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Jun 1st, 2020, 17:04 | #21 | |
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Few months ago I got a quote from FORD for the PAS pump that's fitted to my XC60, thinking it would be better value than Volvo. It's made by "ZF" in Germany with VOLVO & FoMoCo stamped on it. FORD came back with £700 !!! + VAT ... by comparison VOLVO were at £410 + VAT for the very same, identical part Madness ... but you can clearly see where FORD try to make their money back after selling relatively cheap cars.
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Jun 1st, 2020, 18:01 | #22 | |
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Things haven’t changed either, VW parts are still expensive. TT
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VW LT’s...... had a loan LT35 back in late 80’s and it was a petrol. I remember we used to watch the fuel gauge go down at an alarming rate. Oh, and there was that flap you could open in the cab to see the engine. Used to open it and sit the work boots over the hole to dry them out!
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I had a 2007 Mk4 Mondeo engine with the 2.5 Volvo 5 cyl turbo petrol engine. A cracking car with a cracking engine, sadly now long gone.
Anyway, about 6 years ago I was in my local Ford dealer parts dept getting some Ford specific bits for it and, as I was there, enquired about the price of the aux drive belt - which was nearing replacement. The parts guy was visibly shaking when he told me that the price of the belt was £100! He checked again & no mistake. In the end I got my Volvo indy to do it for a fraction of that price. |
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I'm currently running a 2018 VW Golf R which I've owned from New and I have to say Service parts from TPS ( VAG's own parts supplier ) have been better value then the likes of ECP or GSF ... for example: 5 litres of GENUINE VW approved QUANTUM (a.k.a. Castrol ) Longline III 5W30 Fully Synthetic engine oil for under £20 all in (inc. VAT & delivery) ... Genuine oil filter for £11 all in (FYI having a Trade account with TPS does help quite a bit) Now I'm fully aware my Golf R is still a newish car that's under Manufacturer warranty and I'm quoting for Service parts only but as things stand in the past 2 years & 18K miles nothing (big or small) has got BANG ! ... as yet.
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To me that's the top pick from the MK IV Mondeo lineup, if you can afford the fuel bills Sadly there aren't many of these left on out roads here in the UK anymore.
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Well 2.0 D is a destroked 2.4 D which is actually a heavily modified Volkswagen Transporter engine.
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