The Price Of The Hidden Cadang Tribe In This Honda Car Reaches IDR 167 Million

Honda Ridgeline pickup truck. (Photo: Carscoops)

JAKARTA Not many people think that a pickup truck spare parts can be more expensive than a used car. However, it did happen to Honda Ridgeline.

One of the components, namely the rear floor pan (back floor part of the body), is priced at a fantastic price of around Rp. 167 million for only one part. This price does not include the cost of installation which of course is not cheap.

Reporting from Carscoops, Monday, October 27, the price is even equivalent to about a quarter of the price of the new Ridgeline in the United States. A Ridgeline owner shared his experience at an online forum, admitting he was surprised to learn about the price of the components.

He finally chose to find a replacement part of the spare parts warehouse at a price of around Rp. 8 million, plus a shipping fee of almost Rp. 7 million. This condition shows that the cost of repairs to modern vehicles can be very high, especially when it comes to structural parts or body frames.

Not surprisingly, many insurance companies now prefer to write vehicles like this as total loss rather than repair them. A similar trend also makes the percentage of vehicles that have been declared total loss increase significantly in recent years.

The increase in spare parts and repair costs also affected the amount of insurance premiums that vehicle owners had to pay. Some analysts say that the increase in spare parts and repair costs also boosts insurance premiums for vehicle owners, as vehicle risk becomes total loss is getting higher.

In terms of vehicle owners or potential used buyers, this case provides an important lesson: not only is the purchase price to be taken into account, but also the cost of maintenance or large potential improvements. Especially if the type of vehicle has expensive spare parts or is difficult to obtain.