Re: Panasports

[Fred Sacks <fredsacks@domain.elided>]

At 11:28 PM -0500 2/22/00, Hal Taylor wrote:
>Perhaps this is a philosophical tangent, and not directly relevant BUT
>if I could get comparable (or even close) pricing on a set of wheels
>from an Alfa specialty place as opposed to a non-specializing discount
>merchant, I'd give my business to the Alfa shop every time.  By and
>large, they work hard selling to a limited market and deserve whatever
>support we can give them.  While I have to be honest in that I probably
>wouldn't pay *substantially* more, I'd probably ignore moderate
>discrepancies in order to support a vendor that I thought worth
>preserving.
>
>I don't know anything about K Speed, but didn't I see a mention that
>Paul Spreull (or somebody like that) had a competitive price?  I don't
>really know Spreull, either, but I know they're Alfa people...
>
>I'm certainly not criticizing anybody for comparison shopping; one would
>be foolish not to.  Nor would I be so bold as to prescribe how anyone
>else should spend their hard-earned cash.  I just wanted to offer
>something to think about.
>
>Hal Taylor
>'86 spider veloce

Hal--

I agree with you.  It surprises me that sometimes to save a little 
bit, people can be shortsighted.  I purchased my Panasports from Paul 
Spruell and not only did they have a great price, they were most 
helpful with sizing (15x7) and tire choice.  They are Alfa people 
through and through, and welcomed me to call with any other questions 
that I may have.

One caveat, is that they only sell the wheels, and not the wheel kit 
(includes lug nuts and locks), so figure that into your purchase 
price. About $30 total.

BTW, the Panasports have rather small recesses for the lug nuts, so 
make sure that you buy lug nuts small enough to get a lug nut wrench 
or socket on them.

Fred Sacks
89 Graduate

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