Darn, as I get back into 240 frame of maintenance, I need all the help I can get. I have not received a catalog from them for a while. I suppose you get "erased", so to say, after a year or two.

I expect that's not the only thing that's changed - I bet the prices have crept up a good bit too. I've watched IPD's prices climb for the last couple years.

FCP Groton and eEuroparts have remained the same. I will grant that IPD is an irreplacable source for a few things (like sway bars) but for eveything that can be bought elsewhere, they're just overpriced.

I didn't click "reply" to bash IPD, I respect their efforts, and their catalogs are (were?) amazing fun to flip through and very informative. But another reason I avoid IPD is their insane shipping costs and the fact that it can take over a week to get an order here on the East Coast. I recently ordered a new tail light from Tasca Auto Group (RI, I think) and some bushings from eEuroparts (CT). They both showed up on my porch less than 48 hours after ordering. Between higher prices, higher shipping costs, and MUCH longer shipping times, IPD just can't compete here.

Maybe if IPD offered free shipping (the cost of which should easliy be offset by their higher prices) I would be more likely to order from them, and I expect others would feel the same.

OK, complaining over, sorry it was a bit off-topic.
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Sean Corron

I have kept every single catalog and update flyer I have ever recieved from them...it's just as good a collection of information as a haynes manual. My next thing to get is the complete collection of VCOA magazine on cd-rom!