[RKDinOKC]

My Dad taught me I can make more money doing my job than it would cost me in lost wages to do the job myself. Especially considering it would take longer for me to do it.

The garage I take my cars to has a policy of they get the parts. They get a discount and usual bill for good deal retail. However, there have been occasions when they could not get the parts in a timely manner. Then I tell them where I found the parts and they either buy it where I found it, or have me buy it and ship to them. It is more about availability of good parts than price. Several of the sources I have found they have added to their parts search repertoire.

This has changed a little since a local salvage yard went out of business, Oklahoma Foreign. They were a great source of like new salvage my garage often used to help save me, the owner, on parts without effecting reliability of the repairs. Garage could call them in the moring, get the part delivered by lunch and have time to to the repair so I could pick up the car that evening. I will miss them.