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This is the Mercedesshop.com forum, which is sponsored by Fastlane. Not by Steve the BMW parts guy in GA. If you want to support this forum and continue to enjoy the fruits of its tree of knowledge, show respect and order from Fastlane. 6 of one half dozen of the other anyway, however incidentally Phil is the gold standard when it comes to customer service. I'm sure Stevo is a really good guy but he doesn't support this forum in any way.

Oh yes, you are charged shipping. You may not know it but you are. There is no free lunch, only the perception of such. Petroleum fuels cost an avg of $2.60+ per gallon. Do you actually believe that cost will be waived for everybody everywhere? If the shipping was truly free it would be a huge financial drain. They are upcharging the parts and calling it good on the shipping, and probably making more money like that to boot.

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'02 BMW 325i
'85 300D 450k
'93 190E 2.6 170k(killed by tree)
'08 Ducati Hypermotard 1100S 6k
'06 Ducati S2R800 14k(sold)

I'll second that. If you can buy it at an MB parts counter, you can get it more quickly from Phil.

Sixto
93 300SD