| Car parts, just like cars keep going up and up in price. | | | | you don't end up buying on Ebay, it is generally a |
| Just look at any recent bill for service for your car. | | | | wholesale marketplace and will give you a feel for |
| $69 is not uncommon for an oil change if you have a | | | | the value and true pricing of certain parts. It will also |
| Mercedes or BMW at your local dealer. $600 for | | | | show you the huge difference between the actual |
| headlights (not including installation), $700 water | | | | value and what a dealer charges. Just remember this |
| pump, $200 per tire - or more for certain cars. It just | | | | - "Dealer bad, Ebay good." You can even buy your |
| gets ridiculous. It has been estimated that if one | | | | car on Ebay and save a mint - no bogus processing |
| were to try and buy all the parts for a car through | | | | fees, lies by salesmen and their managers whose |
| their local dealer it would cost 300-500,000 for all the | | | | only job is to squeeze every penny they can out of |
| parts on the average car. someone is getting rich | | | | you - especially the finance manager (they get you |
| here and it isn't us. There is a better way.Start by | | | | just hen you think you are done - and many times |
| looking online. There are junk yards that have the | | | | they get you for thousands of dollars in profit). |
| parts you need. And just because they are referred | | | | Bogus dealer processing fees totalled more than $50 |
| to as junkyards, doesn't mean they only sell junk. | | | | billion in 2005 - no wonder dealers are getting richer, |
| Lots of their inventory is from cars that are less than | | | | playing more golf, etc... But due to lawyers and tax |
| 1 year old. What do you think happens to the | | | | strategies the average dealer pays less in taxes than |
| perfectly good tires on a new BMW that was junked | | | | most americans (average dealer tax rate >1%) - go |
| do to rear accident. Some wiley person buys them at | | | | figure.So there you have it get online and use salvage |
| a great discount for their own car. Junk or salvage | | | | yards and Ebay to get a great deal on all your car |
| yards turnover millions of dollars in car parts every | | | | part needs. For instructions on installing any part just |
| year. The best site to use is They will research | | | | look it up on Google. There are thousands of great |
| thousands of salvage dealers and display the prices in | | | | forums and blogs that for free will give great pictures |
| order from cheapest and newest and colors, etc... | | | | and step by step explanations on everything from |
| You enter your part needs and then they will find | | | | changing a tire to a camshaft, bleeding brakes, fan |
| your parts for you. It is not uncommon to get | | | | belt replacement, etc... Do not use your dealer unless |
| basically brand new or similar items for 1/5 the price a | | | | you like getting fleeced on a daily basis - as that is |
| dealer charges or less.Another great place is Ebay | | | | what they will do.David Maillie is a chemist with over |
| and Ebay Motors. There are lots of car parts on | | | | 12 years experience in biochemical research and |
| there for just about every make year and model of | | | | clynical analysis. He is an alumni of Cornell University |
| car. Everything from a hood to a door, interior | | | | and specializes in biochemical synthesis for public, |
| carpet, radios, speakers, wheels - even spinners so | | | | private, and governmental interests. He holds |
| you can pimp your ride like on tv and in the movies. | | | | numerous patents including his recently awarded |
| I've even seen celebrity cars for sale on their and | | | | patent for headlight repair, restorer and cleaner. He |
| parts autographed by Nascar drivers like Jeff Gordon, | | | | can be reached at M.D. |
| Rusty Wallace, Dale Earnhardt, Dale Jr., etc... Even if | | | | |