MMPH2
I completely agree with ZeroT. I paid cash for my H2, my wife drives a 2003 Volvo XC70 and my summer car is a Corvette, but that doesn't mean I wanted to pay several thousand dollars more than necessary for my H2. My dealer had the rear tire carrier aftermarket option priced at $2,000. This was back in February. As stated above this was a $800 upgrade, which I later found for $660. You can get a SMA carrier for $660 from PT King, who is a auto dealer. If PT King can sell them for $660 and still make money, then dealers are probably getting the part for $500. If we assumed that the dealer paid $500, that is a 400% mark-up. Now realize that this is on just one aftermarket part. If you don't have a problem with that, then I will order all the aftermarket parts you want and then fly to your state and have them professionally installed by a local custom shop and only charge you a 375% mark-up. Like PT Barnum said "there is a sucker born every minute."
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