Was in an iveco dealership today getting the tacho done, browsing their brochures, leaflets etc i noticed the price of the parts. Blew me away an example is a stralis mirror is 300 quid excluding vat 
But i suppose with iveco not being a big manufacturer they would be expensive or are they all this expensive daf,merc etc
Back in Sweden an original mirror for our Volvo FMs cost 800 quid ex. vat!
New FM 340 euro5 engine 12k (TM forgot to book a few services for one of the wagons)
Complete OEM mirrors have always been very expensive.Not £800 over here though AFAIK £2-300 for heated adjustable complete ones(exc. mtg arm) has been the norm for a good while. Main dealer only bits will always command top prices.Consumables though are often cheaper from the dealer,(as you probably know) because of low priced inferior quality filters etc.flooding the market.
EDIT: just remembered about the so-called ‘spaniel’s ears’ mirrors on the newer coaches .They are apparently horrifically expensive.
Sir +:
Complete OEM mirrors have always been very expensive.Not £800 over here though AFAIKEDIT: just remembered about the so-called ‘spaniel’s ears’ mirrors on the newer coaches .They are apparently horrifically expensive.
Hiya…a pal of mine said the coach mirrors that stick out infront of the windscreen are nealy 3k each side
he told me they hook them off and store them inside the coach as the clip of quite easly. just what he told me
John
Doesn’t surprise me at all.
Same with cars. If you were to buy seperately all the parts that make up an average £15000 car I reckon it would cost around £20,000 never mind the labour putting it all together.
Next door neighbour just had a new turbo and injection system for a BMW X3 diesel, a few months out of
warranty - BMW contributed 50% parts costs so after you take into account their profit margin on original parts it will have cost them nothing
TC
Renault are just as bad. Recent examples of stuff I’ve had to buy are nearly 50quid for an exhaust strap (a bit of bent metal with a hole in each end) and a mouth watering 395+VAT for a steer axle wheel bearing (because it comes with part of the hub attached to it).
Paul
The_Catman:
Same with cars. If you were to buy seperately all the parts that make up an average £15000 car I reckon it would cost around £20,000 never mind the labour putting it all together.
TC
I’m a biker, the last time I read any arse wipe publication to do with bikes was many, many years ago.
I do remember that one magazine got hold of a dealer fiche & built a whole bike from parts, IIRC the bike cost £6k’ish if wheeled out of the showroom yet over £55k if bought in parts.
I know alot about the business model of a bike dealership, what little I know of car dealerships confirms that the profit margins work on a similar basis. I know absolutely nothing about truck dealerships but I would assume they run on a similar basis.
A truck dealer could not survive on truck sales alone. As much as 80-90% of their gross profit must come from service & parts.
P.S. I know of a few chaps who buy brand new bikes from dealers with '0’mls on the clock, then break them for spares. Make a good living at it too.
Anyone doing this with trucks?
one of our renault tippers got drivers side steps smashed, apparently 800 quid for new ones?
Chas:
A truck dealer could not survive on truck sales alone. As much as 80-90% of their gross profit must come from service & parts.P.S. I know of a few chaps who buy brand new bikes from dealers with '0’mls on the clock, then break them for spares. Make a good living at it too.
Anyone doing this with trucks?
My mate breaks bikes but only speedway or grassbikes, it is a limited but lucrative market. He builds trick Jawa engines too.
What you say about the parts department is true. I set up my brothers place and ran it as a cost centre. The sales department are your biggest customer for accessories, whilst the workshops take most of the stockorder. Warranty work was a pain as there is no profit for the dealership.