>   I seem to be needing another brake master cylinder for my  
> 84...I notice a big difference in price between Bus Depot and 
> Van Cafe..Around $50 difference.  One comes with all the 
> switches and says"German"..the other is ''economy''..  So 
> would I regret not spending the extra $ ? Why the large price 
> difference here?

Our $64.95 one is an aftermarket European made master cylinder, whereas our
$99 one is German made by an OEM supplier. (Van-Caf�, by comparison, charges
$119 for the German one.)  We have not seen any significant reliability
differences between the two brands. The aftermarket one has a very slightly
higher out-of-the-box return rate than the OEM one does (which may indicate
slightly less stringent quality control), but both are well under 1 percent
so we're looking at nearly insignificant quantities in either case.

Remember that the DOUBLEDIP listmember appreciation sale is still on until
midnight tonight. You can get the usual ongoing 5% listmember discount
(referral code list1e) on either master cylinder (as both exceed the $50
minimum for the list discount). But if your order exceeds $100 you'll get a
second 5% discount by putting DOUBLEDIP in the "comments" field. 

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.

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