

| Subject: | Re: Bus Depot - What Kind of Policy is This? |
| From: | Jeff at Vanagonparts |
| Date: | Sat, 10 Jul 2004 15:23:49 -0700 |
Yep. Never heard of them, but they pretty much fit the OEM provider description I gave earlier. Cheers, Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf Of 80 Westy Pokey Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 2:53 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Bus Depot - What Kind of Policy is This? I can't speak for the '84, but I just bought wires for my '86 from Bus Depot and they are made by Preco: www.prencocorp.com There are two part numbers on it: 35-77332 251 998 031 B Thanks, Chris ---- Original message ---- >Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 14:18:11 -0700 >From: Jeff at Vanagonparts <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM> >Subject: Re: Bus Depot - What Kind of Policy is This? >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >It's pretty standard stuff. A lot of OEM manufacturers will sell their >items through private channels after removing all identifying marks from the >parts. This goes from the simple, a marker pen over the imprinted name, to >the extreme, grinding off the identifying marks. > >These manufacturers have exclusive agreements to supply OEM products to the >vehicle manufacturers, the removal of the marks is a way for them to work >around these agreements. > >BTW: those plug wires are probably made by Beru. > >Cheers, > >Jeff >www.vanagonparts.com > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf >Of karen d >Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 8:35 AM >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Bus Depot - What Kind of Policy is This? > > >I sent Bus Depot a message asking who made their $39.95 spark plug wires for >my 84 westy. Got message back that they had to research. Then never heard >back from Bus Depot. I sent 2 more msgs and still no reply. That was a few >weeks back. Out of curosity, I sent another msg and this is what I got >back: > >I am sorry that it took this long for an answer. We needed to do a >little >research before we emailed you back. According to our contact agreement >we >can not disclose the manufacturer of the plug wires. However, we can >tell >you that they are made by an original supplier to VW I hope this >information >can help you. > > >Why would Bus Depot sign such a contract? Does this mean they are made by >Bosch but Bosch also sells them to Bus Depot at a higher price so that is >why such a contract exists? If it is Bosch...then do they use the same wire >on both but the cheaper version uses cheaper connectors on the ends? > >____________________________________________________________ _____ >MSN 9 Dial-up Internet Access helps fight spam and pop-ups – now 2 months >FREE! http://join.msn.click- url.com/go/onm00200361ave/direct/01/
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