8$ coil 60$ coil which differences?
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same part number
same spec same material same QC same manufacturing methods same factory same employees same everything except the box don't use the box did not need to pay more for it.
same spec same material same QC same manufacturing methods same factory same employees same everything except the box don't use the box did not need to pay more for it.
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IF you could verify that, it is the same. Only way I have gotten same significantly cheaper is when the seller has a "don't ask, don't tell policy concerning how he got it. No box, no receipt, no warranty, no exchange and cash only. Beyond that, when people say "same", the best they can do is quote what the box says. Safelite swore it was the same everything for my glass. Rain sensor disagreed and worked only when the OE glass was installed. Coincidence? They tried to save a few bucks and ended up spending more on the diagnosis and they had to take the "same" unit out and put OE in to make it work. Kinda why I am highly skeptical of people when they say "same". In fact, it makes me think "cheap knockoff unless proven otherwise".
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IF you could verify that, it is the same. Only way I have gotten same significantly cheaper is when the seller has a "don't ask, don't tell policy concerning how he got it. No box, no receipt, no warranty, no exchange and cash only. Beyond that, when people say "same", the best they can do is quote what the box says. Safelite swore it was the same everything for my glass. Rain sensor disagreed and worked only when the OE glass was installed. Coincidence? They tried to save a few bucks and ended up spending more on the diagnosis and they had to take the "same" unit out and put OE in to make it work. Kinda why I am highly skeptical of people when they say "same". In fact, it makes me think "cheap knockoff unless proven otherwise".
but the guy that showed me this has had a faimly owned biz for 60 years and my friend for 20 he did not have a dog in the fight other than he lost money by helping out a freind.
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Just looked at my MSD. It has been there since 05. On my 91 Firebird, it was Accel and it was there till it go wrecked in 05 and the motor was transplanted into the Vette. Because I slipped the wrench I broke the tower and had to replace it otherwise, I'd have reused it. I'd say either brand is decent. Maybe Mallory but I haven't used it.
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Ah, a clearance special. That can explain things. Otherwise when they are that cheap, I get highly suspicious. Most of my "too good to be true" purchases have bitten me in the butt later on.
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Other way to mean cheap, could br (you know better than me) usually rock auto has great prices they get close out stock an so on...
Maybe that my 10$ coil is other place selled at 40$
However mine was not a close out sale
Maybe that my 10$ coil is other place selled at 40$
However mine was not a close out sale
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"My ____________ brand opti lasted 10 minutes!"
...and you can literally fill in the blank w/ANY brand.
Like wise, there is thread after thread after thread on these forums about:
""I used ___________ brand Opti and it's been trouble free for __________ years/thousand miles."
....and literally, the same brands work in either quote!
It's a crap shoot. To date, there is still no consensus as to what brand REALLY works. None of them do. They all do.
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No one knows. That is why there is thread after thread after thread on these forums about:
"My ____________ brand opti lasted 10 minutes!"
...and you can literally fill in the blank w/ANY brand.
Like wise, there is thread after thread after thread on these forums about:
""I used ___________ brand Opti and it's been trouble free for __________ years/thousand miles."
....and literally, the same brands work in either quote!
It's a crap shoot. To date, there is still no consensus as to what brand REALLY works. None of them do. They all do.
You right... Is a luck question, in some ways
Mine 1995 vette a duracell battery, died after one year...
I've a dodge nitro too... OEM battery left me last year after 7 years of good service...
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No one knows. That is why there is thread after thread after thread on these forums about:
"My ____________ brand opti lasted 10 minutes!"
...and you can literally fill in the blank w/ANY brand.
Like wise, there is thread after thread after thread on these forums about:
""I used ___________ brand Opti and it's been trouble free for __________ years/thousand miles."
....and literally, the same brands work in either quote!
It's a crap shoot. To date, there is still no consensus as to what brand REALLY works. None of them do. They all do.