Nathan, When the parts person said that the dealers weren't going to carry it anymore, I am sure that he was speaking only for his and guessing about the others. Every dealer is free to stock what they want and as long as there is sufficient demand a dealer will stock it. Mark in AK
----- Original Message ----- From: Dart 330 <dart330@HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Monday, August 23, 2004 6:43 am Subject: Re: dealer cost on coolant > Well I made it by the dealer saturday morning and said I needed > some G11 > blue coolant. The response I got was "We don't have any". I was a > littleshocked, the guy said all 98 and up cars take the pink > stuff. I said what > about the older cars? He said you could still order it if you > wanted to, but > the dealers were no longer going to stock it. > > He went to check in the back to make sure and a mechanic followed > him back > with a half full oily bottle of blue coolant they said I could > have. They > also had one last unopened bottle they sold me. They wanted over > $20, but I > got him to give it to me at "cost" which they claimed to be > $13.81, with tax > it was $14.72. So not too bad for 1.5 gallons of coolant, but it > reallysucks if none of the dealers are going to carry it anymore. > > Nathan > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - > it's FREE! > hthttp://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > |
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