i was about to say.......

anyway........ as the coupe is the "king" model fiat has built recently its no wonder that there stored parts department choose to still sell the parts as there original prices or close too them, until something makes fiat go belly up they wont have the need to slash prices or make room, i would suspect the parts would cost less in defferent countries too, also has anyone thought of contacting fiat uk or fiat dealerships to discuss having a club forum discount setup? when i was a member of the PNG group we contacted vauxhall uk and got a members 15% off parts to do with a nova

I am in contact with Fiat and such questions have been asked.

It does tend to take them months to respond

fight the power!

anyway that really sums it up

Some Fiat dealerships do offer club members discounts on parts.

Desira always discount parts when I show them my FCCUK membership card

interesting, if theres any bmw owners on here them cottswolt bmw in swindon offer great discount and talk to richard or paul at parts, saved me an expensive mistake

We are unfortunately over a barrel with fiat. They dont care about a car that went out of production 10 years ago, it costs them money to order/store parts and in the modern supply on demand culture they are never going to produce enough on the scale of say the Fiat 500 or Punto.

The only place for cheap parts is through cannabilised coupes or through companies like alternative autos. They are cheaper than Fiat.

Should be lots of those around by now.
Also....how can anybody be more expensive than Fiat ?
Paul

and dont forget if you join fccuk you can get a discount at alternative autos as well as other specialists. Making the experience of owning a coupe even cheaper.

I did know that.
What sort of discount are we talking....being a member and all that ?
Paul

5% with Alternative Autos and 10% with shop4parts.co.uk

shop4parts i like

5% eh......mmmm....very generous.
paul

This is on top of already discounted prices.

like £140 for a fuel cap ?

I have a secondhand one you can buy for £50 if you are interested

Try Fiat prices then.

Also realise that a good nunber of people spend their own time organising things so that discounts and events are available to coupe enthusiasts.

i think a polished chunk of aluminum quite cheap! compared to what i have bought in the past, anyway if not refurbish your own one cheaper or send it off to be refurbed cheaper

Fiat know with the fall in number of coupes going down everyday and with the scrapage scheme they can charge more for parts as we need them alot.

and a fuel cap and fiat will add there transport, handling, comission, profit so this price will go up.



AA dop a good price for a brand new one

Watch it
It was a fair price for a fair product mate......you have to be fair....and like me.......don't take advantage ?
paul

Got a quote for a replacement interior light from local Fiat garage of £165 yesterday!!! Only asked as I was driving past it. Got home, quick note to Joe, and all sorted with a saving of £150! Makes you wonder if they trying to go bust - if they'd quoted a half-sensible price I'd probably have taken the lazy option...

I often wonder what genuine parts cost if you buy them in Italy? I'm off there this summer so might give it a go.

I was always led to believe by my former Italian father-in-law that genuine Fiat parts are MUCH cheaper in Italy, so would be interesting to confirm that one way or another skinflint

I'll have to get a list together and translate it into Italian, or get the ePer photos ready.

German ebay is the only hope for me!

Cotswold BMW are one of our chosen parts people on BMW5

http://forum.bmw5.co.uk/viewforum.php?f=82

I'll never go to FIAT for any Coupe parts, unless for some strange reason one of our specialists cannot source it

Awful customer support. But good prices on service parts: www.eurocarparts.com.

A discount code for 15% is available right now as well, write "snow"...

Edit: Realized that the ECP prices have been hiked substancially since the summer... Still, 15% makes the prices about equal to what they were before the price hikes. I guess the poor exchange rate is starting to show now...

Yeah I agree with the comments above as I recently asked for a quote on sidelight..Fiat said £185 + vat + shipping..

'Taking the mick' i believe is the correct verbiage

Another Eurocarparts discount code (for january), 20% discount: JAN20

To be fair ECP are good at supplying the right part, they're good brands, and they're usually cheaper than local motorfactors but their delivery company Home Delivery Network are a bit crap - took 2 weeks to have a fuel tank delivered for a Seicento during the December snow, and when it did arrive it was dented in 8 places. Still, ECP provided another within 24 hours.

I've used them about 20 times in the last 12 months for lots of cars and everything I needed for them, plus the coupe has fitted fine.

Best deal they have on with the 20% at the mo is Mobil 1 15w50 - £38 delivered free