Guides
Guides: what to settle before buying a car
Long-form answers to the questions that get three sentences on a landing page — from importing through the viewing to the handover when you sell.
Spare parts
Parts catalogue: fitment data that saves questions
Every question before an order is a detail the catalogue was missing. Some buyers ask; most order elsewhere or not at all. This piece is for parts sellers and goes through the columns that decide the fit — and the ones buyers read right after.
6 min read
Spare parts
Requesting a car part no catalogue lists
Not every part is in a catalogue. Some are rare, some a dealer stocks without listing them individually, and some can only be found with the right number. A part request turns the search around: you describe what you need, and dealers get in touch — if they have something.
5 min read
Spare parts
Genuine, aftermarket, used: what the parts labels mean
The same spare part often comes in five forms at five prices. The difference is rarely in how it looks; it lies in who made it, to whose specification — and who answers for it if it fails.
8 min read
Spare parts
Reading OE numbers: checking that a part will fit
A part that does not fit costs twice: the return shipping and the day the car sits dismantled on the lift. Most wrong orders do not come from carelessness but from “fits model X” being less precise than it sounds.
7 min read
Spare parts
Buying used parts online: what to settle before you order
A used part can keep a car economically alive that a bill for new parts would finish off. It can also be bought three times before one fits. The difference almost always lies in the questions asked before the order.
7 min read