[Wiese]

Originally Posted by Ed Bighi

It will be the same with these as with any other car. Don't bother so much with mechanical bits. Go and worry about tail bases, interior parts, etc... This is the stuff I put away. Right now I have, for my 930, or any more that I buy, things like one extra factory 930S intercooler, 3 turbo tail bases in box, etc... It's beyond me while people bother so much with things like sensors and drivetrain components when it's always the interior that becomes scarce first. Exterior trim second. Always. Why? Because the average human is too cheap to replace those. This creates a smaller demand which leads to the factory not bothering making 20 units of whatever per year. A friend of mine last year asked me the same question about his 500E Mercedes. I said, go down to the dealership and go and see if you can get a replacement b-pillar interior trim panel in black for instance. Besides, they get brittle and crack easily over time. I think he had a hard time getting one and went right on ahead building up an inventory of these types of parts. Forget anything drivetrain related. That stuff will always be around. Or at least, a LOT easier to get.

Ed is making some valid points here. Of course the hoarding some of us (and a lot of dealers/parts sellers) are doing is only going to make parts availability more scarce. So buy them while you can!