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Old Oct 8, 2019 | 12:09 PM
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https://autoweek.com/article/diy/bew...icle2-headline
 
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Old Oct 9, 2019 | 02:24 AM
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Great link - I would have never thought!!!!
Will from now on.
Thanks for posting.
 
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Old Oct 9, 2019 | 05:43 AM
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Very interesting and didnt know it was a thing.
 
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Old Oct 9, 2019 | 09:27 AM
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Luckily these cars already use the cheapest plugs they sell, so I doubt anyone's trying to elbow theyre way into a $3/plug market.
 
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Old Oct 9, 2019 | 11:08 AM
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Luckily these cars already use the cheapest plugs they sell, so I doubt anyone's trying to elbow theyre way into a $3/plug market.
I wish. 6 bucks are cheapest here. Decent ones are 12 ish bucks. Oh dont forget 13% tax on top lol. Gonna be 130 for plugs....unless I buy amazon Chinese ones
 
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Old Oct 9, 2019 | 12:18 PM
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I wish. 6 bucks are cheapest here. Decent ones are 12 ish bucks. Oh dont forget 13% tax on top lol. Gonna be 130 for plugs....unless I buy amazon Chinese ones
Look at RockAuto.com. And then choose the Fedex shipping, comes Duty and GST prepaid, so when you click to finalize the order that's the final cost to your door. The NGK's are the ones recommended by Jaguar (BR7EF for a V12) are $2.12 Canadian each. Occasionally I have got them on "wholesale clearout" for 90 cents each.

I buy a lot of parts from Rockauto, the Canadian parts stores can't compete. Thermostats and belts were 10 times the price at the local parts store for example.
 

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Originally Posted by Jagboi64
Look at RockAuto.com. And then choose the Fedex shipping, comes Duty and GST prepaid, so when you click to finalize the order that's the final cost to your door. The NGK's are the ones recommended by Jaguar (BR7EF for a V12) are $2.12 Canadian each. Occasionally I have got them on "wholesale clearout" for 90 cents each.

I buy a lot of parts from Rockauto, the Canadian parts stores can't compete. Thermostats and belts were 10 times the price at the local parts store for example.
Thanks I'll check then out.
 
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