[Jonny042]

I don't want to stir up some kind of political s#%$storm in the technical forum, so let's please keep to the facts if we can...

But... are y'all freaking out yet about the 25% tariff on European parts?

Just as a data point, I purchased 4 CV joints from our host a few weeks back at $79.00 each.

I just checked the price on the same part and it's now listed at $110.00, a whopping 39% increase.

Much of that would be attributed to the tariffs being 10 times(!) what they were, but the US dollar is taking a kicking, as well - after hovering around 1.45 for a few years it's now up in the mid 1.50's. So that would account for the remainder of the increase.

That's only a single data point, however, and a price check on genuine parts from Porsche doesn't reveal any increase yet that I can see. Same goes for fuchs wheels from Fuchsfelgusa, a 16 inch is still in the $1200 range.

I know it's early days yet and they just came into effect, but wonder what you guys are seeing so far.