I tried my local shop and found that even with shipping the B D was the
better value.  I asked my local shop if he'd match my mail order price.  He
declined.
On Jan 6, 2014 5:15 PM, "Robert Stevens" <mtbiker62@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Jan 6, 2014, at 5:39 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> I  bought a rad from Bus Depot, about 5yrs ago .  Inexpensive, even with
> shipping to the West coast .  Satisfactory.
>
> My local shop gets the same radiator the BD offers (mine is the BD
> iteration) for
> the same price, minus the shipping. If you have a local shop that you
> trust, check
> with them first before buying any parts from our usual vendors.
> (BD radiator is $149.95) which is what I paid for mine from them in 2007.
> My $0.02.....
> The rest of that story for me anyway, is that many of the parts I get from
> our
> online vendors, I just can't get locally, or at a reasonable price, so I
> always
> check now.
>
> Bob