[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by LudwigMiles

Learn to read before posting in a thread.

No one is saying they want to put crappy $50 parts on a car. If you learned to read, you'd see we are only talking about OEM parts and how to obtain them. However, OEM is not available except in the dealership, which marks up prices. No, you missed the entire point. Genuine "BMW", Genuine "Porsche", Geuine "Audi" parts are also priced at full markup. The difference, however, as I've stated repeatedly, is that with Euro cars, you have the option of buying the OE part with the original brand that has nothing to do with thew car brand. With Japanese cars, you can either buy Genuine "Toyota" or some 3rd party junk from Autozone/RockAuto. There is no middle ground. ie: You can not buy a Mitsubishi alternator or Makishinto brake pads. If you think Toyota is selling Mitsubishi alternators with their "Toyota" logo on it at cost, you are very clueless.

Do you get it now?

Thanks for the advice, asshole.