Miata Mailing List: June 1999, Message #307

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In a message dated 6/1/99 11:44:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time, WHITE95R@aol.com 
writes:

<< I've always heard that the price on anything is whatever the market will 
 bear. As long as enough people are willing to pay the price and there is no 
 competition I would expect the price to stay the same or actually rise.
 
 Manuel >>

That's what I find amazing about some of the aftermarket parts for the Miata, 
especially exhaust systems.  My previous car was a 5.0 Mustang and, as you 
probably know, the aftermarket is awash in tons of products.  I cannot 
justify spending $400 on a Miata exhaust knowing that I could pay $370 for a 
stainless DUAL exhaust system for the Stang.  I know the Borla system is 
~$280, but I hear a lot of negatives regarding its tone.  On the Mustang, 
though, a Borla system sounds awesome.  I personally had a Bassani system, 
from headers to exhaust.  That is one big thing I miss about the Stang...the 
Bassani system sounded awesome!!

There has to be some way we, as a whole, can start earning price concessions 
on some of our most desired products.  I say we should ask for a set price of 
$100 on everything!!  O.K., maybe $500 for a supercharger!  =)

Just a rant.  YMMV.
Jay