Rear Calipers, What a Deal!!! Options

[d7n7master]

Hey Hey,
Check it out, http://www.9xauto.com/914.html
Maybe if we do a group buy of rear calipers we can get a deal (IMG:style_emoticons/default/w00t.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif)

[lapuwali]

Bashing vendor like me is counter productive for the survival of the 914 model. People should be encouraged to develop items for this type of Porsche, good or bad. The interest must sustain.

Sigh. There's clearly room in the 914 market for idiots like this. If a certain vendor in the SouthEast can remain in business all this time, so can this guy.

One wonders. There are over 2000 people on this board. No doubt some stats on the number of regular "unique" visitors to this board could be easily compiled, but let's assume it's a significant fraction of the signed-ip membership. How many drivable 914s are there in the US? What fraction of that buyer base is represented on this board by actively visiting members?

My wild guess is roughly 10K drivable 914s (9 parts cars for each driver!), so this board represents somewhere around 15-20% of the buyer base. Leaves 80% of the buyers unable to participate in this discussion, which is a shame.

To Mssr. 9x: it is in your interest to serve US, not for US to serve YOU. We can all choose not to buy from you (and I think it's a safe bet most people here will not buy from you), and you'll lose some fraction of the market. There are enough people on this very board who are honest and straightforward in serving this market that, frankly, we don't need you. I can assure you that if Brad or The Cap'n or James West (to name only three) decided tomorrow to start spouting utter nonsense about products or services they sold, they'd start losing their market, too. Granted, some businesses in this market have been able to survive a good long time pursuing highly questionable business practices. It's a real shame when they take even a dime away from the people who don't do this.