Miata Mailing List: November 1992, Message #12
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   From: (none)
Subject: Re: Wrench Ripoff
   Date: (none)

Kris Eckols says:

> A couple of weeks ago I was complaining about the 
> micro oil filter on the Miata. Part of this complaint
> was that I knew that the mail order places were getting
> $20 bucks for an oil filter wrench. Yesterday, while
> picking up some parts for my aging RX-7, I bit the
> bullet and bought the filter wrench. It is only
> $5.10 at my dealer (Speedway, Indianapolis, IN).
> I was the genuine article in a Mazda bag. 
  
> Morale of the Story: Check those wonderful mail order
> prices. Some of them are ripoffs

Hmmm. I paid $5.00 for the filter wrench I got from Monarch Mazda a couple
of years ago; when I ordered five filters and a new set of floor mats from
_______ Mazda in Mobile, AL (sorry, the dealership name escapes me but they
advertise in MCA's magazine) they mentioned their filter is $4.00. I sent
them my last order because they pay for the shipping, which was adding $1.00
to every filter I ordered from Monarch.

-- 
Jim (moore@email.ncsc.navy.mil)

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