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Originally Posted by speeder
Did normal maintenance pieces like brakes have to come through their dealer network or was it available from warehouses like common cars? Mercedes-Benz used a mix of Girling and ATE at the same time on the same cars in the '70s and '80s, I guess that one or the other could not supply all of the calipers they needed on the big selling cars like w123 and w126, etc.
Annoyingly, they use very similar but not identical pads and you need to know which ones you have when ordering. These parts and components are still widely available today, though, so I guess it's mass produced stuff vs. Lamborghini.  |
Lamborghini had a few things, mainly incidental minor parts that were shared with later cars. Essentially nothing was available from the parts houses; there were not even listings for those cars. The calipers weren't so much a problem, as brake hydraulic components typically used off-the-shelf seals in common sizes, but the rotors were unobtanium. The rumor was they were originally sourced from some obsolete BMW production car, but I never figured out which one.
Ironically, the lack of availability of future spare parts caused me to bail on Ferrari ownership, too. At some point, Ferrari decided they did not want to be in the business of supplying parts for the older cars, that would be something the aftermarket could take care of. I found it annoying that certain consumables were just going to dry up and go away and decided that somebody else needed to own that problem.