Well I popped into Notts OPC to get a price.
I picked up a secondhand 3 spoke steering wheel to replace the four spoke and needed an airbag.
Anyone here not understand this?
So explained this to the parts manager, first thing he said was:
ok, what's your registration?
well I thought why do you want this
To check the part
But its a new steering wheel, not from my car, thats the point
So whats it from?
A later 996
?
( I had the bloody wheel in question in my hand, I mean how many steering wheels are fitted to 996's)
So what is the registration of the car it came from
I dont know its secondhand
oh, various comments, like, it's difficult if you dont have the reg, etc,
( the wheel has its part number stamped inside which I showed him)
he goes off into the workshop with the wheel
a long time later reappears
He comes back really pleased with himself after solving an incredidibly complex mystery that would taken a lesser man days to work out. We have done some detective work, its from a later car, after looking at lots of files, we have found it ( shows me the exploded drawing with the parts) it will be 600 + vat.
ok thanks
I felt like I was asking halfords for a trunion from a 1929 fraser nash, I was so glad someone in the workshop recognised the rare sight of a 966 steering wheel, otherwise it would have been a very long day.
On the plus side the receptionist was lovely, offered me a coffee and my kids sat in a new grey turbo in the showroom, trouble is I want one now and it has to be new...
ps someone was in my road last night in 996 gt3 rs, small world