When I had my Honda the forum members always recommended Cox Honda for service parts such as oil, filters, sump plug washers, etc.

Where are the best online suppliers for Skoda parts? I no longer do my own maintenance (too old and stiff) but my son-in-law is a mechanic

and for a number of years now has owned SEAT cars, so hopefully he will help me out.

12 hours ago, Jocko said:

When I had my Honda the forum members always recommended Cox Honda for service parts such as oil, filters, sump plug washers, etc.

Where are the best online suppliers for Skoda parts? I no longer do my own maintenance (too old and stiff) but my son-in-law is a mechanic

and for a number of years now has owned SEAT cars, so hopefully he will help me out.

AUTODOC app on iPhone or android 

33 minutes ago, thomasaspin said:

AUTODOC app on iPhone or android 

 

If you wanna wait a week or two for it to arrive, not OE quality either.

I have used autodoc for a couple of parts for the Honda.

I was hoping for a supplier of OEM parts but a bit cheaper than my local Main Dealer.

Can the SIL not get from TPS ?   The main dealer gets the parts they used delivered.

https://tps.trade

 

Or just your local Motor Factor. use them or lose them.  

http://www.dingbro.com

 

 

http://allianceautomotive.co.uk/our-network

 

Edited 18 January, 20233 yr by toot

Thanks for the TPS link. Don't know if John uses them. He gets most of his stuff from Dingbro.

I used to deliver for TMS but I haven't used them since they were bought over.

Why is there such a huge variation of Autodoc's price for the same part number between different brands?  Are the products from the expensive brands the same spec/quality as the low cost brands? Are we being ripped off by what I believe the trade calls "brand value"?

2 hours ago, Doily said:

Why is there such a huge variation of Autodoc's price for the same part number between different brands?  Are the products from the expensive brands the same spec/quality as the low cost brands? Are we being ripped off by what I believe the trade calls "brand value"?

We sure are I always use AUTODOC parts they are practically the same part just not stamped up oem 

The other problem with autodoc and all of its sister companies that pretend to be local by having .co.uk web addresses is returns.

The parts tend to come from Berlin, or somewhere in Poland I think, so returning items will be a PITA.

 

Use TPS if at all possible.

22 hours ago, toot said:

http://allianceautomotive.co.uk/our-network

 

 

Thoroughly rate this lot.

 

TPS, TMS Motor Spares, AutoParts (who will get you stuff through TPS) etc. Avoid EuroCrapParts and Autodoc unless using the latter for specialty parts, the former is just useless.

Funnily enough, I used to deliver for Arnold Clark Autoparts, for a brief spell between real jobs. It was my experience with them that got me the part time gig with TMS after I retired.

I've bought my engine oil from Cox Honda's ebay store as they were the cheapest for Mobil One, which I tend to use, I have not noticed them selling it or their ebay store this year, so I might buy from Uncle Arnies ebay store as they are currently the cheapest that I can find. I'm not trying to say "buy Mobil One", it just happens to be what I want to use. Quantum used to appear from online sources for less money than your local VW Group outlet sells it for.

As I'm retired too, I tend to keep an eye of parts prices over the year and buy when I feel the price is okay for me, for oil filters I either buy VW Group ones if being sold at an okay price or Mann from ECP during one of their better "continuous discount" moments - though catching one of these moments takes a lot of luck! Same for air and pollen filters though I prefer Mann Frecious pollen filters. Edinburgh TPS will not deal with ordinary members of the public so TPS is outside my reach. Spark plugs I tend to get from one of maybe two online sellers that I have used in the past - or someone selling off NOS.

Autodoc, I have used them once for front wheel bearing assemblies who were getting a couple of these from F-A-G to my doorstep cheaper tan any other source that I could find, and I was not in a hurry for them. On the topic of returning "wrongly supplied parts" to Autodoc, my mate seemed to have paid a small premium for Autodoc to select the correct clutch "set" for his 1972ish, or newer SAAB 96, they got it wrong, and quickly arranged for a courier to collect the parts for return to Germany and then sent out the correct parts - for at least for a single person, that worked out okay - and like me, he was not in hurry to get that car going again. Some of the names that appear on Autodoc and their prices, for me, do say "don't buy", but maybe that is just me! 

 

For parts that I know that need to be ordered in from VW Group warehouse down South, I've used CCP, but only for high value parts as delivery costs can consume a chunk of the savings.  For parts that I need quickly, I tend to get them from Western VW at Newbridge as there is an older parts guy there that I've used from when that dealer was Sloans in Gorgie Road - and I used to work round the corner in Robertson Avenue, and he takes pity on me when the final bill is quite high, so chops the cost with a bit of discount. (my cars are SEAT,VW and Audi). Sometimes, for convenience, I'll save the extra mileage and buy from Central Garage Skoda at Sighthill, if I'm passing by there anyway, I've tended to avoid Western VW at Ford Kinaird as they don't seem to be very user friendly especially if you know what you need.