Date:         Wed, 4 Sep 2002 16:45:19 -0500
Reply-To:     Chris Mills <scmills@TNTECH.EDU>
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From:         Chris Mills <scmills@TNTECH.EDU>
Subject:      Re: VW obscene parts pricing
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A-ha!!!

Learning stuff all the time. My source was a Chrysler man - - wonder who
was B.S.'ing who? <grin!>


> > Knew a fellow that worked for the local Chrysler dealership parts counter.
> > I asked him what the difference was between the FLAPS brake pads and the
> > dealer brake pads.



>Incidentally, I asked the same question to an OEM supplier of brake pads to
>VW last year. His answer was that the pads they sold to VW were identical to
>the ones they sold under their own name, except that the ones sold to VW
>were pre-scuffed to prevent brake squeal when first installed.

Chris M. <"Busbodger" of "TEAM SLOWPOKE">
Cookeville, Tennessee

ICQ# 5944649
scm9985@tntech.edu

'78 VW Westfalia (67 HP -> that is...67 Hamster Power)
'65 Beetle - Type IV powered
'99 CR-V AWD station wagon
'81 CB900 Custom moto-chickle
2.5 Corvair engines for my Trans-vair Conversion