fk off! --- End quote --- I needed to buy a replacement flasher lens for my 1999 Toyota Camry. Fair enough, it is old, but the things are everywhere (except in the wreckers). Went to the Toyota Spares place, where a bloke seemed to be playing a computer game on the firm's PC. When apprised of our requirement, he reluctantly dragged himself away to look it up on the PC. "350 dollars & 5 working days Ex East" was his pronouncement. The cost was a bit of a shock, but the "five working days" was the lasr straw! I said "forget it", & went home to Google, hoping for a used one somewhere. I found a brand new Chinese copy for $79 pick up the next day! So much for "keeping my Toyota all Toyota"! You would think that a company that advertises itself as a parts supplier would have a bit of stock. Things have got so silly that, in a capital city, you are treated like a "provincial". Almost everybody you have to deal with is either in Melbourne or Sydney, in a different time zone. |
| nctnico:
You should breed more people! There just isn't enough people (and thus cars) to keep stock of every part. When I visited New Zealand the people where complaining about the same. Because the market is so small it is hard to buy equipment and parts at sane prices with short delivery times. |
| Ed.Kloonk:
--- Quote from: vk6zgo on February 22, 2020, 01:21:11 pm --- --- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on February 22, 2020, 08:07:51 am --- --- Quote from: VK3DRB on February 22, 2020, 07:33:36 am ---../ or be ripped off on replacement parts. /.. --- End quote --- To be fair, tho, Holden dealers did keep quite alot of stock( or near-stock, same day) for popular models for many years. Yes expensive but trivial original replacement parts were available. Unlike those pricks at Ford. Your car is ten years old? Fk off! --- End quote --- I needed to buy a replacement flasher lens for my 1999 Toyota Camry. Fair enough, it is old, but the things are everywhere (except in the wreckers). Went to thes Toyota Spares place, where a bloke seemed to be playing a computer game on the firm's PC. When apprised of our requirement, he reluctantly dragged himself away to look it up on the PC. "350 dollars & 5 working days Ex East" was his pronouncement. The cost was a bit of a shock, but the "five working days" was the lasr straw! I said "forget it", & went home to Google, hoping for a used one somewhere. I found a brand new Chinese copy for $79 pick up the next day! So much for "keeping my Toyota all Toyota"! You would think that a company that advertises itself as a parts supplier would have a bit of stock. Things have got so silly that, in a capital city, you are treated like a "provincial". Almost everybody you have to deal with is either in Melbourne or Sydney, in a different time zone. --- End quote --- Yeah, I hear ya. I'm in the sticks, but I would step back if I couldn't get a genuine part same day/next day. |
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