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Car Parts
Car Parts New and Used Say “aftermarket parts”, and many think you mean “black market parts”, but the terms have nothing to do with each other at all. Aftermarket parts are simply any car parts not sourced from the original automaker. In other words, an aftermarket Opel alternator could be used or new, but it […]
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Need To Know About Auto Spares
Here’s All You Ever Need to Know About Auto Spares It’s a funny thing that auto spares are obviously so prolific in the country. Since the trade is imagined to be a minefield of so many spares and so many agendas, it’s intimidating. If your Volkswagen breaks down, for example, you know there’s obviously VW […]
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Auto Parts
Auto Parts 101 For all of our reliance on cars, it’s sometimes quite remarkable how little people know about what they’re composed of! That’s no biggie because, when you think about it, who amongst us but mechanics and auto or auto parts dealers really do? Most people wouldn’t be able to perform gymnastics or brain […]
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Car Parts
What Do “Car Parts” Mean to You? Say “car parts”, and the images conjured up in the mind of the average petrol-head will be positive. They’re buying car parts almost every week, forever fiddling here and tweaking there, and happily helping their buddies when it comes time to lie around the driveway all weekend getting […]
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Buying Auto Spares
Buying Auto Spares with Confidence That the tools of humanity demand maintenance is no surprise to anyone, least of all motorists. Things break, and people have formulated dedicated maintenance schedules for just about everything that rolls, turns, opens or shuts since the industrial revolution began. Maintenance seems to inspire one of two responses, again, especially […]
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Your Safety When Buying Auto Parts
Buying Auto Parts and Thinking About Your Safety “Roadworthiness” – It’s a term we’ve all heard, from the time you renewed your license disc, from friends, family, and strangers, and from the mouth of traffic cops who’ve pulled you over. And if you haven’t heard the term directly, it’s certainly an imperative that’s been at […]
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Used Car Parts
Buying Used Car Parts in Greater Pretoria If ever there’s been an industry both celebrated and vilified for its presence in the South African economy, it has to be the used car parts trade. Pretoria, like any other major centre in South Africa, has had a litany of spares operators big and small come and […]
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Opel Parts
Buying Opel Parts in Pretoria Opel is a brand that has never enjoyed the same prestige for its sporty cars like Volkswagen, for example. But while those feeling zesty have traditionally always defaulted to the Golf GTI, or lately the Mini and other hatches, those driving a Super Boss years ago were smiling quietly to […]
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Affordable Suzuki Parts
Have You Noticed That Suzi is All Grown Up? Let’s be frank－when South African motorists were first presented with Suzuki as a carmaker many years ago, reactions were mixed. On the one hand, Suzuki, as a company had already established a dynamite reputation for their motorbikes, outboard motors, and other engineered products. There was a […]
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Renault Spare Parts Price List
To Drive Renault Cars, Is to Love Them South Africans used to be disparaging of Renault, yet the brand’s persistent presence on the track and sleek modern consumer vehicles have vindicated Renault owners of today. With that being said, French cars have been conspicuous in the nation’s capital of Pretoria, where a heavier percentage of […]
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Buy Reliable Car Parts
Looking to Buy Reliable Car Parts? There are two echelons of used auto parts customers in South Africa. One is filled with trepidation at a growing or regular need to find a supplier where they can buy reliable car parts without getting ripped off or incorrectly supplied, and they sadly take potluck when shopping for […]
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In Need of Used Car Parts?
Are You in Need of Used Car Parts You Can Trust? It’s a debate (or a frustration!) as old as motor cars themselves whether “cheap” or used car parts are “as good as” brand name spares, whether there is some compromise on buying anything other than dealership spares, and whether the quality of available spares […]
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