Not deterred, I head for the local multi make dealer, who is the Daihatsu dealer, sometimes genuine prices can be surprising. I rock into spare parts, to be told that they are no longer the Daihatsu dealer, havent been for about 2 weeks. Speaking to the Daihatsu spares bloke, who I think had his termination letter in his hand, he told me there was some kind of falling out between the dealership and Daihatsu, and they had dropped them. I asked, out of curiosity, what had happened to all the parts they had in stock.
I was told they had taken about $20 000 worth of Daihatsu parts to the tip, and dumped them.
Dumbstruck, I asked if they had any manuals left from the workshop. I managed to aquire a parts reference manual for the earlier Scats, but nothing for my Rocky.
Thinking the recycling man at the tip had a Daihatsu parts bonanza on his hands, I made a bee line for the tip. The revenue collection guy I spoke to told me that 2 weeks ago, 2 ute and trailer loads of new parts had been brought out there, and 4 guys had spent about 2 hrs unloading, and in the process, smashing, breaking, hammering, trampling, and destroying everything. Panels, radiators, parts, everything was destroyed, and then loaded into the skip to head for tha landfill.
I couldnt believe it. Needless to say, if ever I scrape the money together for a new car, I wont be going to that particular dealership.
As I say, ITS BLOODY CRIMINAL.
