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Old 02-02-2010, 08:06 PM   #24 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Old Tele man View Post
...it's simple automotive economics (damn bean counters):
* 15% of $1 cable = 15¢
* 15% of $10 plastic assembly = $1.50
...remember, it's profit to them, not necessarily cost to you,
that rules!
Somewhere in all I've read about the CTS pedal assembly it was said;

* It's manufacturing cost is $15
* It's retail cost is $120...

700% profit

That's a lot of beans... No, thats a lot of bull****.

That wouldn't be CTS, that would be Toyota being avaricious assholes.

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