Originally Posted by Jafro
What makes you think I'm the ONLY one that wants this? Car sales have little to do with what I stated.
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If customers had the part #'s, they can buy them from dealers with more competitive prices. That encourages the use of OEM parts instead of aftermarket.
Did I ever say you're the only one who wants it? Nope. I said that the total number of people who would actually do what you are proposing, let alone the total number of people who would even know what you're talking about, is so miniscule in terms of the number of people that buy Hondas and Acuras that it really serves no benefit to Honda to acquiesce to your desires.
I think you'll find that most people are willing to pay what is considered a reasonable price rather than shopping around for the absolute lowest number on every single part, and catering to the cheap bastards (hey, you said it yourself) more than they already are isn't going to make their parts business more profitable.