Dealers take the P1ss my pride and joy is currently in the garage in the process of being repaired not the stealers due to the extortionate prices. but i required some parts for her, so i go to the stealers to enquire about parts. the parts in question are valve lifters for the exhaust valves on both banks as these were found to be badly worn upon inspection. the total amount required would be 12, so i go and ask about prices for valve lifters each. me personally was expecting about 10 - 20 GBP. so the guy said he needed part numbers luckily i was already equipped with said part numbers so he disappeared into the back room and emerged several minutes later. with the price, so each valve lifter was 58 GBP well at first i thought he was having a laugh but turned out he was serious. i then asked how long they would take and he then said about 6 - 8 weeks again thought he was having a laugh and asked him whether he was walking to get them from japan!! anyway i decided to go home and mull it over so i went on the PC and trawled the internet looking for parts and i found some from our good friends over the water at courtesy Nissan in Texas for an amazing price of 11 GBP each. immediately i thought this is to good to be true so emailed to check the price etc. and it was true . i thought even if the customs do charge me it wont account to anywhere near as much as the stealers were going to charge. so i went ahead with my order unfortunately i am still waiting 3 weeks later due to circumstances out of my control as one of the valve lifters is on back order and they are having some difficulty getting it but hopefully should be with me in next couple of weeks cant wait to get her back on the road
ok rant over
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