You Gotta Love REPCO

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Originally Posted by Tins

None of the bling, none of the 'hey look at me' specials, usually knowledgable staff ( a lot like REPCO 30 years ago ), well here at least, and they'll be gone if we don't support them.

REPCO stands for Replacement Parts Company, and that was a highly respected name once upon a time. They actually manufactured parts, good ones, but of course that was when the so called "Big Three" dominated the car space here. Now, they are indistinguishable from ortobarn, soopercheep, and all the rest.

Bursons ain't perfect, but they are better. They don't have row after row after row of stuff you don't need. And they have STAFF AT THE COUNTER, and they are all over 18 and know that a car will have wheels.

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Funny I thought REPCO stood for rip every poor **** off.....

In a past life a former CIO of REPCO sent the employee purchased government enterprise that employed me broke......

Regards,
Tote

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Originally Posted by Tote

Funny I thought REPCO stood for rip every poor **** off.....

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Not always, Tote. In the same way as IPEC didn't always stand for I Pass Every ****. Don't ask me what it REALLY stood for. I have had that ingrained in my memory for decades.

Repco built very respectable racing engines, back in the day. They were once very good. Those days are long gone.

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amongst others..

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Originally Posted by Tote

I use Repco a bit after doing compares on line with Supercheap and Autobarn. Click and collect means you don't have to talk to the staff. I keep driving past Bursons in Mitchell thinking I should go in there one day.....

Regards,
Tote

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Yes but REPCO do not having pricing on their website.

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Originally Posted by 101RRS

Yes but REPCO do not having pricing on their website.

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they do if you select a store...

Regards,
Tote

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Originally Posted by 101RRS

Yes I sometimes buy oil (particularly LG6) when the specials and auto club discounts are on. But on discount days don't try to buy a battery at Repco and ask for your NRMA discount, because you will get no where - dont know about the RACv etc but NRMA have a battery business and are competitors to NRMA for batteries so forget your usual 10% discount on Repco batteries, let alone any extra discount on discount days.

Garry

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I find keeping an eye on the mailbox trash, look for specials and stock up (I got Penrite HPR 30 at super crap for $30 a 5 litre two days ago (40% off))
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Gav

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Originally Posted by Tins

In the same way as IPEC didn't always stand for I Pass Every ****.

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The Yellow Canary semis certainly used to get along. One day about 30 years ago, I was driving down the Hume in my E-Type and one flew past me doing about 130kph and had the old sign indicating it was supposedly speed restricted. I had my old style CB (before UHF was common) in the car and after I had fallen back a bit called up the Big Yellow Canary and asked that if he was speed restricted how come he was able to go 130kph - well for about the next 10 minutes all the trucks were trying ot work out who made the call - not expecting a black convertible would have a CB - calls were along the line - I think it was the red 4wd that did it, then next nah hasn't got an aerial - then I think it was this and that [bigrolf]

Did slow him down though and they never worked out who made the call [thumbsupbig].

sorry, the IPEC comment sent me off on a SAR tangent.......

You around V8 Ian.....

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Regards,
Tote

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Originally Posted by 101RRS

Yes but REPCO do not having pricing on their website.

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Bull dust

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Originally Posted by 101RRS

The Yellow Canary semis certainly used to get along. One day about 30 years ago, I was driving down the Hume in my E-Type and one flew past me doing about 130kph and had the old sign indicating it was supposedly speed restricted. I had my old style CB (before UHF was common) in the car and after I had fallen back a bit called up the Big Yellow Canary and asked that if he was speed restricted how come he was able to go 130kph - well for about the next 10 minutes all the trucks were trying ot work out who made the call - not expecting a black convertible would have a CB - calls were along the line - I think it was the red 4wd that did it, then next nah hasn't got an aerial - then I think it was this and that [bigrolf]

Did slow him down though and they never worked out who made the call [thumbsupbig].

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Not a yellow one:
Many years ago I drove from Perth to Adelaide - with one of the Big boys drafting my Falcon at about 3’ from my bumper.

Only concern was I was cruising at 100........










Mph
(And chatting to him on 27mhz)

Comet, absolutely, positively has to be there, eventually. [bigrolf]
Intercity routes were always dispatched, company trucks first, then painted subbies, last out were unpainted subbies. All were scheduled to arrive at 6:00 a.m..
There were some quick jiggers around in the day, mine was good for 158kph.