FIAT Bravo and Brava (1995 - 2002) - thermostat

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Thu 4 Dec 2008 22:06
thermostat - pegasus1
I have just paid £44.00 for a thermostat for my 1.8 brava!!!!!!!!!!

Obviously its needed in this weather otherwise i would not have bothered.

how do they justify the price of parts for a 9 year old car?

still, on the bright side, its doubled the resale value of the car (to £88)!

Edited by Dynamic Dave on 05/12/2008 at 00:23

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Fri 5 Dec 2008 06:29
thermostat - Wee Willie Winkie
Try paying £60 for a thermostat for a 2002 Alfa 156 2.4JTD......
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Fri 5 Dec 2008 07:54
thermostat - PR {P}
Try an independant specialist. The thermostat for my 156 GTA is £14 at a place I use. (Not needed one yet though :) )
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Fri 5 Dec 2008 08:16
thermostat - pegasus1
It was an independent specialist, with a 15% discount!
where do you use then?
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Fri 5 Dec 2008 08:28
thermostat - PR {P}
I use an Alfa specialist Alternative Autos in Huddersfield. For Fiats Im not sure but there is shop4parts, I dont know how much they are but they do discount Fiat parts.
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Fri 5 Dec 2008 09:19
thermostat - pegasus1
thanks. was shop4parts I used. you can just buy the actual thermostat part from poland, on a site i found, but i could'nt negotiate the language!
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Fri 5 Dec 2008 18:24
thermostat - pegasus1
yippee, nice and warm now. I can put the Fiat away away for winter and use my Landrover now!
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Sat 6 Dec 2008 07:55
thermostat - L'escargot
I have just paid £44.00 for a thermostat for my 1.8 brava!!!!!!!!!!
how do they justify the price of parts for a 9 year old car?


The price will depend to an extent on the quantity of parts manufactured. If the part is no longer used in current models, then the quantity manufactured will be lower and the manufacturing cost will be correspondingly higher.
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