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Originally Posted by Wayne at Pelican Parts
The Boxster and the 996 originally cost about $50K and $90K respectively. These are not cheap cars, and they are high performance, relatively low-production cars as well. The parts are not cheap like Honda parts or even BMW parts. It's the price of entry to own and drive these fine automobiles. Everyone has the sticker shock syndrome first time they look into buying parts (I certainly had it with my first Porsche, a 914). But then you learn and know. The Boxster is a great car to drive and own, and maintaining it is not inexpensive by any means. But, if you can do the work yourself, you save a tremendous amount of money. Most Pelican customers don't begrudge the prices of parts because they know they are purchasing the best quality parts, and they are also saving a *ton* of money by learning how to do it themselves. Just wait until these Boxster articles are up on the site (next month maybe?). You guys will be blown away...
-Wayne
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That's all fine. But they DO use a cheap honda NSK bearing. And that's the argument I'm making. People who don't know any better, think it's a super duper Porsche bearing that should cost Porsche prices. I'm making the point that an off the shelf NSK bearing with ceramic balls is "packaged and marketed" as a superior fix at superior prices, but no warranty? Something doesn't jive, ESPECIALLY since it uses the exact same race.