N.W. 92 GT-S
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I just picked mine up and the guy said only 11 left in the system and they will be discontinued and will be no longer be available after those are gone . I might go get another one......
Tazka":y7mjm6ob said:Wait this means that you can't get one no matter where you live?
RedCelicaTRD":1zi0r4ci said:Thats a bunch of bull. When USA runs out, they ship then in from Japan and restock. Just to give you an idea, I checked a few years ago and there was only 5 in the country. Obviously they didn't discontinue them.
RedCelicaTRD":3h8hb4fa said:As long as the part sells, they make more. They don't produce "X" number of units and thats it. If people keep buying the bumper they will make more. Look at the ae86, still going strong with the various bumpers since people keep buying them.
turbo4wd":3mg6bz0q said:RedCelicaTRD":3mg6bz0q said:As long as the part sells, they make more. They don't produce "X" number of units and thats it. If people keep buying the bumper they will make more. Look at the ae86, still going strong with the various bumpers since people keep buying them.
Sorry dude, but I beg to differ.....
Some OEMs will use a number like 10 years - so they'll produce enough spare parts during the production run of the vehicle to supply a percentage of total vehicles projected to sell during its life cycle for 10 years after the final production year...........
RedCelicaTRD":1oq4upeg said:I'm not going to disagree with you on the fact that alot of parts do get discontinued after a few years. I see it everyday since I've worked at Toyota, Honda, Subaru, Mopar and Hyundai dealers (since we're dropping names :wink: ) However, it simple economics, if you keep selling the part, keep making the part. Since most parts are outsourced to other companies it doesn't take any time away from Toyota to have them made. They put in an order, parts get made. If a supplier wont make the part they sometimes will go to other people (i'm sure you've seen some of the fun stuff that happens when you get multiple suppliers for one part). I've ordered parts that are "discontinued" from Toyota and still gotten them. It does take time, you get a notice that says "supplier ship direct" but the part gets manufactured. I'm sure that brand new engine wiring harness that I got a year ago that was supplier ship direct wasn't sitting on a shelf, waiting for the past 16 years for me to order it up. And besides, when alot more people order the part doesn't it change the "part tempo?"
Rick89GTS":3293rptd said:The plot thickens.....
http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=10034