You remember how it all began?

Remembering the early 90's, first cautious steps motorists peresevshih with products of domestic plants on foreign cars, we can not recall then-level of car prices. People are not yet fully realized what a comfort and dynamics, but such a thing as maintainability, it was not a novelty. Domestic cars, despite the fact that they were often lower class and older, on the other technical characteristics generally better to keep silent, more expensive. Why is this happening? In those ancient times, have emerged the first stores of spare parts for domestic brands, there were even the first tentative forgeries, but the spare parts for imported cars the situation was bad. Foreign cars, despite their reliability, too broke. Because of the commonplace mechanical wear, and replace the broken parts was simply nothing. Especially sad situation was a "family" by the Japanese (it is the middle lane, not the Far East). Any Toyota Crown with three-liter 24-valve six, automatic transmission, air conditioning, electro and even "full ground meat" in those days was worth less than pretty worn out rusty, "eight" with the twisted mileage and steaming engine. The reason is clear - "eight" can be repaired, Crown - no. Japanese cars was still differed incredible reliability and, despite the lack of service, spare parts and repair manuals, an increasing number of people transferring to a modern car, spat on and unobtrusive domestic auto service, and availability of spare parts, taking up repair "knee" and did use bypass technology, sandpaper and files. Fortunately, the demand for foreign cars myself much less attention than the Volga and Lada. State to find such an outrage, made the first round of the automotive inflation by raising tariffs on imported cars. There was a strong need for normal maintenance. In order to implement such, we need a minimum of parts. Such a business is a difficult, since modifications have a huge number of cars, this is not the VAZ 2101, 2102, 2106, 2105, 2107, which differ only in body parts, and even then not all the rest unchanged for decades. Even banal brake discs and pads within a single model and one model year may be of several types and manufacturers. For this reason, even have a warehouse in one of the brands - is risky, not very profitable, and which requires substantial financial resources. In addition to material resources that were needed and the resources of labor, which would be versed in the subject and could offer a decent level of service, pick up the item on the original or unoriginal directories. Yes pick up so that eventually all come to the car serviced. Qualified vendor of spare parts for cars must have specific knowledge, technical English, clearly represent a machine design, and not just ask questions: "You are the brake pads? On the "classics" or "Samara"? First appeared firm, working on an order. By hook or by crook from abroad brought parts for cars - in the private baggage, with the familiar guides and pilots, airplanes, trains, automobiles. "Berlin Express" arriving in the "settler", is surrounded by a crowd of people. And now, from cars pulling fenders, hoods, windshields, bags of consumables, all loaded into cars and shipped away immediately. Slowly carriers obkladyvali tribute to the transport police, and later for them took the state. There is another subtle point. Work under the order involves a constant risk - incorrectly identifying number of the crankshaft, for example, the seller "gets" the full amount of spare parts, and the probability of selling such parts to someone else tends to zero. Therefore, to keep unqualified personnel in those days it was our own peril. Along with "gray" companies were first authorized dealers, but their services were only very wealthy people. Business delivery of spare parts from abroad grew and developed rapidly. Increased skills, an understanding of modes of supply, the interchangeability and applicability. It turned out that the UAE spares cheaper than Autohaus Germany, and now the "Cargo" delivers the goods in Moscow. The average Russian, the owner used cars, used exclusively deliver "on demand", so goes much cheaper. Let me give a small example. Poor Muscovite, the father of a numerous family, bought a diesel vehicle Fiat Ducato with arms for a ridiculous amount - about $ 1200 (at the time it was real). Before buying held diagnostics, as machine smoked and glohla at idle. The previous owner repaired the fuel system, but to spray nozzles do not have time to get to or would not, they were to blame - the ultimate mechanical wear. Trying to buy or order a spray at several firms, the new owner has found out - sprays are not separately sold, only the nozzle assembly in accordance with the original program of Fiat. Price question - 490-560 dollars apiece, depending on the appetites of the seller. What makes a person? Throw svezhepriobretenny minivan? And what is to haul the family? Fortunately, his path was caught by a qualified person the scope of supply. He found that fuel equipment on the Fiat produces firm Bosch, found a piece in the program, Bosch, and she already can be ordered to disassemble the nozzle and sprays separately. The price of issue - $ 24 apiece. Such examples are many. Park used cars has been growing like a snowball, and what is there? Comfort, speed and prestige. Appeared rukastye servismeny that not only can change the oil, but also resolder the "brains" on the Mercedes. Firm ordering and delivery - on every corner. Business divided. There were wholesalers, as in all normal countries, retailers. Wholesalers were engaged in issues of delivery and customs clearance, retail gained orders. Everybody is happy. And then suddenly remembered state. "VAZ" lobby repeatedly increased the already draconian tariffs on foreign cars. People began to feel sad. This tidbit, as sales of imported spare parts, are not left unattended. Firmly velis in smart government head covenants of Vladimir Ilyich. If earlier delivery of cargo from Emirates were engaged by two companies - "Aeroflot" and "Cargo", and at the Aeroflot conditions were even more profitable - then later, "Cargo" in the rigid form of administrative methods has been replaced with the air travel market in Russia. "Aeroflot has a monopoly, then understandable. If in the early 2000's the cost of shipping and customs clearance was within 2-2,5 dollar / kg, but now - 11-17 dollars / kg. Growth is more than significant. Imagine that you need a control arm $ 35 dollars in the UAE and weighing 5 kg. Seller will pay $ 35 state - $ 85, total - $ 120. The difference in prices between the official and "gray" sellers is rapidly decreasing. The reason is not entirely clear - whether it is a banal greed, power structures, whether lobbying authorized dealers. Basically, for us, that is, end users, there is no difference. And both are paying from their own pockets. Now many will think before something ordered. Pay $ 120 and wait two weeks or pay $ 175 and change at once. In Moscow, people gradually change to a new car with warranty and repair issues entirely on the shoulders of official. Moscow - a city-specific, the income of the population are quite high. But Russia - not only in Moscow. In Russia, the ride is not just the new car warranty, but also used, requiring repairs and spare parts, and puzzles that we are constantly in this regard podkidyvayut have to solve. The problems and their solutions at this stage will be discussed in the sequel.