I wish I could tell you they were gouging you on the cover, Dear. But it sounds about right when compared to things we've priced for Saturns when we've had to do repairs on them. Thankfully, that isn't too often as we aren't a Saturn dealer.
The turn-around time for an ordered part sounds pretty high, though as I'd think a valve cover would be in a local warehouse or in the main distribution change. It does sound about right for a 'source item' though; coming direct from the manufacturer. But, again from my experience up here, that tends to happen more often with assemblies such as transfer cases, differential carriers and the like, or with upholstery items, than with engine parts.
However, I don't know what Saturn's set up is...besides different from most of the rest of General Motors. And GM is noted for their screwy parts setup. The running joke is GM developed a cure for AIDS. They gave the virus a part number...no NOBODY can get it!
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Date: 2005-08-06 12:32 pm (UTC)The turn-around time for an ordered part sounds pretty high, though as I'd think a valve cover would be in a local warehouse or in the main distribution change. It does sound about right for a 'source item' though; coming direct from the manufacturer. But, again from my experience up here, that tends to happen more often with assemblies such as transfer cases, differential carriers and the like, or with upholstery items, than with engine parts.
However, I don't know what Saturn's set up is...besides different from most of the rest of General Motors. And GM is noted for their screwy parts setup. The running joke is GM developed a cure for AIDS. They gave the virus a part number...no NOBODY can get it!