Vehicles with cheapest parts cost
- theholycow
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Vehicles with cheapest parts cost
This system compares parts costs from one vehicle to the next:
http://www.rockauto.com/repairindex
Does it seem accurate?
Can anyone find any OBDII vehicle with significantly cheaper parts than a 1997 Ford Ranger? How about one available with a manual transmission? The only one I've found that's about the same is a 1997 Chevrolet S10, and the 1996 Chevrolet Cavalier is 4% less.
http://www.rockauto.com/repairindex
Does it seem accurate?
Can anyone find any OBDII vehicle with significantly cheaper parts than a 1997 Ford Ranger? How about one available with a manual transmission? The only one I've found that's about the same is a 1997 Chevrolet S10, and the 1996 Chevrolet Cavalier is 4% less.
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watkins wrote:Humans have rear-biased AWD. Cows have 4WD
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Re: Vehicles with cheapest parts cost
That's pretty cool, my 95' civic was the cheapest followed by my 03' Tiburon GT and lastly my 01' Rav4
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none of the civics even come close in terms of operating costs...this confuses me to a high degree
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Parts for Civics are in high demand. Think about it...market value is inflated, so it's worth fixing an old Civic instead of junking it. Therefore, you're buying parts, and in the meantime you're not contributing to the supply of junkyard parts.
Believers will tell you that they don't need repairs as often and therefore the higher purchase price and higher parts price will wash.
Believers will tell you that they don't need repairs as often and therefore the higher purchase price and higher parts price will wash.
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watkins wrote:Humans have rear-biased AWD. Cows have 4WD
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Parts for the 2010 CADILLAC CTS V 6.2L cost only 78% of what parts for a 1986 MAZDA RX-7 1.3L cost.
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ROFL!noob5,000,000 wrote:Parts for the 2010 CADILLAC CTS V 6.2L cost only 78% of what parts for a 1986 MAZDA RX-7 1.3L cost.
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is it sad i'd still take the rx-7...?noob5,000,000 wrote:Parts for the 2010 CADILLAC CTS V 6.2L cost only 78% of what parts for a 1986 MAZDA RX-7 1.3L cost.
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Re: Vehicles with cheapest parts cost
Yes, to a degree it is.
'19 Toyota 4Runner TRD ORP
'12 Suzuki V-Strom 650
'12 Suzuki V-Strom 650
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thats actually true. my cousin who goes to a Porter&Chester college around here for automotive said they took the cranks from a B16 engine from a civic and a 1.8t motor from a GTI and threw them on the ground (they were blown motors) and the 1.8t motor smashed into 3 pieces...the honda crank didn't even have a dent...honda ftwtheholycow wrote:Believers will tell you that they don't need repairs as often and therefore the higher purchase price and higher parts price will wash.
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Not a very scientific test. Could have dropped them under the force of gravity from incrementally higher elevations and recorded the distance of the fall required to break each one, then calculated the impact velocities and figured out the energy of the impact. Still you don't know what cumulative stress each one had prior to the test and I highly doubt that drop test survival was one of the design criteria for a crankshaft.LHOswald wrote:thats actually true. my cousin who goes to a Porter&Chester college around here for automotive said they took the cranks from a B16 engine from a civic and a 1.8t motor from a GTI and threw them on the ground (they were blown motors) and the 1.8t motor smashed into 3 pieces...the honda crank didn't even have a dent...honda ftwtheholycow wrote:Believers will tell you that they don't need repairs as often and therefore the higher purchase price and higher parts price will wash.
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it doesn't matter if it was design criteria for the crankshaft...VW sucks and honda doesn't...jesus don't you understand anything!!!
i talked to him again to confirm everything and they both suffered the same problem, timing belt went. so the pistons were a bit banged up so they couldn't be used again anyway. but they both dropped them from 5 feet (tape measure ftw) without any throwing force put into them, just all gravity. he said the Vdub crank made a hollow crack when it hit and the honda crank made a loud heavy thump. im going with better design.
also on a lighter note, last night when my family was going to my step fathers family's house my brother in law (drives a 4-cyl jetta 5-speed) tried being cool and revving it up to like 5 grand and dumping it in 1st...or what he thought was first. went careening backwards and did a 180 from the torque steer. i didn't stop laughing til we got there.
i talked to him again to confirm everything and they both suffered the same problem, timing belt went. so the pistons were a bit banged up so they couldn't be used again anyway. but they both dropped them from 5 feet (tape measure ftw) without any throwing force put into them, just all gravity. he said the Vdub crank made a hollow crack when it hit and the honda crank made a loud heavy thump. im going with better design.
also on a lighter note, last night when my family was going to my step fathers family's house my brother in law (drives a 4-cyl jetta 5-speed) tried being cool and revving it up to like 5 grand and dumping it in 1st...or what he thought was first. went careening backwards and did a 180 from the torque steer. i didn't stop laughing til we got there.
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Cheap parts? Sure as hell not gonna be my Z...
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Z1 2.5" Test pipes
HKS 65mm Hi-Power Exhaust
AMS Short Shifter
SZ Subframe Spacers
HKS Vein Pressure Converter
DDM Tuning 6000k HIDs
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Re: Vehicles with cheapest parts cost
All cars* have cheap parts. Its just a matter of finding them.
*such things as a Rolls are obvious exceptions
*such things as a Rolls are obvious exceptions
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Parts for the 1998 FORD MUSTANG 3.8L cost only 44% of what parts for a 1990 NISSAN 300ZX Turbo 3.0L cost.
I'm in for a world of hurt... But I already knew that, haha.
Even my new OEM shift knob cost $70... Palmface.
But it looks cool, all that matters.
I'm in for a world of hurt... But I already knew that, haha.
Even my new OEM shift knob cost $70... Palmface.
But it looks cool, all that matters.
Z1 Intake
Z1 2.5" Test pipes
HKS 65mm Hi-Power Exhaust
AMS Short Shifter
SZ Subframe Spacers
HKS Vein Pressure Converter
DDM Tuning 6000k HIDs
Z1 2.5" Test pipes
HKS 65mm Hi-Power Exhaust
AMS Short Shifter
SZ Subframe Spacers
HKS Vein Pressure Converter
DDM Tuning 6000k HIDs