asbp Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 *cool*Sourcing Caterham parts I am writing to ask same help in sourcing the manufactures of the caterham parts, if we all can help we all just might be able to get cheaper original parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasi Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 Dear Antonio I Live on a small Island and one of the first thinks that i lernd was that everithing what first sounds really good dident work in a small comunity like in a big Country , I call it the Boomerang efect. Now start Thinking 😳 Kasi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dino ferrana Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 Many of the Caterham suppliers are tied to exclusive deals where they WILL not supply to individuals outside of their Caterham deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisC Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 Hold on Anyone involved in the car industry will know that manufacture of cars is a loss maker and the only way manufactures/dealers make money is parts and service. In a typical mainstream dealer 70% of the revenue comes from service/parts. I am not sure that this holds true for Caterham, but I would suspect that the parts and service would makeup a large proportion of the income of the company, and I would imagine Caterham Cars could not survive on car sales alone. So if we all turned our backs on them and sources our spares from other places would this not be cutting our noses off to spite our faces? And if Caterham Cars went to the wall, how long before Arch Motors did the same? Chris.... H15 SVN Get it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bare Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 What parts ?.. Except for the Frames and perhaps Fenders .. Mechanical bits are from a variety of Sources..certainly no stranglehold on those. Not overly difficult to figure out what parts come from what car/source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dino ferrana Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 There are a lot of bits in a modern Caterham that are produced just for them and are not intended for another car. 6 speed is just one item you can't source from elsewhere. BTW I am not one of those who thinks we should always have the right to buy all the bits direct afterall if Caterham makes money on this side of operations then it will keep going for longer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasi Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 Cooorrreeectooo *thumbup* *thumbup* Kasi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bare Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 No worries.. you pay double for Fluids /Disposables and Sundries. I prefer not to :-) Perhaps you could Tithe to Cat .. just to ensure their laughably inefficient Management continues unchanged... in case you need to buy more Sundries in the Future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomB Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 Id like to be able to get more stuff from Partco etc just for convenience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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