Re: K&N RIPOFF!

From: Bernd D. Ratsch (bernd@texas.net)
Date: Wed May 05 1999 - 12:58:43 EDT


I just checked the conversion rate:

$396.99 Canadian = $272.89 US (As of 11:55am CST)

(You can check yourselves at this location: http://www.xe.net/currency)

At 05:54 PM 05/04/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>After hearing word of the release of the K&N Gen II kit for the '99 Dak, I
>called K&N directly... although the rep. said the kit is not yet officialy
>released until the end of the week, he did have the pricing and part number...
>Get this..
>$349... American...
>part # 57-1509...
>
>I called Summit.. and they don't have their pricing yet... I know Summit
>always sells them at a lower cost than K&N would direct.. but.. I doubt it
>would be enuff of a signifigant savings to persuade me to buy it..
>
>I was really looking forward to getting this kit too...
>
>I don't understand it.. the most expensive FIPK kit in the Summit catalog is
>$225, which is for the LT-1 F-Body... how can our truck be 50% higher than
>this?
>
>All I have to say is I sure hope Summit turns around and sells it at a VERY
>VERY reduced price than does K&N.. otherwise.. I may be looking at one of
>your guys'es do-it-yourself backyard jobs...

Bernd D. Ratsch
Pflugerville, TX
http://lonestar.texas.net/~bernd/Dakota.htm
1997 Dodge Dakota SLT/CC (V6)



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