Fabia vrs air intake mod to pd160 intake pipe

[WaveyDavey]

Ye the Edinburgh dealer said he'd have to order the part in so maybe i will order the part while its cheep

A mate of mine phoned the dealer to ask on the price and to order the intake a bit back and they quoted the old price on the phone....... Then when he went to collect it they asked if he'd been quoted a price when he ordered it, so he told them roughly what it was, (Lucky he remembered it), and they charged him the old price but told him they had not realised the price had changed at the time and that they had gone up to the new price...... So he just managed to get it at the old price.....

Cheers

Dave.

[AwesomeSarah]

Erm , am I missing something?

Have Seat put the prices up again on this part?

Sarah

[WaveyDavey]

Erm , am I missing something?

Have Seat put the prices up again on this part?

Sarah

Yep the new price for the two items is approx

[rougemont]

Another example of rip off Britain,I paid 25euros at Seat dealer in France albeit last year for the two pipes,about

[AwesomeSarah]

Blimey

You know , here we go another rant :(

They do not put the prices up because it costs more to make them

They realise that people are buying them and that they will be able to charge more

Sod em!!!! I would not buy it again

Hey how about I see if we can mod it , or even find someone to manufacture them so we dont have to pay the inflated prices to keep SeatUK in the fancy leather seats that they probably have

Rip Off!!!!!!

Sarah

[AwesomeSarah]

Right

Now I have just organised a company to have a look at one to see what we can do

So watch this space

Sarah

[WaveyDavey]

Right

Now I have just organised a company to have a look at one to see what we can do

So watch this space

Sarah

Nice one....... I reckon if you pull it off there'll be a LOT of people who owe you a pint at meets. Youu'll have to have a chauffeur to drive you home.

Cheers

Dave.

[mac67]

Right

Now I have just organised a company to have a look at one to see what we can do

So watch this space

Sarah

Nice one Sarah, good luck and thanx for all your efforts!

[AwesomeSarah]

Hi Guys

Lets see what we can do

I will do my best for you

Sarah

[mac67]

Just asked my mate who used to be top mechanic for a Seat dealer, to use his contacts to see what's the best price he can get it for too. I'll get back to you guys next week with his findings.

[AwesomeSarah]

The parts will be going today to have a look at , will let you all know as soon as I hear something

Sarah

[vindaloo]

The parts will be going today to have a look at , will let you all know as soon as I hear something

Sarah

Other option is to deal with a French or Spanish SEAT dealer. Assuming they're still very much cheaper than in the UK.

It's not a heavy item and some/most (?) tuners tend to stock them...

J.

[MOONY]

just got 1 it cost me

[mac67]

Bad news guys, my mechanic mate came back with the same price quoted earlier on this thread but he wasn't sure the guy he spoke to knew which part we were after, oh well, back to the drawing board!:thumbdwn:

I'm off down to Bolton this weekend so if any of you know a parts retailer down there that's worth a try let me know and i'll have a look in, cheers!

[niallyp]

bugger me sideways, just seen this thread! someone down london town will get a bargain cos i traded in the skoda with a cupra splitter and a pd160 pipe on! d'oh!!!!

so if you buy a black vrs with a jockanese plate on it in north london then your quids in

[AwesomeSarah]

Hi

Well hopefully this weekend I will have a working demo so we should have some results to post up soon

Sarah

[mac67]

Are there any websites where i can compare prices/order the pd160 intake pipe and green cotton filter?

[Fab vRS]

Other option is to deal with a French or Spanish SEAT dealer. Assuming they're still very much cheaper than in the UK.

It's not a heavy item and some/most (?) tuners tend to stock them...

J.

What about ordering from Eire? No language problems and it's nearer than Spain!

[Wardy]

Worth investigating the Ireland angle. But going on the Forge 'prototype' I saw at Awesome yesterday, that could be a very interesting item, with the potential to be a better option anyway.

So hopefully it will end up with Seat shooting themselves in the foot, well and truly!

S

[scotty026]

Update:

I thought I'd give the seat garage a call regarding the pd160 and order one but I said to him about me getting quoted

[BrOwS]

Although I'd rather see and support Awesome Sarah / Forge prototype does anyone believe Seat would entertain a group buy?

[Wardy]

I don't understand your comment :confused:

How could Seat possibly stop Forge, or anyone else for that matter, from designing, manufacturing and selling an item?

Steve

[BrOwS]

Apologies was badly worded

What I meant to say was I'd rather see and support Awesome Sarah / Forge prototype due to the recent price hike by Seat.

However has anyone approached them with a view to groupbuy the PD160?

[Wardy]

Oh I see, no worries

Still don't think that's viable. As I see it, Seat have clearly put this up because of increased interest in this part and its easy installation into other vehicles very similar to the Ibiza Cupra PD160. They'll be able to see very easily from dealer orders that all of these can't be for existing owners! And can't see any other reason - manufacturing cost increase, problem with supply of materials etc - it's a plastic bit of pipework at the end of day.

So my view would be if Seat are going to behave in this way, why should we, as car enthusiasts give them any more money? It's not even a small increase (which has happened already on this part), they've nearly doubled the price.

Steve

[Disco_Mikey]

But, if on a group buy, they bring it back down to the original price... Would you still say no?